diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index bf1cc33d159..fcfee1b4684 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ namespace ts {
                 return node ? isOptionalParameter(node) : false;
             },
             tryGetMemberInModuleExports: (name, symbol) => tryGetMemberInModuleExports(escapeLeadingUnderscores(name), symbol),
+            tryGetMemberInModuleExportsAndProperties: (name, symbol) => tryGetMemberInModuleExportsAndProperties(escapeLeadingUnderscores(name), symbol),
             tryFindAmbientModuleWithoutAugmentations: moduleName => {
                 // we deliberately exclude augmentations
                 // since we are only interested in declarations of the module itself
@@ -1776,6 +1777,17 @@ namespace ts {
             }
         }
 
+        function tryGetMemberInModuleExportsAndProperties(memberName: __String, moduleSymbol: Symbol): Symbol | undefined {
+            const symbol = tryGetMemberInModuleExports(memberName, moduleSymbol);
+            if (!symbol) {
+                const exportEquals = resolveExternalModuleSymbol(moduleSymbol);
+                if (exportEquals !== moduleSymbol) {
+                    return getPropertyOfType(getTypeOfSymbol(exportEquals), memberName);
+                }
+            }
+            return symbol;
+        }
+
         function getExportsOfSymbol(symbol: Symbol): SymbolTable {
             return symbol.flags & SymbolFlags.Module ? getExportsOfModule(symbol) : symbol.exports || emptySymbols;
         }
diff --git a/src/compiler/types.ts b/src/compiler/types.ts
index e52c9fb9f5a..09f1b5cfcc5 100644
--- a/src/compiler/types.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/types.ts
@@ -2581,6 +2581,8 @@ namespace ts {
         getAmbientModules(): Symbol[];
 
         tryGetMemberInModuleExports(memberName: string, moduleSymbol: Symbol): Symbol | undefined;
+        /** Unlike `tryGetMemberInModuleExports`, this includes properties of an `export =` value. */
+        /* @internal */ tryGetMemberInModuleExportsAndProperties(memberName: string, moduleSymbol: Symbol): Symbol | undefined;
         getApparentType(type: Type): Type;
         getSuggestionForNonexistentProperty(node: Identifier, containingType: Type): string | undefined;
         getSuggestionForNonexistentSymbol(location: Node, name: string, meaning: SymbolFlags): string | undefined;
diff --git a/src/services/codefixes/importFixes.ts b/src/services/codefixes/importFixes.ts
index f94daab7e70..ac477d49455 100644
--- a/src/services/codefixes/importFixes.ts
+++ b/src/services/codefixes/importFixes.ts
@@ -178,8 +178,11 @@ namespace ts.codefix {
                 }
             }
 
+            // "default" is a keyword and not a legal identifier for the import, so we don't expect it here
+            Debug.assert(name !== "default");
+
             // check exports with the same name
-            const exportSymbolWithIdenticalName = checker.tryGetMemberInModuleExports(name, moduleSymbol);
+            const exportSymbolWithIdenticalName = checker.tryGetMemberInModuleExportsAndProperties(name, moduleSymbol);
             if (exportSymbolWithIdenticalName && checkSymbolHasMeaning(exportSymbolWithIdenticalName, currentTokenMeaning)) {
                 const symbolId = getUniqueSymbolId(exportSymbolWithIdenticalName);
                 symbolIdActionMap.addActions(symbolId, getCodeActionForImport(moduleSymbol, name));
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/importNameCodeFixNewImportFile5.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/importNameCodeFixNewImportFile5.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28cf48d8a5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/importNameCodeFixNewImportFile5.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/// <reference path="fourslash.ts" />
+
+//// [|bar/*0*/();|]
+
+// @Filename: foo.ts
+//// interface MyStatic {
+////     bar(): void;
+//// }
+//// declare var x: MyStatic;
+//// export = x;
+
+verify.importFixAtPosition([
+`import { bar } from "./foo";
+
+bar();`
+]);
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