diff --git a/ts/tsbuild.classes.compiler.ts b/ts/tsbuild.classes.compiler.ts
index 5c5f173..aeb6226 100644
--- a/ts/tsbuild.classes.compiler.ts
+++ b/ts/tsbuild.classes.compiler.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // import all the stuff we need
 import * as plugins from './tsbuild.plugins.js';
-import { CompilerOptions, ScriptTarget, ModuleKind } from 'typescript';
+import { CompilerOptions, ScriptTarget, ModuleKind } from './tsbuild.exports.js';
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/ts/tsbuild.exports.ts b/ts/tsbuild.exports.ts
index a061bc3..8177787 100644
--- a/ts/tsbuild.exports.ts
+++ b/ts/tsbuild.exports.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import * as plugins from './tsbuild.plugins.js';
-import { CompilerOptions } from 'typescript';
+import type { CompilerOptions, ScriptTarget, ModuleKind } from 'typescript';
 import { compiler, mergeCompilerOptions } from './tsbuild.classes.compiler.js';
 
+export type {
+  CompilerOptions,
+  ScriptTarget,
+  ModuleKind
+}
+
 export * from './tsbuild.classes.compiler.js';
 
 /**