diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5a7d5f66..061f909f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ import { minimatch } from 'minimatch'
 // or:
 const { minimatch } = require('minimatch')
 
+// default export also works
+import minimatch from 'minimatch'
+// or:
+const minimatch = require('minimatch')
+
 minimatch('bar.foo', '*.foo') // true!
 minimatch('bar.foo', '*.bar') // false!
 minimatch('bar.foo', '*.+(bar|foo)', { debug: true }) // true, and noisy!
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 63f4ec6e..5997349e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "minimatch",
-  "version": "6.1.1",
+  "version": "6.1.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "minimatch",
-      "version": "6.1.1",
+      "version": "6.1.2",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "brace-expansion": "^2.0.1"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e764a4ec..285c8553 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
   "author": "Isaac Z. Schlueter <i@izs.me> (http://blog.izs.me)",
   "name": "minimatch",
   "description": "a glob matcher in javascript",
-  "version": "6.1.1",
+  "version": "6.1.2",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git://github.com/isaacs/minimatch.git"
   },
-  "main": "./dist/cjs/index.js",
+  "main": "./dist/cjs/index-cjs.js",
   "module": "./dist/mjs/index.js",
   "types": "./dist/cjs/index.d.ts",
   "exports": {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "postversion": "npm publish",
     "prepublishOnly": "git push origin --follow-tags",
     "preprepare": "rm -rf dist",
-    "prepare": "tsc -p tsconfig-cjs.json && tsc -p tsconfig-esm.json",
+    "prepare": "tsc -p tsconfig.json && tsc -p tsconfig-esm.json",
     "postprepare": "bash fixup.sh",
     "pretest": "npm run prepare",
     "presnap": "npm run prepare",
diff --git a/src/index-cjs.ts b/src/index-cjs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..812f3ea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/index-cjs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import minimatch from './index.js'
+
+export = Object.assign(minimatch, { default: minimatch, minimatch })
diff --git a/tsconfig-esm.json b/tsconfig-esm.json
index 9a571575..8df1a6f3 100644
--- a/tsconfig-esm.json
+++ b/tsconfig-esm.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig-base.json",
+  "exclude": ["src/index-cjs.ts"],
   "compilerOptions": {
     "module": "esnext",
     "outDir": "dist/mjs"
diff --git a/tsconfig-cjs.json b/tsconfig.json
similarity index 100%
rename from tsconfig-cjs.json
rename to tsconfig.json