diff --git a/tsconfig-upgrader.js b/tsconfig-upgrader.js
index 6f324c7..77eea1a 100644
--- a/tsconfig-upgrader.js
+++ b/tsconfig-upgrader.js
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ function addTnsCoreModulesPathMappings(existingConfig, displayableTsconfigPath,
 		var compilerOptions = existingConfig["compilerOptions"];
 		compilerOptions["baseUrl"] = ".";
 		compilerOptions["paths"] = compilerOptions["paths"] || {};
+		compilerOptions["paths"]["~/*"] = compilerOptions["paths"]["~/*"] || [
+			"app/*"
+		];
 		compilerOptions["paths"]["*"] = compilerOptions["paths"]["*"] || [
 			"./node_modules/tns-core-modules/*",
 			"./node_modules/*"