diff --git a/types/multi-progress/index.d.ts b/types/multi-progress/index.d.ts
index a98057ecc8..31dd11b710 100644
--- a/types/multi-progress/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/multi-progress/index.d.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@
 import * as ProgressBar from 'progress';
 import { Stream } from 'stream';
 
-export default class MultiProgress {
+export as namespace MultiProgress;
+
+export = MultiProgress;
+
+declare class MultiProgress {
     /**
      * Create a new @see MultiProgress with the given stream, or stderr by default
      * @param stream A stream to write the progress bars to
@@ -40,3 +44,5 @@ export default class MultiProgress {
      */
     update: (index: number, value: number, options?: any) => void;
 }
+
+declare namespace MultiProgress {}
diff --git a/types/multi-progress/multi-progress-tests.ts b/types/multi-progress/multi-progress-tests.ts
index 9dde27c16b..b14806b7c5 100644
--- a/types/multi-progress/multi-progress-tests.ts
+++ b/types/multi-progress/multi-progress-tests.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  */
 
 // require the library
-import MultiProgress from 'multi-progress';
+import * as MultiProgress from 'multi-progress';
 
 // spawn an instance with the optional stream to write to
 // use of `new` is optional