diff --git a/src/tsc/tsc.ts b/src/tsc/tsc.ts
index 29cac24fdd0..ec2d029e60a 100644
--- a/src/tsc/tsc.ts
+++ b/src/tsc/tsc.ts
@@ -222,12 +222,12 @@ namespace ts {
 
     function updateWatchCompilationHost(watchCompilerHost: WatchCompilerHost<EmitAndSemanticDiagnosticsBuilderProgram>) {
         const compileUsingBuilder = watchCompilerHost.createProgram;
-        watchCompilerHost.createProgram = (rootNames, options, host, oldProgram, configFileParsingDiagnostics) => {
+        watchCompilerHost.createProgram = (rootNames, options, host, oldProgram, configFileParsingDiagnostics, projectReferences) => {
             Debug.assert(rootNames !== undefined || (options === undefined && !!oldProgram));
             if (options !== undefined) {
                 enableStatistics(options);
             }
-            return compileUsingBuilder(rootNames, options, host, oldProgram, configFileParsingDiagnostics);
+            return compileUsingBuilder(rootNames, options, host, oldProgram, configFileParsingDiagnostics, projectReferences);
         };
         const emitFilesUsingBuilder = watchCompilerHost.afterProgramCreate!; // TODO: GH#18217
         watchCompilerHost.afterProgramCreate = builderProgram => {