diff --git a/types/vue-ls/index.d.ts b/types/vue-ls/index.d.ts
index 14ee442fc2..9cbfc2ab1e 100644
--- a/types/vue-ls/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/vue-ls/index.d.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 3.6
 
-import _Vue, { PluginFunction } from 'vue';
+import _Vue, { PluginObject } from 'vue';
 
 declare module 'vue/types/vue' {
     interface Vue {
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export class WebStorage {
     setOptions(options?: Options): void;
 }
 
-export const VueStorage: {
-    install: PluginFunction<Options>;
-};
+declare const VueStorage: PluginObject<Options>;
+
+// forced to use deault export, the reason is discussed on https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/pull/38653#discussion_r331455390
+export default VueStorage;
diff --git a/types/vue-ls/vue-ls-tests.ts b/types/vue-ls/vue-ls-tests.ts
index 82bb18796b..34884ff286 100644
--- a/types/vue-ls/vue-ls-tests.ts
+++ b/types/vue-ls/vue-ls-tests.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import Vue from 'vue';
-import { VueStorage, Options, Types } from 'vue-ls';
+import VueStoragePlugin, * as VueStorage from 'vue-ls';
 
-const storageOptions: Options = {
+const storageOptions: VueStorage.Options = {
     namespace: 'my_project',
     name: 'ls',
-    storage: Types.Local,
+    storage: VueStorage.Types.Local,
 };
 
-Vue.use(VueStorage, storageOptions);
+Vue.use(VueStoragePlugin, storageOptions);