diff --git a/types/express-paginate/express-paginate-tests.ts b/types/express-paginate/express-paginate-tests.ts
index 20f1a0a558..ddd87ce441 100644
--- a/types/express-paginate/express-paginate-tests.ts
+++ b/types/express-paginate/express-paginate-tests.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express';
+import express from 'express';
 import * as paginate from 'express-paginate';
 
 declare function findAndCountAll(params: object): Promise<{count: number, rows: object[]}>;
diff --git a/types/express-paginate/index.d.ts b/types/express-paginate/index.d.ts
index b816d11b1b..638ae944ad 100644
--- a/types/express-paginate/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/express-paginate/index.d.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.7
 
-import * as express from 'express';
+import express = require("express");
 
 declare global {
     namespace Express {
diff --git a/types/express-paginate/tsconfig.json b/types/express-paginate/tsconfig.json
index 9370f2106b..d524beee7a 100644
--- a/types/express-paginate/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/express-paginate/tsconfig.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
         "noImplicitThis": true,
         "strictNullChecks": true,
         "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "esModuleInterop": true,
         "baseUrl": "../",
         "typeRoots": [
             "../"