diff --git a/types/tlds/index.d.ts b/types/tlds/index.d.ts
index 4e567771d4..18743a2e3c 100644
--- a/types/tlds/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/tlds/index.d.ts
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
 /*
 Declaring const tlds and exporting it
 */
-export const tlds: string[];
+declare const tlds: string[];
+export = tlds