diff --git a/.changeset/dirty-tigers-chew.md b/.changeset/dirty-tigers-chew.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e7e6a363dc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dirty-tigers-chew.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@graphql-codegen/gql-tag-operations-preset': minor
+---
+
+add support for importing base schema types
diff --git a/packages/presets/gql-tag-operations/src/index.ts b/packages/presets/gql-tag-operations/src/index.ts
index 6a76f433a3f..cb1195feced 100644
--- a/packages/presets/gql-tag-operations/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/presets/gql-tag-operations/src/index.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,35 @@ export type GqlTagConfig = {
    * ```
    */
   fragmentMasking?: FragmentMaskingConfig | boolean;
+  /**
+   * @description If base schema types are in another file,
+   * you can specify this as the relative path to it.
+   *
+   * @exampleMarkdown
+   * ```yaml {5}
+   * generates:
+   *   path/to/file.ts:
+   *     preset: gql-tag-operations-preset
+   *     presetConfig:
+   *       importTypesPath: types.ts
+   * ```
+   */
+  importTypesPath: string;
+  /**
+   * @description Optional, override the name of the import namespace used to import from the `baseTypesPath` file.
+   * @default Types
+   *
+   * @exampleMarkdown
+   * ```yaml {6}
+   * generates:
+   *   src/:
+   *     preset: gql-tag-operations-preset
+   *     presetConfig:
+   *       importTypesPath: types.ts
+   *       importTypesNamespace: SchemaTypes
+   * ```
+   */
+  importTypesNamespace?: string;
   /**
    * @description Specify the name of the "graphql tag" function to use
    * @default "gql"
@@ -115,13 +144,11 @@ export const preset: Types.OutputPreset<GqlTagConfig> = {
       [`gen-dts`]: gqlTagPlugin,
     };
 
-    const plugins: Array<Types.ConfiguredPlugin> = [
-      { [`add`]: { content: `/* eslint-disable */` } },
-      { [`typescript`]: {} },
-      { [`typescript-operations`]: {} },
-      { [`typed-document-node`]: {} },
-      ...options.plugins,
-    ];
+    const plugins: Array<Types.ConfiguredPlugin> = [{ [`add`]: { content: `/* eslint-disable */` } }];
+    if (!options.presetConfig.importTypesPath) {
+      plugins.push({ [`typescript`]: {} });
+    }
+    plugins.push({ [`typescript-operations`]: {} }, { [`typed-document-node`]: {} }, ...options.plugins);
 
     const genDtsPlugins: Array<Types.ConfiguredPlugin> = [
       { [`add`]: { content: `/* eslint-disable */` } },
@@ -134,11 +161,18 @@ export const preset: Types.OutputPreset<GqlTagConfig> = {
       reexports.push('gql');
     }
 
-    const config = {
+    const config: Record<string, any> = {
       ...options.config,
       inlineFragmentTypes: isMaskingFragments ? 'mask' : options.config['inlineFragmentTypes'],
     };
 
+    if (options.presetConfig.importTypesPath) {
+      const importType = options.config.useTypeImports ? 'import type' : 'import';
+      const importTypesNamespace = options.presetConfig.importTypesNamespace || 'Types';
+      plugins[0].add.content += `\n${importType} * as ${importTypesNamespace} from '${options.presetConfig.importTypesPath}';`;
+      config.namespacedImportName = importTypesNamespace;
+    }
+
     let fragmentMaskingFileGenerateConfig: Types.GenerateOptions | null = null;
 
     if (isMaskingFragments === true) {
diff --git a/packages/presets/gql-tag-operations/tests/gql-tag-operations.spec.ts b/packages/presets/gql-tag-operations/tests/gql-tag-operations.spec.ts
index 01db9223dff..90a517fed61 100644
--- a/packages/presets/gql-tag-operations/tests/gql-tag-operations.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/presets/gql-tag-operations/tests/gql-tag-operations.spec.ts
@@ -752,4 +752,74 @@ describe('gql-tag-operations-preset', () => {
     const graphqlFile = result.find(file => file.filename === 'out1/gql.ts');
     expect(graphqlFile).toBeDefined();
   });
+
+  it('supports importing base schema types', async () => {
+    const result = await executeCodegen({
+      schema: [
+        /* GraphQL */ `
+          type Query {
+            a: String
+            b: String
+            c: String
+          }
+        `,
+      ],
+      documents: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/simple-uppercase-operation-name.ts'),
+      generates: {
+        out1: {
+          preset,
+          presetConfig: {
+            importTypesPath: './base-types.ts',
+          },
+          plugins: [],
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(result.length).toBe(3);
+    const gqlFile = result.find(file => file.filename === 'out1/gql.ts');
+    expect(gqlFile.content).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      "/* eslint-disable */
+      import * as graphql from './graphql';
+      import { TypedDocumentNode as DocumentNode } from '@graphql-typed-document-node/core';
+
+      const documents = {
+          "\\n  query A {\\n    a\\n  }\\n": graphql.ADocument,
+          "\\n  query B {\\n    b\\n  }\\n": graphql.BDocument,
+          "\\n  fragment C on Query {\\n    c\\n  }\\n": graphql.CFragmentDoc,
+      };
+
+      export function gql(source: "\\n  query A {\\n    a\\n  }\\n"): (typeof documents)["\\n  query A {\\n    a\\n  }\\n"];
+      export function gql(source: "\\n  query B {\\n    b\\n  }\\n"): (typeof documents)["\\n  query B {\\n    b\\n  }\\n"];
+      export function gql(source: "\\n  fragment C on Query {\\n    c\\n  }\\n"): (typeof documents)["\\n  fragment C on Query {\\n    c\\n  }\\n"];
+
+      export function gql(source: string): unknown;
+      export function gql(source: string) {
+        return (documents as any)[source] ?? {};
+      }
+
+      export type DocumentType<TDocumentNode extends DocumentNode<any, any>> = TDocumentNode extends DocumentNode<  infer TType,  any>  ? TType  : never;"
+    `);
+    const graphqlFile = result.find(file => file.filename === 'out1/graphql.ts');
+    expect(graphqlFile.content).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      "/* eslint-disable */
+      import * as Types from './base-types.ts';
+      import { TypedDocumentNode as DocumentNode } from '@graphql-typed-document-node/core';
+      export type AQueryVariables = Types.Exact<{ [key: string]: never; }>;
+
+
+      export type AQuery = { __typename?: 'Query', a?: string | null };
+
+      export type BQueryVariables = Types.Exact<{ [key: string]: never; }>;
+
+
+      export type BQuery = { __typename?: 'Query', b?: string | null };
+
+      export type CFragment = { __typename?: 'Query', c?: string | null };
+
+      export const CFragmentDoc = {"kind":"Document","definitions":[{"kind":"FragmentDefinition","name":{"kind":"Name","value":"C"},"typeCondition":{"kind":"NamedType","name":{"kind":"Name","value":"Query"}},"selectionSet":{"kind":"SelectionSet","selections":[{"kind":"Field","name":{"kind":"Name","value":"c"}}]}}]} as unknown as DocumentNode<CFragment, unknown>;
+      export const ADocument = {"kind":"Document","definitions":[{"kind":"OperationDefinition","operation":"query","name":{"kind":"Name","value":"A"},"selectionSet":{"kind":"SelectionSet","selections":[{"kind":"Field","name":{"kind":"Name","value":"a"}}]}}]} as unknown as DocumentNode<AQuery, AQueryVariables>;
+      export const BDocument = {"kind":"Document","definitions":[{"kind":"OperationDefinition","operation":"query","name":{"kind":"Name","value":"B"},"selectionSet":{"kind":"SelectionSet","selections":[{"kind":"Field","name":{"kind":"Name","value":"b"}}]}}]} as unknown as DocumentNode<BQuery, BQueryVariables>;"
+    `);
+  });
 });