diff --git a/types/js-yaml/index.d.ts b/types/js-yaml/index.d.ts
index 5cd852ab3f..da2d2a36c8 100644
--- a/types/js-yaml/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/js-yaml/index.d.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.2
 
+export as namespace jsyaml;
+
 export type DocumentLoadResult = object | undefined;
 
 export function safeLoad(str: string, opts?: LoadOptions): DocumentLoadResult;