diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8ea98f92..e4551089 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -441,6 +441,16 @@ npm install node-fetch --save-dev
 npm install form-data --save-dev
 ```
 
+In order to compile the project and resolve the imports, you will need to enable the `allowSyntheticDefaultImports`
+in your `tsconfig.json` file.
+
+```json
+{
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true
+}
+```
+
+
 [npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/openapi-typescript-codegen
 [npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/openapi-typescript-codegen.svg
 [license-url]: LICENSE
diff --git a/src/templates/core/node/request.hbs b/src/templates/core/node/request.hbs
index 8d916521..ee5e3338 100644
--- a/src/templates/core/node/request.hbs
+++ b/src/templates/core/node/request.hbs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {{>header}}
 
-import * as FormData from 'form-data';
+import FormData from 'form-data';
 import fetch, { BodyInit, Headers, RequestInit, Response } from 'node-fetch';
 import { types } from 'util';
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/scripts/compileWithTypescript.js b/test/e2e/scripts/compileWithTypescript.js
index 0987ad71..8c9969cc 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scripts/compileWithTypescript.js
+++ b/test/e2e/scripts/compileWithTypescript.js
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ function compileWithTypescript(dir) {
             module: 'es6',
             moduleResolution: 'node',
             lib: ['es6', 'es2017', 'dom'],
+            declaration: false,
+            declarationMap: false,
+            sourceMap: false,
+            noImplicitReturns: true,
+            noImplicitThis: true,
+            noImplicitAny: true,
+            strict: true,
+            strictNullChecks: true,
+            strictFunctionTypes: true,
+            allowSyntheticDefaultImports: true,
         },
         include: ['./index.ts'],
     };
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index a3bb634d..f5e80d1d 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
         "noImplicitAny": true,
         "strict": true,
         "strictNullChecks": true,
-        "strictFunctionTypes": true
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true
     },
 
     "files": [