diff --git a/src/from-string.ts b/src/from-string.ts
index 26a373f..7f3a93f 100644
--- a/src/from-string.ts
+++ b/src/from-string.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import bases, { SupportedEncodings } from './util/bases.js'
 import { asUint8Array } from './util/as-uint8array.js'
 
+export type { SupportedEncodings }
+
 /**
  * Create a `Uint8Array` from the passed string
  *
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 411c9e0..3b92bc8 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ export {
   toString,
   xor
 }
+
+export type { SupportedEncodings } from './util/bases.js'
diff --git a/src/to-string.ts b/src/to-string.ts
index 4de30f6..a227fe1 100644
--- a/src/to-string.ts
+++ b/src/to-string.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import bases, { SupportedEncodings } from './util/bases.js'
 
-/**
- * @typedef {import('./util/bases').SupportedEncodings} SupportedEncodings
- */
+export type { SupportedEncodings }
 
 /**
  * Turns a `Uint8Array` into a string.
diff --git a/test/from-string.spec.ts b/test/from-string.spec.ts
index 2abe53c..25b8cf5 100644
--- a/test/from-string.spec.ts
+++ b/test/from-string.spec.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /* eslint-env mocha */
 
 import { expect } from 'aegir/chai'
-import { fromString } from '../src/from-string.js'
+import { fromString, SupportedEncodings } from '../src/from-string.js'
 import { toString } from '../src/to-string.js'
-import bases, { SupportedEncodings } from '../src/util/bases.js'
+import bases from '../src/util/bases.js'
 
 const supportedBases = Object.keys(bases) as SupportedEncodings[]