diff --git a/types/terminal-kit/Rect.d.ts b/types/terminal-kit/Rect.d.ts
index 4b2124ea6e..35be68b15b 100644
--- a/types/terminal-kit/Rect.d.ts
+++ b/types/terminal-kit/Rect.d.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ declare class Rect {
   ): void;
 }
 
-export default Rect;
+export = Rect;
 
 declare namespace Rect {
   type Options = AbsoluteOptions | Region;
diff --git a/types/terminal-kit/ScreenBuffer.d.ts b/types/terminal-kit/ScreenBuffer.d.ts
index fdd3010393..eac1f4f1d5 100644
--- a/types/terminal-kit/ScreenBuffer.d.ts
+++ b/types/terminal-kit/ScreenBuffer.d.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ declare class ScreenBuffer extends NextGenEvents {
   saveSync(filepath: string): void;
 }
 
-export default ScreenBuffer;
+export = ScreenBuffer;
 
 declare namespace ScreenBuffer {
   interface Options {
diff --git a/types/terminal-kit/ScreenBufferHD.d.ts b/types/terminal-kit/ScreenBufferHD.d.ts
index 333938c1e9..aee7e39660 100644
--- a/types/terminal-kit/ScreenBufferHD.d.ts
+++ b/types/terminal-kit/ScreenBufferHD.d.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ declare class ScreenBufferHD extends ScreenBuffer {
   ): void;
 }
 
-export default ScreenBufferHD;
+export = ScreenBufferHD;
 
 declare namespace ScreenBufferHD {
   interface Attributes {
diff --git a/types/terminal-kit/Terminal.d.ts b/types/terminal-kit/Terminal.d.ts
index e8b7aa27c0..b6ff8e6fa7 100644
--- a/types/terminal-kit/Terminal.d.ts
+++ b/types/terminal-kit/Terminal.d.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import EventEmitter = require("nextgen-events");
 
 type Terminal = Terminal.Impl & EventEmitter;
 
-export default Terminal;
+export = Terminal;
 
 type Callback<T> = ((err: any) => void) | ((err: undefined, arg: T) => void);
 
diff --git a/types/terminal-kit/TextBuffer.d.ts b/types/terminal-kit/TextBuffer.d.ts
index 030a3f6e82..bfd268bdac 100644
--- a/types/terminal-kit/TextBuffer.d.ts
+++ b/types/terminal-kit/TextBuffer.d.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ declare class TextBuffer {
   save(filepath: string, callback: (error?: any) => void): void;
 }
 
-export default TextBuffer;
+export = TextBuffer;
 
 declare namespace TextBuffer {
   interface Options {
diff --git a/types/terminal-kit/terminal-kit-tests.ts b/types/terminal-kit/terminal-kit-tests.ts
index a0513528df..cdcdd4f5ac 100644
--- a/types/terminal-kit/terminal-kit-tests.ts
+++ b/types/terminal-kit/terminal-kit-tests.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Require the lib, get a working terminal
-import {
+import t, {
   terminal as term,
   autoComplete as ac,
   getDetectedTerminal,
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ import {
 import "node";
 import * as fs from "fs";
 
+new t.Rect({width: 4, height: 4});
 // The term() function simply output a string to stdout, using current style
 // output "Hello world!" in default terminal's colors
-term("Hello world!\n");
+t.terminal("Hello world!\n");
 
 // This output 'red' in red
 term.red("red");
@@ -408,7 +409,7 @@ term("My name is ")
   .green("32\n");
 term("My name is ^rJack^ and I'm ^g32\n");
 
-getDetectedTerminal((error, term) => {
+getDetectedTerminal((error: any, term: any) => {
   term.cyan("Terminal name: %s\n", term.appName);
   term.cyan("Terminal app: %s\n", term.app);
   term.cyan("Terminal generic: %s\n", term.generic);
diff --git a/types/terminal-kit/tsconfig.json b/types/terminal-kit/tsconfig.json
index fbf0bdacde..949b61722b 100644
--- a/types/terminal-kit/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/terminal-kit/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
         "noImplicitAny": true,
         "noImplicitThis": true,
         "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "esModuleInterop": true,
         "baseUrl": "../",
         "typeRoots": ["../"],
         "types": [],