diff --git a/types/sqs-consumer/index.d.ts b/types/sqs-consumer/index.d.ts
index dfc61f3933..73da1ff980 100644
--- a/types/sqs-consumer/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/sqs-consumer/index.d.ts
@@ -1,29 +1,35 @@
-// Type definitions for sqs-consumer 3.5
+// Type definitions for sqs-consumer 3.7
 // Project: https://github.com/BBC/sqs-consumer
-// Definitions by: Daniel Chao <http://dchao.co/>, Eric Byers <http://www.github.com/EricByers>
+// Definitions by: Daniel Chao <http://dchao.co/>
+//                 Eric Byers <http://github.com/EricByers>
+//                 Ezinwa Okpoechi <http://github.com/BrainMaestro>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
 /// <reference types="node" />
 import { SQS } from "aws-sdk";
 
-export type ConsumerDone = (error?: Error) => void;
+declare namespace Consumer {
+    export type ConsumerDone = (error?: Error) => void;
 
-export interface Options {
-  queueUrl: string;
-  handleMessage(message: SQS.Message, done: ConsumerDone): any;
-  region?: string;
-  attributeNames?: string[];
-  messageAttributeNames?: string[];
-  batchSize?: number;
-  visibilityTimeout?: number;
-  waitTimeSeconds?: number;
-  authenticationErrorTimeout?: number;
-  sqs?: SQS;
+    export interface Options {
+        queueUrl: string;
+        handleMessage(message: SQS.Message, done: ConsumerDone): any;
+        region?: string;
+        attributeNames?: string[];
+        messageAttributeNames?: string[];
+        batchSize?: number;
+        visibilityTimeout?: number;
+        waitTimeSeconds?: number;
+        authenticationErrorTimeout?: number;
+        sqs?: SQS;
+    }
 }
 
-export interface Consumer extends NodeJS.EventEmitter {
-  start(): void;
-  stop(): void;
+declare class Consumer extends NodeJS.EventEmitter {
+    constructor(options: Consumer.Options);
+    start(): void;
+    stop(): void;
+    static create(options: Consumer.Options): Consumer;
 }
 
-export function create(opts: Options): Consumer;
+export = Consumer;
diff --git a/types/sqs-consumer/sqs-consumer-tests.ts b/types/sqs-consumer/sqs-consumer-tests.ts
index b76c5116ba..f22e75b523 100644
--- a/types/sqs-consumer/sqs-consumer-tests.ts
+++ b/types/sqs-consumer/sqs-consumer-tests.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
-import * as Consumer from "sqs-consumer";
+import Consumer = require("sqs-consumer");
 import { SQS } from "aws-sdk";
 
 const app = Consumer.create({
-  queueUrl: 'https://sqs.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/account-id/queue-name',
-  handleMessage(message, done) {
+    queueUrl: 'https://sqs.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/account-id/queue-name',
+    handleMessage(message, done) {
     // do some work with `message`
-    done();
-  }
+        done();
+    }
 });
 
 const app2 = Consumer.create({
-  queueUrl: 'https://sqs.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/account-id/queue-name',
-  handleMessage(message, done) {
-    done();
-  },
-  region: "us-west-1",
-  batchSize: 15,
-  visibilityTimeout: 50,
-  waitTimeSeconds: 50
+    queueUrl: 'https://sqs.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/account-id/queue-name',
+    handleMessage(message, done) {
+        done();
+    },
+    region: "us-west-1",
+    batchSize: 15,
+    visibilityTimeout: 50,
+    waitTimeSeconds: 50
 });
 
 // Test message handler.
@@ -30,8 +30,13 @@ const app3 = Consumer.create({
 	handleMessage
 });
 
+const app4 = new Consumer({
+	queueUrl: 'https://sqs.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/account-id/queue-name',
+	handleMessage
+});
+
 app.on('error', (err: any) => {
-  console.log(err.message);
+    console.log(err.message);
 });
 
 app.start();
diff --git a/types/sqs-consumer/tslint.json b/types/sqs-consumer/tslint.json
index 10e16aef18..a0d5a61bd8 100644
--- a/types/sqs-consumer/tslint.json
+++ b/types/sqs-consumer/tslint.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "rules": {
         // TODOs
         "ban-types": false,
-        "dt-header": false
+        "dt-header": false,
+        "strict-export-declare-modifiers": false
     }
 }