diff --git a/dep-graph/client/src/app/machines/dep-graph.spec.ts b/dep-graph/client/src/app/machines/dep-graph.spec.ts
index ae639c4760..8a78667270 100644
--- a/dep-graph/client/src/app/machines/dep-graph.spec.ts
+++ b/dep-graph/client/src/app/machines/dep-graph.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 // nx-ignore-next-line
-import type { ProjectGraphDependency, ProjectGraphNode } from '@nrwl/devkit';
+import {
+  DependencyType,
+  ProjectGraphDependency,
+  ProjectGraphNode,
+} from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { depGraphMachine } from './dep-graph.machine';
 import { interpret } from 'xstate';
 
@@ -51,38 +55,38 @@ export const mockProjects: ProjectGraphNode[] = [
 export const mockDependencies: Record<string, ProjectGraphDependency[]> = {
   app1: [
     {
-      type: 'static',
+      type: DependencyType.static,
       source: 'app1',
       target: 'auth-lib',
     },
     {
-      type: 'static',
+      type: DependencyType.static,
       source: 'app1',
       target: 'feature-lib1',
     },
   ],
   app2: [
     {
-      type: 'static',
+      type: DependencyType.static,
       source: 'app2',
       target: 'auth-lib',
     },
     {
-      type: 'static',
+      type: DependencyType.static,
       source: 'app2',
       target: 'feature-lib2',
     },
   ],
   'feature-lib1': [
     {
-      type: 'static',
+      type: DependencyType.static,
       source: 'feature-lib1',
       target: 'ui-lib',
     },
   ],
   'feature-lib2': [
     {
-      type: 'static',
+      type: DependencyType.static,
       source: 'feature-lib2',
       target: 'ui-lib',
     },
diff --git a/dep-graph/client/src/app/mock-project-graph-service.ts b/dep-graph/client/src/app/mock-project-graph-service.ts
index 7911fd6574..5ab60e9ac7 100644
--- a/dep-graph/client/src/app/mock-project-graph-service.ts
+++ b/dep-graph/client/src/app/mock-project-graph-service.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export class MockProjectGraphService implements ProjectGraphService {
         {
           source: 'existing-app-1',
           target: 'existing-lib-1',
-          type: 'statis',
+          type: 'static' as any,
         },
       ],
       'existing-lib-1': [],
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export class MockProjectGraphService implements ProjectGraphService {
       {
         source: newProject.name,
         target: targetDependency.name,
-        type: 'static',
+        type: 'static' as any,
       },
     ];
 
diff --git a/dep-graph/client/src/app/styles-graph/edges.ts b/dep-graph/client/src/app/styles-graph/edges.ts
index 6b7804fbf1..d0ffaf680e 100644
--- a/dep-graph/client/src/app/styles-graph/edges.ts
+++ b/dep-graph/client/src/app/styles-graph/edges.ts
@@ -41,9 +41,22 @@ const dynamicEdges: Stylesheet = {
   },
 };
 
+const typeOnlyEdges: Stylesheet = {
+  selector: 'edge.typeOnly',
+  style: {
+    label: 'type only',
+    'font-size': '16px',
+    'edge-text-rotation': 'autorotate',
+    'curve-style': 'unbundled-bezier',
+    'line-dash-pattern': [5, 5],
+    'line-style': 'dashed',
+  },
+};
+
 export const edgeStyles: Stylesheet[] = [
   allEdges,
   affectedEdges,
   implicitEdges,
   dynamicEdges,
+  typeOnlyEdges,
 ];
diff --git a/dep-graph/client/src/assets/graphs/nx-examples.json b/dep-graph/client/src/assets/graphs/nx-examples.json
index 6cda624303..3895d0c004 100644
--- a/dep-graph/client/src/assets/graphs/nx-examples.json
+++ b/dep-graph/client/src/assets/graphs/nx-examples.json
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
       {
         "source": "shared-product-data",
         "target": "shared-product-types",
-        "type": "static"
+        "type": "typeOnly"
       }
     ],
     "products-home-page": [
diff --git a/docs/generated/api-nx-devkit/index.md b/docs/generated/api-nx-devkit/index.md
index 159e7c53b5..151481ec68 100644
--- a/docs/generated/api-nx-devkit/index.md
+++ b/docs/generated/api-nx-devkit/index.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ It only uses language primitives and immutable objects
 - [FileData](../../generated/nx-devkit/index#filedata)
 - [ProjectFileMap](../../generated/nx-devkit/index#projectfilemap)
 - [ProjectGraph](../../generated/nx-devkit/index#projectgraph)
+- [ProjectGraphBuilderExplicitDependency](../../generated/nx-devkit/index#projectgraphbuilderexplicitdependency)
 - [ProjectGraphDependency](../../generated/nx-devkit/index#projectgraphdependency)
 - [ProjectGraphExternalNode](../../generated/nx-devkit/index#projectgraphexternalnode)
 - [ProjectGraphProcessorContext](../../generated/nx-devkit/index#projectgraphprocessorcontext)
@@ -210,6 +211,12 @@ A plugin for Nx
 
 ---
 
+### ProjectGraphBuilderExplicitDependency
+
+• **ProjectGraphBuilderExplicitDependency**: `Object`
+
+---
+
 ### ProjectGraphDependency
 
 • **ProjectGraphDependency**: `Object`
diff --git a/e2e/workspace-integrations/src/workspace-aux-commands.test.ts b/e2e/workspace-integrations/src/workspace-aux-commands.test.ts
index 0747957414..e337791abb 100644
--- a/e2e/workspace-integrations/src/workspace-aux-commands.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/workspace-integrations/src/workspace-aux-commands.test.ts
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ describe('dep-graph', () => {
             target: mylib,
             type: 'static',
           },
-          { source: myapp, target: mylib2, type: 'static' },
+          { source: myapp, target: mylib2, type: 'dynamic' },
         ],
         [myappE2e]: [
           {
diff --git a/nx-dev/nx-dev/public/documentation/generated/api-nx-devkit/index.md b/nx-dev/nx-dev/public/documentation/generated/api-nx-devkit/index.md
index 159e7c53b5..151481ec68 100644
--- a/nx-dev/nx-dev/public/documentation/generated/api-nx-devkit/index.md
+++ b/nx-dev/nx-dev/public/documentation/generated/api-nx-devkit/index.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ It only uses language primitives and immutable objects
 - [FileData](../../generated/nx-devkit/index#filedata)
 - [ProjectFileMap](../../generated/nx-devkit/index#projectfilemap)
 - [ProjectGraph](../../generated/nx-devkit/index#projectgraph)
+- [ProjectGraphBuilderExplicitDependency](../../generated/nx-devkit/index#projectgraphbuilderexplicitdependency)
 - [ProjectGraphDependency](../../generated/nx-devkit/index#projectgraphdependency)
 - [ProjectGraphExternalNode](../../generated/nx-devkit/index#projectgraphexternalnode)
 - [ProjectGraphProcessorContext](../../generated/nx-devkit/index#projectgraphprocessorcontext)
@@ -210,6 +211,12 @@ A plugin for Nx
 
 ---
 
+### ProjectGraphBuilderExplicitDependency
+
+• **ProjectGraphBuilderExplicitDependency**: `Object`
+
+---
+
 ### ProjectGraphDependency
 
 • **ProjectGraphDependency**: `Object`
diff --git a/packages/devkit/index.ts b/packages/devkit/index.ts
index a306950c24..57c2b9f9ce 100644
--- a/packages/devkit/index.ts
+++ b/packages/devkit/index.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ export type {
   ProjectFileMap,
   FileData,
   ProjectGraph,
+  ProjectGraphBuilderExplicitDependency,
   ProjectGraphDependency,
   ProjectGraphNode,
   ProjectGraphProjectNode,
diff --git a/packages/devkit/src/project-graph/project-graph-builder.spec.ts b/packages/devkit/src/project-graph/project-graph-builder.spec.ts
index c86dce4c11..36e44eb86f 100644
--- a/packages/devkit/src/project-graph/project-graph-builder.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/devkit/src/project-graph/project-graph-builder.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { DependencyType } from './interfaces';
 import { ProjectGraphBuilder } from './project-graph-builder';
 
 describe('ProjectGraphBuilder', () => {
@@ -96,21 +97,77 @@ describe('ProjectGraphBuilder', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it(`should use implicit dep when both implicit and explicit deps are available`, () => {
-    // don't include duplicates
-    builder.addImplicitDependency('source', 'target');
-    builder.addExplicitDependency('source', 'source/index.ts', 'target');
+  describe('dependency type priority', () => {
+    it(`should use implicit dep when both implicit and explicit deps are available`, () => {
+      // don't include duplicates
+      builder.addImplicitDependency('source', 'target');
+      builder.addExplicitDependency('source', 'source/index.ts', 'target');
 
-    const graph = builder.getUpdatedProjectGraph();
-    expect(graph.dependencies).toEqual({
-      source: [
-        {
-          source: 'source',
-          target: 'target',
-          type: 'implicit',
-        },
-      ],
-      target: [],
+      const graph = builder.getUpdatedProjectGraph();
+      expect(graph.dependencies).toEqual({
+        source: [
+          {
+            source: 'source',
+            target: 'target',
+            type: 'implicit',
+          },
+        ],
+        target: [],
+      });
+    });
+
+    it(`should use explicit deps in priority order "static > dynamic"`, () => {
+      builder.addExplicitDependency(
+        'source',
+        'source/index.ts',
+        'target',
+        DependencyType.dynamic
+      );
+      builder.addExplicitDependency(
+        'source',
+        'source/index.ts',
+        'target',
+        DependencyType.static
+      );
+
+      const graph = builder.getUpdatedProjectGraph();
+      expect(graph.dependencies).toEqual({
+        source: [
+          {
+            source: 'source',
+            target: 'target',
+            type: DependencyType.static,
+          },
+        ],
+        target: [],
+      });
+    });
+
+    it(`should use explicit deps in priority order "dynamic > type-only"`, () => {
+      builder.addExplicitDependency(
+        'source',
+        'source/index.ts',
+        'target',
+        DependencyType.dynamic
+      );
+      builder.addExplicitDependency(
+        'source',
+        'source/second.ts',
+        'target',
+        DependencyType.typeOnly
+      );
+
+      const graph = builder.getUpdatedProjectGraph();
+      expect(graph.dependencies).toEqual({
+        source: [
+          {
+            source: 'source',
+            target: 'target',
+            type: DependencyType.dynamic,
+          },
+        ],
+        target: [],
+      });
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/devkit/src/project-graph/project-graph-builder.ts b/packages/devkit/src/project-graph/project-graph-builder.ts
index b97bafc316..e0e13440d3 100644
--- a/packages/devkit/src/project-graph/project-graph-builder.ts
+++ b/packages/devkit/src/project-graph/project-graph-builder.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type {
+  FileData,
   ProjectGraph,
   ProjectGraphDependency,
   ProjectGraphExternalNode,
@@ -110,7 +111,8 @@ export class ProjectGraphBuilder {
   addExplicitDependency(
     sourceProjectName: string,
     sourceProjectFile: string,
-    targetProjectName: string
+    targetProjectName: string,
+    dependencyType: DependencyType = DependencyType.static // TODO: Make this argument required
   ): void {
     if (sourceProjectName === targetProjectName) {
       return;
@@ -127,9 +129,8 @@ export class ProjectGraphBuilder {
       throw new Error(`Target project does not exist: ${targetProjectName}`);
     }
 
-    const fileData = source.data.files.find(
-      (f) => f.file === sourceProjectFile
-    );
+    const files = source.data.files as FileData[];
+    const fileData = files.find((f) => f.file === sourceProjectFile);
     if (!fileData) {
       throw new Error(
         `Source project ${sourceProjectName} does not have a file: ${sourceProjectFile}`
@@ -140,8 +141,19 @@ export class ProjectGraphBuilder {
       fileData.deps = [];
     }
 
-    if (!fileData.deps.find((t) => t === targetProjectName)) {
-      fileData.deps.push(targetProjectName);
+    const existingFileDep = fileData.deps.find(
+      (t) => t.projectName === targetProjectName
+    );
+    if (existingFileDep) {
+      existingFileDep.dependencyType = this.getHigherPriorityDepType(
+        existingFileDep.dependencyType,
+        dependencyType
+      );
+    } else {
+      fileData.deps.push({
+        projectName: targetProjectName,
+        dependencyType,
+      });
     }
   }
 
@@ -153,54 +165,76 @@ export class ProjectGraphBuilder {
   }
 
   getUpdatedProjectGraph(): ProjectGraph {
+    const isRemoved = (sourceProject: string, targetProject: string) =>
+      this.removedEdges[sourceProject] &&
+      this.removedEdges[sourceProject].has(targetProject);
     for (const sourceProject of Object.keys(this.graph.nodes)) {
-      const alreadySetTargetProjects =
-        this.calculateAlreadySetTargetDeps(sourceProject);
-      this.graph.dependencies[sourceProject] = [
-        ...alreadySetTargetProjects.values(),
-      ];
+      const sourceProjectDepMap = new Map<string, ProjectGraphDependency>(
+        this.graph.dependencies[sourceProject]
+          .map((dep) => [dep.target, dep] as const)
+          .filter(([targetProject]) => !isRemoved(sourceProject, targetProject))
+      );
 
       const fileDeps = this.calculateTargetDepsFromFiles(sourceProject);
-      for (const targetProject of fileDeps) {
-        if (!alreadySetTargetProjects.has(targetProject)) {
-          if (
-            !this.removedEdges[sourceProject] ||
-            !this.removedEdges[sourceProject].has(targetProject)
-          ) {
-            this.graph.dependencies[sourceProject].push({
-              source: sourceProject,
-              target: targetProject,
-              type: DependencyType.static,
-            });
-          }
+      for (const [targetProject, targetProjectDepType] of fileDeps) {
+        if (sourceProjectDepMap.has(targetProject)) {
+          const existingDep = sourceProjectDepMap.get(targetProject);
+          existingDep.type = this.getHigherPriorityDepType(
+            existingDep.type,
+            targetProjectDepType
+          );
+        } else if (!isRemoved(sourceProject, targetProject)) {
+          sourceProjectDepMap.set(targetProject, {
+            source: sourceProject,
+            target: targetProject,
+            type: targetProjectDepType,
+          });
         }
       }
+
+      this.graph.dependencies[sourceProject] = [
+        ...sourceProjectDepMap.values(),
+      ];
     }
     return this.graph;
   }
 
   private calculateTargetDepsFromFiles(sourceProject: string) {
-    const fileDeps = new Set<string>();
-    const files = this.graph.nodes[sourceProject].data.files;
+    const fileDeps = new Map<string, DependencyType>();
+    const files: FileData[] = this.graph.nodes[sourceProject].data.files;
     if (!files) return fileDeps;
     for (let f of files) {
       if (f.deps) {
         for (let p of f.deps) {
-          fileDeps.add(p);
+          if (fileDeps.has(p.projectName)) {
+            const existingDepType = fileDeps.get(p.projectName);
+            const priorityDepType = this.getHigherPriorityDepType(
+              p.dependencyType,
+              existingDepType
+            );
+            fileDeps.set(p.projectName, priorityDepType);
+          } else {
+            fileDeps.set(p.projectName, p.dependencyType);
+          }
         }
       }
     }
     return fileDeps;
   }
 
-  private calculateAlreadySetTargetDeps(sourceProject: string) {
-    const alreadySetTargetProjects = new Map<string, ProjectGraphDependency>();
-    const removed = this.removedEdges[sourceProject];
-    for (const d of this.graph.dependencies[sourceProject]) {
-      if (!removed || !removed.has(d.target)) {
-        alreadySetTargetProjects.set(d.target, d);
+  private getHigherPriorityDepType(
+    depTypeA: DependencyType,
+    depTypeB: DependencyType
+  ): DependencyType {
+    for (const priorityDepType of [
+      DependencyType.implicit,
+      DependencyType.static,
+      DependencyType.dynamic,
+      DependencyType.typeOnly,
+    ]) {
+      if (depTypeA === priorityDepType || depTypeB === priorityDepType) {
+        return priorityDepType;
       }
     }
-    return alreadySetTargetProjects;
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-nx/src/rules/enforce-module-boundaries.spec.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin-nx/src/rules/enforce-module-boundaries.spec.ts
index 9768cd19fb..89e1853045 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin-nx/src/rules/enforce-module-boundaries.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-nx/src/rules/enforce-module-boundaries.spec.ts
@@ -1661,7 +1661,16 @@ linter.defineParser('@typescript-eslint/parser', parser);
 linter.defineRule(enforceModuleBoundariesRuleName, enforceModuleBoundaries);
 
 function createFile(f: string, deps?: string[]): FileData {
-  return { file: f, hash: '', ...(deps && { deps }) };
+  return {
+    file: f,
+    hash: '',
+    ...(deps && {
+      deps: deps.map((dep) => ({
+        projectName: dep,
+        dependencyType: DependencyType.static,
+      })),
+    }),
+  };
 }
 
 function runRule(
diff --git a/packages/node/src/executors/package/package.impl.spec.ts b/packages/node/src/executors/package/package.impl.spec.ts
index e60cd07e12..262b643b38 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/executors/package/package.impl.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/executors/package/package.impl.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ExecutorContext } from '@nrwl/devkit';
+import { DependencyType, ExecutorContext } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { mocked } from 'ts-jest/utils';
 
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ describe('NodePackageBuilder', () => {
             dependencies: {
               nodelib: [
                 {
-                  type: ProjectType.lib,
+                  type: DependencyType.static,
                   target: 'nodelib-child',
                   source: null,
                 },
diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/utils/find-all-npm-dependencies.spec.ts b/packages/react-native/src/utils/find-all-npm-dependencies.spec.ts
index 440a43d405..d2e565713e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/src/utils/find-all-npm-dependencies.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/utils/find-all-npm-dependencies.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { findAllNpmDependencies } from './find-all-npm-dependencies';
-import { ProjectGraph } from '@nrwl/devkit';
+import { DependencyType, ProjectGraph } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 
 test('findAllNpmDependencies', () => {
   const graph: ProjectGraph = {
@@ -61,26 +61,34 @@ test('findAllNpmDependencies', () => {
     },
     dependencies: {
       myapp: [
-        { type: 'static', source: 'myapp', target: 'lib1' },
-        { type: 'static', source: 'myapp', target: 'lib2' },
+        { type: DependencyType.static, source: 'myapp', target: 'lib1' },
+        { type: DependencyType.static, source: 'myapp', target: 'lib2' },
         {
-          type: 'static',
+          type: DependencyType.static,
           source: 'myapp',
           target: 'npm:react-native-image-picker',
         },
         {
-          type: 'static',
+          type: DependencyType.static,
           source: 'myapp',
           target: 'npm:@nrwl/react-native',
         },
       ],
       lib1: [
-        { type: 'static', source: 'lib1', target: 'lib2' },
-        { type: 'static', source: 'lib3', target: 'npm:react-native-snackbar' },
+        { type: DependencyType.static, source: 'lib1', target: 'lib2' },
+        {
+          type: DependencyType.static,
+          source: 'lib3',
+          target: 'npm:react-native-snackbar',
+        },
       ],
-      lib2: [{ type: 'static', source: 'lib2', target: 'lib3' }],
+      lib2: [{ type: DependencyType.static, source: 'lib2', target: 'lib3' }],
       lib3: [
-        { type: 'static', source: 'lib3', target: 'npm:react-native-dialog' },
+        {
+          type: DependencyType.static,
+          source: 'lib3',
+          target: 'npm:react-native-dialog',
+        },
       ],
     },
   };
diff --git a/packages/tao/src/shared/project-graph.ts b/packages/tao/src/shared/project-graph.ts
index ebc03b7e1e..4a8ae5c3f0 100644
--- a/packages/tao/src/shared/project-graph.ts
+++ b/packages/tao/src/shared/project-graph.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,19 @@ export interface FileData {
   hash: string;
   /** @deprecated this field will be removed in v13. Use {@link path.extname} to parse extension */
   ext?: string;
-  deps?: string[];
+  deps?: FileDependency[];
+}
+
+export interface FileDependency {
+  projectName: string;
+  dependencyType: DependencyType;
+}
+
+export interface ProjectGraphBuilderExplicitDependency {
+  sourceProjectName: string;
+  targetProjectName: string;
+  sourceProjectFile: string;
+  dependencyType: DependencyType;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -49,6 +61,10 @@ export enum DependencyType {
    * Implicit dependencies are inferred
    */
   implicit = 'implicit',
+  /**
+   * Type-only dependencies are those of the form `import type ...`
+   */
+  typeOnly = 'typeOnly',
 }
 
 /**
@@ -108,7 +124,7 @@ export interface ProjectGraphExternalNode {
  * A dependency between two projects
  */
 export interface ProjectGraphDependency {
-  type: DependencyType | string;
+  type: DependencyType;
   /**
    * The project being imported by the other
    */
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/core/hasher/hasher.spec.ts b/packages/workspace/src/core/hasher/hasher.spec.ts
index facc0e25cf..65457da9c2 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/core/hasher/hasher.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/core/hasher/hasher.spec.ts
@@ -246,7 +246,9 @@ describe('Hasher', () => {
           },
         },
         dependencies: {
-          parent: [{ source: 'parent', target: 'child', type: 'static' }],
+          parent: [
+            { source: 'parent', target: 'child', type: DependencyType.static },
+          ],
         },
       },
       {} as any,
@@ -343,8 +345,12 @@ describe('Hasher', () => {
           },
         },
         dependencies: {
-          parent: [{ source: 'parent', target: 'child', type: 'static' }],
-          child: [{ source: 'child', target: 'parent', type: 'static' }],
+          parent: [
+            { source: 'parent', target: 'child', type: DependencyType.static },
+          ],
+          child: [
+            { source: 'child', target: 'parent', type: DependencyType.static },
+          ],
         },
       },
       {} as any,
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/build-explicit-typescript-and-package-json-dependencies.ts b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/build-explicit-typescript-and-package-json-dependencies.ts
index b4c50f43b3..90750bf00e 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/build-explicit-typescript-and-package-json-dependencies.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/build-explicit-typescript-and-package-json-dependencies.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import { ProjectFileMap, ProjectGraph, Workspace } from '@nrwl/devkit';
+import {
+  ProjectFileMap,
+  ProjectGraph,
+  ProjectGraphBuilderExplicitDependency,
+  Workspace,
+} from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { buildExplicitTypeScriptDependencies } from './explicit-project-dependencies';
 import { buildExplicitPackageJsonDependencies } from './explicit-package-json-dependencies';
 
@@ -10,7 +15,7 @@ export function buildExplicitTypescriptAndPackageJsonDependencies(
   workspace: Workspace,
   projectGraph: ProjectGraph,
   filesToProcess: ProjectFileMap
-) {
+): ProjectGraphBuilderExplicitDependency[] {
   let res = [];
   if (
     jsPluginConfig.analyzeSourceFiles === undefined ||
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-package-json-dependencies.spec.ts b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-package-json-dependencies.spec.ts
index 5dda36f4ee..98998f6855 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-package-json-dependencies.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-package-json-dependencies.spec.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { buildExplicitPackageJsonDependencies } from './explicit-package-json-de
 import { vol } from 'memfs';
 import { ProjectGraphNode } from '../project-graph-models';
 import {
+  DependencyType,
   ProjectGraphBuilder,
   ProjectGraphProcessorContext,
 } from '@nrwl/devkit';
@@ -125,16 +126,19 @@ describe('explicit package json dependencies', () => {
         sourceProjectName: 'proj',
         targetProjectName: 'proj2',
         sourceProjectFile: 'libs/proj/package.json',
+        dependencyType: DependencyType.static,
       },
       {
         sourceProjectFile: 'libs/proj/package.json',
         sourceProjectName: 'proj',
         targetProjectName: 'npm:external',
+        dependencyType: DependencyType.static,
       },
       {
         sourceProjectName: 'proj',
         targetProjectName: 'proj3',
         sourceProjectFile: 'libs/proj/package.json',
+        dependencyType: DependencyType.static,
       },
     ]);
   });
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-package-json-dependencies.ts b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-package-json-dependencies.ts
index ed32e260bb..0828e01d34 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-package-json-dependencies.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-package-json-dependencies.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { ProjectGraph, ProjectGraphNodeRecords } from '../project-graph-models';
 import { defaultFileRead } from '../../file-utils';
 import {
+  DependencyType,
   joinPathFragments,
   parseJson,
   ProjectFileMap,
+  ProjectGraphBuilderExplicitDependency,
   Workspace,
 } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { join } from 'path';
@@ -12,8 +14,8 @@ export function buildExplicitPackageJsonDependencies(
   workspace: Workspace,
   graph: ProjectGraph,
   filesToProcess: ProjectFileMap
-) {
-  const res = [] as any;
+): ProjectGraphBuilderExplicitDependency[] {
+  const res: ProjectGraphBuilderExplicitDependency[] = [];
   let packageNameMap = undefined;
   Object.keys(filesToProcess).forEach((source) => {
     Object.values(filesToProcess[source]).forEach((f) => {
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ function processPackageJson(
   sourceProject: string,
   fileName: string,
   graph: ProjectGraph,
-  collectedDeps: any[],
+  collectedDeps: ProjectGraphBuilderExplicitDependency[],
   packageNameMap: { [packageName: string]: string }
 ) {
   try {
@@ -68,12 +70,14 @@ function processPackageJson(
           sourceProjectName: sourceProject,
           targetProjectName: packageNameMap[d],
           sourceProjectFile: fileName,
+          dependencyType: DependencyType.static,
         });
       } else if (graph.externalNodes[`npm:${d}`]) {
         collectedDeps.push({
           sourceProjectName: sourceProject,
           targetProjectName: `npm:${d}`,
           sourceProjectFile: fileName,
+          dependencyType: DependencyType.static,
         });
       }
     });
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-project-dependencies.spec.ts b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-project-dependencies.spec.ts
index 7228829862..5b18802b94 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-project-dependencies.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-project-dependencies.spec.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { vol } from 'memfs';
 import { ProjectGraphNode } from '../project-graph-models';
 import { buildExplicitTypeScriptDependencies } from './explicit-project-dependencies';
 import {
+  DependencyType,
   ProjectGraphBuilder,
   ProjectGraphProcessorContext,
 } from '@nrwl/devkit';
@@ -201,21 +202,25 @@ describe('explicit project dependencies', () => {
         sourceProjectFile: 'libs/proj1234/index.ts',
         sourceProjectName: 'proj1234',
         targetProjectName: 'proj1234-child',
+        dependencyType: DependencyType.static,
       },
       {
         sourceProjectFile: 'libs/proj/index.ts',
         sourceProjectName: 'proj',
         targetProjectName: 'proj2',
+        dependencyType: DependencyType.static,
       },
       {
         sourceProjectFile: 'libs/proj/index.ts',
         sourceProjectName: 'proj',
         targetProjectName: 'proj3a',
+        dependencyType: DependencyType.dynamic,
       },
       {
         sourceProjectFile: 'libs/proj/index.ts',
         sourceProjectName: 'proj',
         targetProjectName: 'proj4ab',
+        dependencyType: DependencyType.dynamic,
       },
     ]);
   });
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-project-dependencies.ts b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-project-dependencies.ts
index 7b49d2d5bb..07b489d5d0 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-project-dependencies.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-project-dependencies.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ import { TypeScriptImportLocator } from './typescript-import-locator';
 import { TargetProjectLocator } from '../../target-project-locator';
 import {
   ProjectFileMap,
-  ProjectGraphBuilder,
-  ProjectGraphProcessorContext,
+  ProjectGraphBuilderExplicitDependency,
   Workspace,
 } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 
@@ -12,13 +11,13 @@ export function buildExplicitTypeScriptDependencies(
   workspace: Workspace,
   graph: ProjectGraph,
   filesToProcess: ProjectFileMap
-) {
+): ProjectGraphBuilderExplicitDependency[] {
   const importLocator = new TypeScriptImportLocator();
   const targetProjectLocator = new TargetProjectLocator(
     graph.nodes,
     graph.externalNodes
   );
-  const res = [] as any;
+  const res: ProjectGraphBuilderExplicitDependency[] = [];
   Object.keys(filesToProcess).forEach((source) => {
     Object.values(filesToProcess[source]).forEach((f) => {
       importLocator.fromFile(
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ export function buildExplicitTypeScriptDependencies(
               sourceProjectName: source,
               targetProjectName: target,
               sourceProjectFile: f.file,
+              dependencyType: type,
             });
           }
         }
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/typescript-import-locator.ts b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/typescript-import-locator.ts
index 89ab49303b..51640da705 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/typescript-import-locator.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-dependencies/typescript-import-locator.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { DependencyType } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { stripSourceCode } from '../../../utilities/strip-source-code';
 import { defaultFileRead } from '../../file-utils';
 
-let tsModule: any;
+let tsModule: typeof ts;
 
 export class TypeScriptImportLocator {
   private readonly scanner: ts.Scanner;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class TypeScriptImportLocator {
 
   fromNode(
     filePath: string,
-    node: any,
+    node: ts.Node,
     visitor: (
       importExpr: string,
       filePath: string,
@@ -59,7 +59,15 @@ export class TypeScriptImportLocator {
     ) {
       if (!this.ignoreStatement(node)) {
         const imp = this.getStringLiteralValue(node.moduleSpecifier);
-        visitor(imp, filePath, DependencyType.static);
+        const isTypeOnly =
+          (tsModule.isImportDeclaration(node) &&
+            node.importClause?.isTypeOnly) ||
+          (tsModule.isExportDeclaration(node) && node.isTypeOnly);
+        visitor(
+          imp,
+          filePath,
+          isTypeOnly ? DependencyType.typeOnly : DependencyType.static
+        );
       }
       return; // stop traversing downwards
     }
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-project-graph.spec.ts b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-project-graph.spec.ts
index b0cdbcb16f..7163fa630e 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-project-graph.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-project-graph.spec.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ describe('project graph', () => {
           projectType: 'library',
           targets: {},
         },
+        'types-lib': {
+          root: 'libs/types-lib',
+          sourceRoot: 'libs/types-lib',
+          projectType: 'library',
+          targets: {},
+        },
         api: {
           root: 'apps/api/',
           sourceRoot: 'apps/api/src',
@@ -98,6 +104,7 @@ describe('project graph', () => {
           '@nrwl/shared-util-data': ['libs/shared/util/data/src/index.ts'],
           '@nrwl/ui': ['libs/ui/src/index.ts'],
           '@nrwl/lazy-lib': ['libs/lazy-lib/src/index.ts'],
+          '@nrwl/types-lib': ['libs/types-lib/src/index.ts'],
         },
       },
     };
@@ -108,6 +115,7 @@ describe('project graph', () => {
       './apps/demo/src/index.ts': stripIndents`
         import * as ui from '@nrwl/ui';
         import * as data from '@nrwl/shared-util-data;
+        import type { MyType } from '@nrwl/types-lib;
         const s = { loadChildren: '@nrwl/lazy-lib#LAZY' }
       `,
       './apps/demo-e2e/src/integration/app.spec.ts': stripIndents`
@@ -126,6 +134,9 @@ describe('project graph', () => {
       './libs/lazy-lib/src/index.ts': stripIndents`
         export const LAZY = 'lazy lib';
       `,
+      './libs/types-lib/src/index.ts': stripIndents`
+        export type MyType = {};
+      `,
       './package.json': JSON.stringify(packageJson),
       './nx.json': JSON.stringify(nxJson),
       './workspace.json': JSON.stringify(workspaceJson),
@@ -142,7 +153,9 @@ describe('project graph', () => {
       fail('Invalid tsconfigs should cause project graph to throw error');
     } catch (e) {
       expect(e.message).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
-        `"InvalidSymbol in /root/tsconfig.base.json at position 247"`
+        `"InvalidSymbol in /root/tsconfig.base.json at position ${
+          JSON.stringify(tsConfigJson).length
+        }"`
       );
     }
   });
@@ -176,23 +189,35 @@ describe('project graph', () => {
       },
     });
     expect(graph.dependencies).toEqual({
-      api: [{ source: 'api', target: 'npm:express', type: 'static' }],
+      api: [
+        { source: 'api', target: 'npm:express', type: DependencyType.static },
+      ],
       demo: [
-        { source: 'demo', target: 'api', type: 'implicit' },
+        { source: 'demo', target: 'api', type: DependencyType.implicit },
         {
           source: 'demo',
           target: 'ui',
-          type: 'static',
+          type: DependencyType.static,
+        },
+        {
+          source: 'demo',
+          target: 'shared-util-data',
+          type: DependencyType.static,
+        },
+        {
+          source: 'demo',
+          target: 'types-lib',
+          type: DependencyType.typeOnly,
         },
-        { source: 'demo', target: 'shared-util-data', type: 'static' },
         {
           source: 'demo',
           target: 'lazy-lib',
-          type: 'static',
+          type: DependencyType.dynamic,
         },
       ],
       'demo-e2e': [],
       'lazy-lib': [],
+      'types-lib': [],
       'shared-util': [
         { source: 'shared-util', target: 'npm:happy-nrwl', type: 'static' },
       ],
@@ -202,7 +227,7 @@ describe('project graph', () => {
         {
           source: 'ui',
           target: 'lazy-lib',
-          type: 'static',
+          type: 'dynamic',
         },
       ],
     });
@@ -244,7 +269,7 @@ describe('project graph', () => {
         target: 'shared-util',
       },
       {
-        type: DependencyType.static,
+        type: DependencyType.dynamic,
         source: 'ui',
         target: 'lazy-lib',
       },
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-project-graph.ts b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-project-graph.ts
index 41a8c1433d..f77b8b5a19 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-project-graph.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/build-project-graph.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   ProjectFileMap,
   ProjectGraph,
   ProjectGraphBuilder,
+  ProjectGraphBuilderExplicitDependency,
   ProjectGraphProcessorContext,
   readJsonFile,
   WorkspaceJsonConfiguration,
@@ -280,7 +281,8 @@ function buildExplicitDependenciesWithoutWorkers(
     builder.addExplicitDependency(
       r.sourceProjectName,
       r.sourceProjectFile,
-      r.targetProjectName
+      r.targetProjectName,
+      r.dependencyType
     );
   });
 }
@@ -306,13 +308,16 @@ function buildExplicitDependenciesUsingWorkers(
   return new Promise((res, reject) => {
     for (let w of workers) {
       w.on('message', (explicitDependencies) => {
-        explicitDependencies.forEach((r) => {
-          builder.addExplicitDependency(
-            r.sourceProjectName,
-            r.sourceProjectFile,
-            r.targetProjectName
-          );
-        });
+        explicitDependencies.forEach(
+          (r: ProjectGraphBuilderExplicitDependency) => {
+            builder.addExplicitDependency(
+              r.sourceProjectName,
+              r.sourceProjectFile,
+              r.targetProjectName,
+              r.dependencyType
+            );
+          }
+        );
         if (bins.length > 0) {
           w.postMessage({ filesToProcess: bins.shift() });
         }
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/tslint/nxEnforceModuleBoundariesRule.spec.ts b/packages/workspace/src/tslint/nxEnforceModuleBoundariesRule.spec.ts
index a523559442..043e13566b 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/tslint/nxEnforceModuleBoundariesRule.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/tslint/nxEnforceModuleBoundariesRule.spec.ts
@@ -1170,7 +1170,16 @@ Circular file chain:
 });
 
 function createFile(f: string, deps?: string[]): FileData {
-  return { file: f, hash: '', ...(deps && { deps }) };
+  return {
+    file: f,
+    hash: '',
+    ...(deps && {
+      deps: deps.map((dep) => ({
+        projectName: dep,
+        dependencyType: DependencyType.static,
+      })),
+    }),
+  };
 }
 
 function runRule(
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/utilities/project-graph-utils.spec.ts b/packages/workspace/src/utilities/project-graph-utils.spec.ts
index d866429af2..4b87c596ee 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/utilities/project-graph-utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/utilities/project-graph-utils.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { PackageJson } from '@nrwl/tao/src/shared/package-json';
-import { ProjectGraph } from '../core/project-graph';
+import { DependencyType, ProjectGraph } from '../core/project-graph';
 import {
   getProjectNameFromDirPath,
   getSourceDirOfDependentProjects,
@@ -52,17 +52,17 @@ describe('project graph utils', () => {
       dependencies: {
         'demo-app': [
           {
-            type: 'static',
+            type: DependencyType.static,
             source: 'demo-app',
             target: 'ui',
           },
           {
-            type: 'static',
+            type: DependencyType.static,
             source: 'demo-app',
             target: 'npm:chalk',
           },
           {
-            type: 'static',
+            type: DependencyType.static,
             source: 'demo-app',
             target: 'core',
           },
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/utils/graph-utils.ts b/packages/workspace/src/utils/graph-utils.ts
index 2846d32688..358a5e13a6 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/utils/graph-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/utils/graph-utils.ts
@@ -116,17 +116,19 @@ export function checkCircularPath(
 export function findFilesInCircularPath(
   circularPath: ProjectGraphNode[]
 ): Array<string[]> {
-  const filePathChain = [];
+  const filePathChain: string[][] = [];
 
   for (let i = 0; i < circularPath.length - 1; i++) {
     const next = circularPath[i + 1].name;
-    const files: FileData[] = circularPath[i].data.files;
+    const files: Record<string, FileData> = circularPath[i].data.files;
     filePathChain.push(
       Object.keys(files)
         .filter(
-          (key) => files[key].deps && files[key].deps.indexOf(next) !== -1
+          (key) =>
+            files[key].deps &&
+            files[key].deps.some((dep) => dep.projectName === next)
         )
-        .map((key) => files[key].file)
+        .map((key) => (files[key] as FileData).file)
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/utils/runtime-lint-utils.ts b/packages/workspace/src/utils/runtime-lint-utils.ts
index 212a161b95..d8140b29d9 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/utils/runtime-lint-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/utils/runtime-lint-utils.ts
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ export function mapProjectGraphFiles<T>(
     projectGraph.nodes as Record<string, ProjectGraphProjectNode>
   ).forEach(([name, node]) => {
     const files: Record<string, FileData> = {};
-    node.data.files.forEach(({ file, hash, deps }) => {
+    node.data.files.forEach(({ file, hash, deps }: FileData) => {
       files[removeExt(file)] = { file, hash, ...(deps && { deps }) };
     });
     const data = { ...node.data, files };