diff --git a/src/bsconfig.rs b/src/bsconfig.rs
index 3abcf406..f5bf905a 100644
--- a/src/bsconfig.rs
+++ b/src/bsconfig.rs
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ pub struct JsxSpecs {
     pub v3_dependencies: Option<Vec<String>>,
 }
 
+/// We do not care about the internal structure because the gentype config is loaded by bsc.
+pub type GenTypeConfig = serde_json::Value;
+
 /// # bsconfig.json representation
 /// This is tricky, there is a lot of ambiguity. This is probably incomplete.
 #[derive(Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
@@ -157,6 +160,8 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub namespace: Option<NamespaceConfig>,
     pub jsx: Option<JsxSpecs>,
     pub uncurried: Option<bool>,
+    #[serde(rename = "gentypeconfig")]
+    pub gentype_config: Option<GenTypeConfig>,
     // this is a new feature of rewatch, and it's not part of the bsconfig.json spec
     #[serde(rename = "namespace-entry")]
     pub namespace_entry: Option<String>,
@@ -238,8 +243,15 @@ pub fn read(path: String) -> Config {
         .expect("Errors reading bsconfig")
 }
 
-fn check_if_rescript11_or_higher(version: &str) -> bool {
-    version.split('.').next().unwrap().parse::<usize>().unwrap() >= 11
+fn check_if_rescript11_or_higher(version: &str) -> Result<bool, String> {
+    version
+        .split('.')
+        .next()
+        .and_then(|s| s.parse::<usize>().ok())
+        .map_or(
+            Err("Could not parse version".to_string()),
+            |major| Ok(major >= 11),
+        )
 }
 
 fn namespace_from_package_name(package_name: &str) -> String {
@@ -331,14 +343,17 @@ impl Config {
     }
 
     pub fn get_uncurried_args(&self, version: &str) -> Vec<String> {
-        if check_if_rescript11_or_higher(version) {
-            match self.uncurried.to_owned() {
+        match check_if_rescript11_or_higher(version) {
+            Ok(true) => match self.uncurried.to_owned() {
                 // v11 is always uncurried except iff explicitly set to false in the root rescript.json
                 Some(false) => vec![],
                 _ => vec!["-uncurried".to_string()],
+            },
+            Ok(false) => vec![],
+            Err(_) => {
+                eprintln!("Could not establish Rescript Version number for uncurried mode. Defaulting to Rescript < 11, disabling uncurried mode. Please specify an exact version if you need > 11 and default uncurried mode. Version: {}", version);
+                vec![]
             }
-        } else {
-            vec![]
         }
     }
 
@@ -366,6 +381,13 @@ impl Config {
         .or(self.suffix.to_owned())
         .unwrap_or(".js".to_string())
     }
+
+    pub fn get_gentype_arg(&self) -> Vec<String> {
+        match &self.gentype_config {
+            Some(_) => vec!["-bs-gentype".to_string()],
+            None => vec![],
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -389,4 +411,49 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(config.get_suffix(), ".mjs");
         assert_eq!(config.get_module(), "es6");
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_detect_gentypeconfig() {
+        let json = r#"
+        {
+            "name": "my-monorepo",
+            "sources": [ { "dir": "src/", "subdirs": true } ],
+            "package-specs": [ { "module": "es6", "in-source": true } ],
+            "suffix": ".mjs",
+            "pinned-dependencies": [ "@teamwalnut/app" ],
+            "bs-dependencies": [ "@teamwalnut/app" ],
+            "gentypeconfig": {
+                "module": "esmodule",
+                "generatedFileExtension": ".gen.tsx"
+            }
+        }
+        "#;
+
+        let config = serde_json::from_str::<Config>(json).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(config.gentype_config.is_some(), true);
+        assert_eq!(config.get_gentype_arg(), vec!["-bs-gentype".to_string()]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_check_if_rescript11_or_higher() {
+        assert_eq!(check_if_rescript11_or_higher("11.0.0"), Ok(true));
+        assert_eq!(check_if_rescript11_or_higher("11.0.1"), Ok(true));
+        assert_eq!(check_if_rescript11_or_higher("11.1.0"), Ok(true));
+
+        assert_eq!(check_if_rescript11_or_higher("12.0.0"), Ok(true));
+
+        assert_eq!(check_if_rescript11_or_higher("10.0.0"), Ok(false));
+        assert_eq!(check_if_rescript11_or_higher("9.0.0"), Ok(false));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_check_if_rescript11_or_higher_misc() {
+        assert_eq!(check_if_rescript11_or_higher("11"), Ok(true));
+        assert_eq!(check_if_rescript11_or_higher("12.0.0-alpha.4"), Ok(true));
+
+        match check_if_rescript11_or_higher("*") {
+            Ok(_) => unreachable!("Should not parse"),
+            Err(_) => assert!(true),
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/build/compile.rs b/src/build/compile.rs
index ea52e6a3..4b069279 100644
--- a/src/build/compile.rs
+++ b/src/build/compile.rs
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ pub fn compiler_args(
     let jsx_module_args = root_config.get_jsx_module_args();
     let jsx_mode_args = root_config.get_jsx_mode_args();
     let uncurried_args = root_config.get_uncurried_args(version);
+    let gentype_arg = root_config.get_gentype_arg();
 
     let warning_args: Vec<String> = match config.warnings.to_owned() {
         None => vec![],
@@ -494,6 +495,7 @@ pub fn compiler_args(
         read_cmi_args,
         vec!["-I".to_string(), ".".to_string()],
         deps.concat(),
+        gentype_arg,
         jsx_args,
         jsx_module_args,
         jsx_mode_args,
diff --git a/src/build/packages.rs b/src/build/packages.rs
index b5b3ec10..ee1ea170 100644
--- a/src/build/packages.rs
+++ b/src/build/packages.rs
@@ -864,6 +864,7 @@ mod test {
                 namespace: None,
                 jsx: None,
                 uncurried: None,
+                gentype_config: None,
                 namespace_entry: None,
                 allowed_dependents,
             },