diff --git a/types/ink-text-input/index.d.ts b/types/ink-text-input/index.d.ts
index 1d7192e1dc..9aaadd330e 100644
--- a/types/ink-text-input/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/ink-text-input/index.d.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import { Component } from 'ink';
 
-export interface TextInputProps {
+interface TextInputProps {
     focus?: boolean;
     onChange?: (value: string) => void;
     onSubmit?: (value: string) => void;
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@ export interface TextInputProps {
     value?: string;
 }
 
-export default class TextInput extends Component<TextInputProps> { }
+declare class TextInput extends Component<TextInputProps> { }
+
+export = TextInput;
diff --git a/types/ink-text-input/ink-text-input-tests.tsx b/types/ink-text-input/ink-text-input-tests.tsx
index ada8ab3a83..82b63854a2 100644
--- a/types/ink-text-input/ink-text-input-tests.tsx
+++ b/types/ink-text-input/ink-text-input-tests.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 /** @jsx h */
 import { h, Component } from 'ink';
 import TextInput from 'ink-text-input';
+// NOTE: `import TextInput = require('ink-text-input');` will work as well
+// For importing using ES6 default import as above,
+// `allowSyntheticDefaultImports` flag in compiler options needs to be set to `true`
 
 interface QueryState {
     query: string;
diff --git a/types/ink-text-input/tsconfig.json b/types/ink-text-input/tsconfig.json
index f58efc92ff..2582b4325e 100644
--- a/types/ink-text-input/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/ink-text-input/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
     "compilerOptions": {
+        "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
         "jsx": "react",
         "module": "commonjs",
         "lib": [