diff --git a/recursive-readdir/recursive-readdir.d.ts b/recursive-readdir/recursive-readdir.d.ts
index 5e7ecee0a5..b948fac871 100644
--- a/recursive-readdir/recursive-readdir.d.ts
+++ b/recursive-readdir/recursive-readdir.d.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,15 @@
 // Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
 
 declare module "recursive-readdir" {
-    function readdir(path: string, callback: (error: Error, files: string[]) => any): void;
-    // ignorePattern supports glob syntax via https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch
-    function readdir(path: string, ignorePattern: string[], callback: (error: Error, files: string[]) => any): void;
-    export = readdir;
+
+    module RecursiveReaddir {
+        interface readdir {
+            (path: string, callback: (error: Error, files: string[]) => any): void;
+            // ignorePattern supports glob syntax via https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch
+            (path: string, ignorePattern: string[], callback: (error: Error, files: string[]) => any): void;
+        }
+    }
+
+    var r: RecursiveReaddir.readdir;
+    export = r;
 }