diff --git a/types/plotly.js/index.d.ts b/types/plotly.js/index.d.ts
index 121001b49b..adf853af72 100644
--- a/types/plotly.js/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/plotly.js/index.d.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.3
 
-/// <reference types="d3" />
+import * as _d3 from "d3";
 export as namespace Plotly;
 
 export interface StaticPlots {
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ export function plot(root: Root, data: Data[], layout?: Partial<Layout>, config?
 export function relayout(root: Root, layout: Partial<Layout>): Promise<PlotlyHTMLElement>;
 export function redraw(root: Root): Promise<PlotlyHTMLElement>;
 export function purge(root: Root): void;
-export const d3: any;
+export const d3: typeof _d3;
 export function restyle(root: Root, aobj: Data, traces?: number[] | number): Promise<PlotlyHTMLElement>;
 export function update(root: Root, traceUpdate: Data, layoutUpdate: Partial<Layout>, traces?: number[] | number): Promise<PlotlyHTMLElement>;
 export function addTraces(root: Root, traces: Data | Data[], newIndices?: number[] | number): Promise<PlotlyHTMLElement>;
diff --git a/types/plotly.js/tsconfig.json b/types/plotly.js/tsconfig.json
index dd21321c49..fe2dfd96bd 100644
--- a/types/plotly.js/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/plotly.js/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
         "typeRoots": [
             "../"
         ],
+        "paths": {
+            "d3": [ "d3/v3" ]
+        },
         "types": [],
         "noEmit": true,
         "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
diff --git a/types/react-plotly.js/tsconfig.json b/types/react-plotly.js/tsconfig.json
index e0ec629a4c..02d264a0e5 100644
--- a/types/react-plotly.js/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/react-plotly.js/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
         "typeRoots": [
             "../"
         ],
+        "paths": {
+            "d3": [ "d3/v3" ]
+        },
         "types": [],
         "noEmit": true,
         "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,