diff --git a/exports/api.d.ts b/exports/api.d.ts
index a6c3d0c1ff..03454f3601 100644
--- a/exports/api.d.ts
+++ b/exports/api.d.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import PrimeReact from './components/api/PrimeReact';
-
-export default PrimeReact;
-export * from './components/api/Locale';
 export * from './components/menuitem/MenuItem';
 export * from './components/selectitem/SelectItem';
 export * from './components/treenode/TreeNode';
+export { default } from './components/api';
+export * from './components/api';
diff --git a/exports/api.js b/exports/api.js
index bd0d863a76..46a16f675e 100644
--- a/exports/api.js
+++ b/exports/api.js
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 'use strict';
 
-module.exports = require('./components/api/PrimeReact');
-module.exports = require('./components/api/Locale');
+var module = module.exports = require('./components/api/PrimeReact');
+module.locale = require('./components/api/Locale').locale;
+module.addLocale = require('./components/api/Locale').addLocale;
+module.updateLocaleOption = require('./components/api/Locale').updateLocaleOption;
+module.updateLocaleOptions = require('./components/api/Locale').updateLocaleOptions;
+module.localeOption = require('./components/api/Locale').localeOption;
+module.localeOptions = require('./components/api/Locale').localeOptions;
diff --git a/src/components/api/index.d.ts b/src/components/api/index.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc6ebb1894
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/api/index.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+export default PrimeReact = {
+    ripple?: boolean,
+    locale?: string
+};
+
+export function locale(locale: string): object;
+export function addLocale(locale: string, options: object): void;
+export function updateLocaleOption(key: string, value: any, locale: string): void;
+export function updateLocaleOptions(options: object, locale: string): void;
+export function localeOption(key: string, locale: string): void;
+export function localeOptions(locale: string): void;