diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices/npm/aspnet-webpack/package.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices/npm/aspnet-webpack/package.json
index ba04386..742de48 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices/npm/aspnet-webpack/package.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices/npm/aspnet-webpack/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "aspnet-webpack",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.0.2",
   "description": "Helpers for using Webpack in ASP.NET projects. Works in conjunction with the Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices NuGet package.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices/npm/aspnet-webpack/src/LoadViaWebpack.ts b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices/npm/aspnet-webpack/src/LoadViaWebpack.ts
index 50300d0..a084457 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices/npm/aspnet-webpack/src/LoadViaWebpack.ts
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices/npm/aspnet-webpack/src/LoadViaWebpack.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,17 @@
 // that your loader plugins (e.g., require('./mystyles.less')) work in exactly the same way on the server as
 // on the client.
 import 'es6-promise';
-import ExternalsPlugin from 'webpack-externals-plugin';
-import requireFromString from 'require-from-string';
-import MemoryFS from 'memory-fs';
 import * as webpack from 'webpack';
 import { requireNewCopy } from './RequireNewCopy';
 
+// Strange import syntax to work around https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/2719
+import { webpackexternals } from './typings/webpack-externals-plugin';
+import { requirefromstring } from './typings/require-from-string';
+import { memoryfs } from './typings/memory-fs';
+const ExternalsPlugin = require('webpack-externals-plugin') as typeof webpackexternals.ExternalsPlugin;
+const requireFromString = require('require-from-string') as typeof requirefromstring.requireFromString;
+const MemoryFS = require('memory-fs') as typeof memoryfs.MemoryFS;
+
 // Ensure we only go through the compile process once per [config, module] pair
 const loadViaWebpackPromisesCache: { [key: string]: any } = {};
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices/npm/aspnet-webpack/src/typings/memory-fs.d.ts b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices/npm/aspnet-webpack/src/typings/memory-fs.d.ts
index 6ae2ee6..6a2d353 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices/npm/aspnet-webpack/src/typings/memory-fs.d.ts
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices/npm/aspnet-webpack/src/typings/memory-fs.d.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-declare module 'memory-fs' {
-    export default class MemoryFS {}
+export namespace memoryfs {
+    export class MemoryFS {}
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices/npm/aspnet-webpack/src/typings/require-from-string.d.ts b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices/npm/aspnet-webpack/src/typings/require-from-string.d.ts
index 9bfd268..80e4645 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices/npm/aspnet-webpack/src/typings/require-from-string.d.ts
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices/npm/aspnet-webpack/src/typings/require-from-string.d.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-declare module 'require-from-string' {
-    export default function requireFromString<T>(fileContent: string): T;
+export namespace requirefromstring {
+    export function requireFromString<T>(fileContent: string): T;
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices/npm/aspnet-webpack/src/typings/webpack-externals-plugin.d.ts b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices/npm/aspnet-webpack/src/typings/webpack-externals-plugin.d.ts
index c47e5f7..cf94a1d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices/npm/aspnet-webpack/src/typings/webpack-externals-plugin.d.ts
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices/npm/aspnet-webpack/src/typings/webpack-externals-plugin.d.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-declare module 'webpack-externals-plugin' {
-    import * as webpack from 'webpack';
-    
+import * as webpack from 'webpack';
+
+export namespace webpackexternals {
     export interface ExternalsPluginOptions {
         type: string;
         include: webpack.LoaderCondition;
     }
 
-    export default class ExternalsPlugin {
+    export class ExternalsPlugin {
         constructor(options: ExternalsPluginOptions);
     }
 }