diff --git a/src/compiler/tsbuild.ts b/src/compiler/tsbuild.ts
index 673f712689e..9e625041287 100644
--- a/src/compiler/tsbuild.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/tsbuild.ts
@@ -260,9 +260,15 @@ namespace ts {
     export interface SolutionBuilderWithWatchHost<T extends BuilderProgram> extends SolutionBuilderHostBase<T>, WatchHost {
     }
 
+    export interface SolutionBuilderResult<T> {
+        project: ResolvedConfigFileName;
+        result: T;
+    }
+
     export interface SolutionBuilder {
         build(project?: string, cancellationToken?: CancellationToken): ExitStatus;
         clean(project?: string): ExitStatus;
+        buildNextProject(cancellationToken?: CancellationToken): SolutionBuilderResult<ExitStatus> | undefined;
 
         // Currently used for testing but can be made public if needed:
         /*@internal*/ getBuildOrder(): ReadonlyArray<ResolvedConfigFileName>;
@@ -401,6 +407,7 @@ namespace ts {
         return {
             build,
             clean,
+            buildNextProject,
             getBuildOrder,
             getUpToDateStatusOfProject,
             invalidateProject,
@@ -1437,10 +1444,7 @@ namespace ts {
             return resolvedProject ? createBuildOrder([resolvedProject]) : getBuildOrder();
         }
 
-        function build(project?: string, cancellationToken?: CancellationToken): ExitStatus {
-            const buildOrder = getBuildOrderFor(project);
-            if (!buildOrder) return ExitStatus.InvalidProject_OutputsSkipped;
-
+        function setupInitialBuild(cancellationToken: CancellationToken | undefined) {
             // Set initial build if not already built
             if (allProjectBuildPending) {
                 allProjectBuildPending = false;
@@ -1455,6 +1459,27 @@ namespace ts {
                     cancellationToken.throwIfCancellationRequested();
                 }
             }
+        }
+
+        function buildNextProject(cancellationToken?: CancellationToken): SolutionBuilderResult<ExitStatus> | undefined {
+            setupInitialBuild(cancellationToken);
+            const invalidatedProject = getNextInvalidatedProject(getBuildOrder());
+            if (!invalidatedProject) return undefined;
+
+            buildInvalidatedProject(invalidatedProject, cancellationToken);
+            return {
+                project: invalidatedProject.project,
+                result: diagnostics.has(invalidatedProject.projectPath) ?
+                    ExitStatus.DiagnosticsPresent_OutputsSkipped :
+                    ExitStatus.Success
+            };
+        }
+
+        function build(project?: string, cancellationToken?: CancellationToken): ExitStatus {
+            const buildOrder = getBuildOrderFor(project);
+            if (!buildOrder) return ExitStatus.InvalidProject_OutputsSkipped;
+
+            setupInitialBuild(cancellationToken);
 
             let successfulProjects = 0;
             let errorProjects = 0;
diff --git a/src/testRunner/unittests/tsbuild/sample.ts b/src/testRunner/unittests/tsbuild/sample.ts
index 65530e59705..7f9f2260d6d 100644
--- a/src/testRunner/unittests/tsbuild/sample.ts
+++ b/src/testRunner/unittests/tsbuild/sample.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ namespace ts {
     describe("unittests:: tsbuild:: on 'sample1' project", () => {
         let projFs: vfs.FileSystem;
         const { time, tick } = getTime();
-        const allExpectedOutputs = ["/src/tests/index.js",
-            "/src/core/index.js", "/src/core/index.d.ts", "/src/core/index.d.ts.map",
-            "/src/logic/index.js", "/src/logic/index.js.map", "/src/logic/index.d.ts"];
+        const testsOutputs = ["/src/tests/index.js"];
+        const logicOutputs = ["/src/logic/index.js", "/src/logic/index.js.map", "/src/logic/index.d.ts"];
+        const coreOutputs = ["/src/core/index.js", "/src/core/index.d.ts", "/src/core/index.d.ts.map"];
+        const allExpectedOutputs = [...testsOutputs, ...logicOutputs, ...coreOutputs];
 
         before(() => {
             projFs = loadProjectFromDisk("tests/projects/sample1", time);
@@ -140,8 +141,8 @@ namespace ts {
                 builder.build();
                 const result = builder.clean("/src/logic");
                 host.assertDiagnosticMessages(/*empty*/);
-                verifyOutputsPresent(fs, [allExpectedOutputs[0]]);
-                verifyOutputsAbsent(fs, allExpectedOutputs.slice(1));
+                verifyOutputsPresent(fs, testsOutputs);
+                verifyOutputsAbsent(fs, [...logicOutputs, ...coreOutputs]);
                 assert.equal(result, ExitStatus.Success);
             });
 
@@ -334,8 +335,8 @@ namespace ts {
                 const builder = createSolutionBuilder(host, ["/src/tests"], {});
                 const result = builder.build("/src/logic");
                 host.assertDiagnosticMessages(/*empty*/);
-                verifyOutputsAbsent(fs, [allExpectedOutputs[0]]);
-                verifyOutputsPresent(fs, allExpectedOutputs.slice(1));
+                verifyOutputsAbsent(fs, testsOutputs);
+                verifyOutputsPresent(fs, [...logicOutputs, ...coreOutputs]);
                 assert.equal(result, ExitStatus.Success);
             });
 
@@ -348,6 +349,39 @@ namespace ts {
                 verifyOutputsAbsent(fs, allExpectedOutputs);
                 assert.equal(result, ExitStatus.InvalidProject_OutputsSkipped);
             });
+
+            it("building using buildNextProject", () => {
+                const fs = projFs.shadow();
+                const host = new fakes.SolutionBuilderHost(fs);
+                const builder = createSolutionBuilder(host, ["/src/tests"], {});
+                verifyBuildNextResult({
+                    project: "/src/core/tsconfig.json" as ResolvedConfigFileName,
+                    result: ExitStatus.Success
+                }, coreOutputs, [...logicOutputs, ...testsOutputs]);
+
+                verifyBuildNextResult({
+                    project: "/src/logic/tsconfig.json" as ResolvedConfigFileName,
+                    result: ExitStatus.Success
+                }, [...coreOutputs, ...logicOutputs], testsOutputs);
+
+                verifyBuildNextResult({
+                    project: "/src/tests/tsconfig.json" as ResolvedConfigFileName,
+                    result: ExitStatus.Success
+                }, allExpectedOutputs, emptyArray);
+
+                verifyBuildNextResult(/*expected*/ undefined, allExpectedOutputs, emptyArray);
+
+                function verifyBuildNextResult(
+                    expected: SolutionBuilderResult<ExitStatus> | undefined,
+                    presentOutputs: readonly string[],
+                    absentOutputs: readonly string[]
+                ) {
+                    const result = builder.buildNextProject();
+                    assert.deepEqual(result, expected);
+                    verifyOutputsPresent(fs, presentOutputs);
+                    verifyOutputsAbsent(fs, absentOutputs);
+                }
+            });
         });
 
         describe("downstream-blocked compilations", () => {
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/api/tsserverlibrary.d.ts b/tests/baselines/reference/api/tsserverlibrary.d.ts
index 7b45703dcfd..f13d0ab3f51 100644
--- a/tests/baselines/reference/api/tsserverlibrary.d.ts
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/api/tsserverlibrary.d.ts
@@ -4594,9 +4594,14 @@ declare namespace ts {
     }
     interface SolutionBuilderWithWatchHost<T extends BuilderProgram> extends SolutionBuilderHostBase<T>, WatchHost {
     }
+    interface SolutionBuilderResult<T> {
+        project: ResolvedConfigFileName;
+        result: T;
+    }
     interface SolutionBuilder {
         build(project?: string, cancellationToken?: CancellationToken): ExitStatus;
         clean(project?: string): ExitStatus;
+        buildNextProject(cancellationToken?: CancellationToken): SolutionBuilderResult<ExitStatus> | undefined;
     }
     /**
      * Create a function that reports watch status by writing to the system and handles the formating of the diagnostic
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/api/typescript.d.ts b/tests/baselines/reference/api/typescript.d.ts
index acbe1b1ac0d..e5e5046794a 100644
--- a/tests/baselines/reference/api/typescript.d.ts
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/api/typescript.d.ts
@@ -4594,9 +4594,14 @@ declare namespace ts {
     }
     interface SolutionBuilderWithWatchHost<T extends BuilderProgram> extends SolutionBuilderHostBase<T>, WatchHost {
     }
+    interface SolutionBuilderResult<T> {
+        project: ResolvedConfigFileName;
+        result: T;
+    }
     interface SolutionBuilder {
         build(project?: string, cancellationToken?: CancellationToken): ExitStatus;
         clean(project?: string): ExitStatus;
+        buildNextProject(cancellationToken?: CancellationToken): SolutionBuilderResult<ExitStatus> | undefined;
     }
     /**
      * Create a function that reports watch status by writing to the system and handles the formating of the diagnostic