diff --git a/e2e/cases/dts/bundle-false/__fixtures__/tsconfig.json b/e2e/cases/dts/bundle-false/__fixtures__/tsconfig.json
index 0fccc577..888d3e46 100644
--- a/e2e/cases/dts/bundle-false/__fixtures__/tsconfig.json
+++ b/e2e/cases/dts/bundle-false/__fixtures__/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 {
   "extends": "@rslib/tsconfig/base",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "baseUrl": "./",
-    "rootDir": "src"
+    "baseUrl": "./"
   },
   "include": ["src"]
 }
diff --git a/e2e/cases/dts/bundle-false/abort-on-error/tsconfig.json b/e2e/cases/dts/bundle-false/abort-on-error/tsconfig.json
index 0fccc577..888d3e46 100644
--- a/e2e/cases/dts/bundle-false/abort-on-error/tsconfig.json
+++ b/e2e/cases/dts/bundle-false/abort-on-error/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 {
   "extends": "@rslib/tsconfig/base",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "baseUrl": "./",
-    "rootDir": "src"
+    "baseUrl": "./"
   },
   "include": ["src"]
 }
diff --git a/e2e/cases/dts/bundle/__fixtures__/tsconfig.json b/e2e/cases/dts/bundle/__fixtures__/tsconfig.json
index 0fccc577..888d3e46 100644
--- a/e2e/cases/dts/bundle/__fixtures__/tsconfig.json
+++ b/e2e/cases/dts/bundle/__fixtures__/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 {
   "extends": "@rslib/tsconfig/base",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "baseUrl": "./",
-    "rootDir": "src"
+    "baseUrl": "./"
   },
   "include": ["src"]
 }
diff --git a/e2e/cases/dts/bundle/abort-on-error/tsconfig.json b/e2e/cases/dts/bundle/abort-on-error/tsconfig.json
index 0fccc577..888d3e46 100644
--- a/e2e/cases/dts/bundle/abort-on-error/tsconfig.json
+++ b/e2e/cases/dts/bundle/abort-on-error/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 {
   "extends": "@rslib/tsconfig/base",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "baseUrl": "./",
-    "rootDir": "src"
+    "baseUrl": "./"
   },
   "include": ["src"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/plugin-dts/src/apiExtractor.ts b/packages/plugin-dts/src/apiExtractor.ts
index 32660fc0..0ebeb59a 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-dts/src/apiExtractor.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-dts/src/apiExtractor.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export async function bundleDts(options: BundleOptions): Promise<void> {
       `API Extractor bundle DTS succeeded: ${color.cyan(untrimmedFilePath)} in ${getTimeCost(start)} ${color.gray(`(${name})`)}`,
     );
   } catch (e) {
-    logger.error('API Extractor', e);
-    throw new Error('API Extractor rollup error');
+    logger.error('API Extractor Error');
+    throw new Error(`${e}`);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/plugin-dts/src/dts.ts b/packages/plugin-dts/src/dts.ts
index 13717f6f..6ceb4af4 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-dts/src/dts.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-dts/src/dts.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ import color from 'picocolors';
 import type { DtsGenOptions } from 'src';
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 import { emitDts } from './tsc';
-import { ensureTempDeclarationDir, loadTsconfig } from './utils';
+import {
+  calcLongestCommonPath,
+  ensureTempDeclarationDir,
+  loadTsconfig,
+} from './utils';
 
 const isObject = (obj: unknown): obj is Record<string, any> =>
   Object.prototype.toString.call(obj) === '[object Object]';
@@ -115,8 +119,12 @@ export async function generateDts(data: DtsGenOptions): Promise<void> {
     logger.error(`tsconfig.json not found in ${cwd}`);
     throw new Error();
   }
-  const { options: rawCompilerOptions } = loadTsconfig(configPath);
-  const rootDir = rawCompilerOptions.rootDir ?? 'src';
+  const { options: rawCompilerOptions, fileNames } = loadTsconfig(configPath);
+  const rootDir =
+    rawCompilerOptions.rootDir ??
+    (await calcLongestCommonPath(fileNames)) ??
+    dirname(configPath);
+
   const outDir = distPath
     ? distPath
     : rawCompilerOptions.declarationDir || './dist';
@@ -178,7 +186,6 @@ export async function generateDts(data: DtsGenOptions): Promise<void> {
       name,
       cwd,
       configPath,
-      rootDir,
       declarationDir,
       dtsExtension,
     },
diff --git a/packages/plugin-dts/src/index.ts b/packages/plugin-dts/src/index.ts
index b47fa2ce..64f256a0 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-dts/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-dts/src/index.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ export const PLUGIN_DTS_NAME = 'rsbuild:dts';
 // use ts compiler API to generate bundleless dts
 // use ts compiler API and api-extractor to generate dts bundle
 // TODO: support incremental build, to build one or more projects and their dependencies
-// TODO: support autoExtension for dts files
 // TODO: deal alias in dts
 export const pluginDts = (options: PluginDtsOptions): RsbuildPlugin => ({
   name: PLUGIN_DTS_NAME,
diff --git a/packages/plugin-dts/src/tsc.ts b/packages/plugin-dts/src/tsc.ts
index 957635f3..79dc3983 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-dts/src/tsc.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-dts/src/tsc.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ export type EmitDtsOptions = {
   name: string;
   cwd: string;
   configPath: string;
-  rootDir: string;
   declarationDir: string;
   dtsExtension: string;
 };
diff --git a/packages/plugin-dts/src/utils.ts b/packages/plugin-dts/src/utils.ts
index 94200655..cba3bc1d 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-dts/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-dts/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
+import fsP from 'node:fs/promises';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { type RsbuildConfig, logger } from '@rsbuild/core';
 import fg from 'fast-glob';
@@ -97,3 +98,35 @@ export function processSourceEntry(
     '@microsoft/api-extractor only support single entry of Record<string, string> type to bundle DTS, please check your entry config.',
   );
 }
+
+// same as @rslib/core, we should extract into a single published package to share
+export async function calcLongestCommonPath(
+  absPaths: string[],
+): Promise<string | null> {
+  if (absPaths.length === 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const splitPaths = absPaths.map((p) => p.split(path.sep));
+  let lcaFragments = splitPaths[0]!;
+  for (let i = 1; i < splitPaths.length; i++) {
+    const currentPath = splitPaths[i]!;
+    const minLength = Math.min(lcaFragments.length, currentPath.length);
+
+    let j = 0;
+    while (j < minLength && lcaFragments[j] === currentPath[j]) {
+      j++;
+    }
+
+    lcaFragments = lcaFragments.slice(0, j);
+  }
+
+  let lca = lcaFragments.length > 0 ? lcaFragments.join(path.sep) : '/';
+
+  const stats = await fsP.stat(lca);
+  if (stats?.isFile()) {
+    lca = path.dirname(lca);
+  }
+
+  return lca;
+}