diff --git a/templates/.ngext/tsconfig.json b/templates/.ngext/tsconfig.json
index f639924..9ac975c 100644
--- a/templates/.ngext/tsconfig.json
+++ b/templates/.ngext/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "sourceMap": true,
     "declaration": false,
     "downlevelIteration": true,
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
     "module": "esnext",
     "moduleResolution": "node",