diff --git a/types/urllib/tsconfig.json b/types/urllib/tsconfig.json
index fe1f32cf75..ff85f909cc 100644
--- a/types/urllib/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/urllib/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
         "noImplicitAny": true,
         "noImplicitThis": true,
         "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "esModuleInterop": true,
         "baseUrl": "../",
         "typeRoots": [
             "../"