diff --git a/src/mikro-orm.common.ts b/src/mikro-orm.common.ts
index 8fe7901..0e39afe 100644
--- a/src/mikro-orm.common.ts
+++ b/src/mikro-orm.common.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import type { EntityName } from '@mikro-orm/core';
 import { MikroORM, Utils } from '@mikro-orm/core';
 import { Inject, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
+import type { EntityName } from './typings';
 
 export const MIKRO_ORM_MODULE_OPTIONS = Symbol('mikro-orm-module-options');
 export const CONTEXT_NAMES: string[] = [];
diff --git a/src/mikro-orm.entities.storage.ts b/src/mikro-orm.entities.storage.ts
index 1c6b5d3..7883c78 100644
--- a/src/mikro-orm.entities.storage.ts
+++ b/src/mikro-orm.entities.storage.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import type { AnyEntity, EntityName } from '@mikro-orm/core';
+import type { AnyEntity } from '@mikro-orm/core';
+import type { EntityName } from './typings';
 
 export class MikroOrmEntitiesStorage {
 
diff --git a/src/mikro-orm.module.ts b/src/mikro-orm.module.ts
index f10c245..9a3803f 100644
--- a/src/mikro-orm.module.ts
+++ b/src/mikro-orm.module.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { AnyEntity, EntityName } from '@mikro-orm/core';
+import type { AnyEntity } from '@mikro-orm/core';
 import { Utils } from '@mikro-orm/core';
 import type { DynamicModule } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import type {
   MikroOrmModuleSyncOptions,
   MikroOrmMiddlewareModuleOptions,
   MikroOrmModuleFeatureOptions,
+  EntityName,
 } from './typings';
 import { MikroOrmMiddlewareModule } from './mikro-orm-middleware.module';
 import { MikroOrmEntitiesStorage } from './mikro-orm.entities.storage';
diff --git a/src/mikro-orm.providers.ts b/src/mikro-orm.providers.ts
index 1b91700..52b929b 100644
--- a/src/mikro-orm.providers.ts
+++ b/src/mikro-orm.providers.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { getEntityManagerToken, getMikroORMToken, getRepositoryToken, logger, MIKRO_ORM_MODULE_OPTIONS } from './mikro-orm.common';
-import type { AnyEntity, EntityName } from '@mikro-orm/core';
+import type { AnyEntity } from '@mikro-orm/core';
 import { ConfigurationLoader, EntityManager, MetadataStorage, MikroORM } from '@mikro-orm/core';
 
-import type { MikroOrmModuleAsyncOptions, MikroOrmModuleOptions, MikroOrmOptionsFactory } from './typings';
+import type { MikroOrmModuleAsyncOptions, MikroOrmModuleOptions, MikroOrmOptionsFactory, EntityName } from './typings';
 import type { Provider, Type } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { Scope } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { MikroOrmEntitiesStorage } from './mikro-orm.entities.storage';
diff --git a/src/typings.ts b/src/typings.ts
index fde178f..a03d51d 100644
--- a/src/typings.ts
+++ b/src/typings.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { AnyEntity, EntityName, IDatabaseDriver, Options } from '@mikro-orm/core';
+import type { AnyEntity, EntityName as CoreEntityName, EntitySchema, IDatabaseDriver, Options } from '@mikro-orm/core';
 import type { MiddlewareConsumer, ModuleMetadata, Scope, Type } from '@nestjs/common';
 import type { AbstractHttpAdapter } from '@nestjs/core';
 
@@ -44,3 +44,5 @@ export interface MikroOrmModuleAsyncOptions<D extends IDatabaseDriver = IDatabas
   useFactory?: (...args: any[]) => Promise<Omit<MikroOrmModuleOptions<D>, 'contextName'>> | Omit<MikroOrmModuleOptions<D>, 'contextName'>;
   inject?: any[];
 }
+
+export declare type EntityName<T extends AnyEntity<T>> = CoreEntityName<T> | EntitySchema<any>;