diff --git a/packages/nuxi/src/utils/prepare.ts b/packages/nuxi/src/utils/prepare.ts
index 9c84576e66..f07ef1b748 100644
--- a/packages/nuxi/src/utils/prepare.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxi/src/utils/prepare.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export const writeTypes = async (nuxt: Nuxt) => {
       allowJs: true,
       noEmit: true,
       resolveJsonModule: true,
+      allowSyntheticDefaultImports: true,
       types: ['node'],
       baseUrl: relative(nuxt.options.buildDir, nuxt.options.rootDir),
       paths: {}