diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 2428220..6689cda 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 https://github.com/josdejong/jsoneditor
 
 
+## 2018-09-12, version 5.24.6
+
+- Fix #548: `import JSONEditor from 'jsoneditor'` not working in
+  TypeScript projects (gave a constructor is undefined error).
+
+
 ## 2018-09-06, version 5.24.5
 
 - Fixed a bug in textmode on IE 11, not loading the editor when
diff --git a/src/js/JSONEditor.js b/src/js/JSONEditor.js
index ededd81..e455d37 100644
--- a/src/js/JSONEditor.js
+++ b/src/js/JSONEditor.js
@@ -456,4 +456,7 @@ JSONEditor.ace = ace;
 JSONEditor.Ajv = Ajv;
 JSONEditor.VanillaPicker = VanillaPicker;
 
+// default export for TypeScript ES6 projects
+JSONEditor.default = JSONEditor;
+
 module.exports = JSONEditor;