diff --git a/types/index.d.ts b/types/index.d.ts
index a83184cc..23f05f69 100644
--- a/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/index.d.ts
@@ -55,5 +55,12 @@ export interface DotenvConfigOutput {
  *
  */
 export function config(options?: DotenvConfigOptions): DotenvConfigOutput;
+
+/** dotenv library interface */
+export interface DotEnv {
+  config: typeof config;
+  parse: typeof parse;
+}
+
 /** @deprecated since v7.0.0 Use config instead. */
 export const load: typeof config;
diff --git a/types/test.ts b/types/test.ts
index bce09209..84b17601 100644
--- a/types/test.ts
+++ b/types/test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import { config, parse } from "dotenv";
+import * as dotenv from "dotenv";
+
+const { config, parse }: dotenv.DotEnv = {
+  config: dotenv.config,
+  parse: dotenv.parse
+};
 
 const env = config();
 const dbUrl: string | null =