diff --git a/src/compiler/emitter.ts b/src/compiler/emitter.ts
index b114ffda86c..7e69d8edb71 100644
--- a/src/compiler/emitter.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/emitter.ts
@@ -5169,7 +5169,13 @@ module ts {
                     (!isExternalModule(currentSourceFile) && resolver.isTopLevelValueImportEqualsWithEntityName(node))) {
                     emitLeadingComments(node);
                     emitStart(node);
-                    if (!(node.flags & NodeFlags.Export)) write("var ");
+                    if (isES6ModuleMemberDeclaration(node)) {
+                        write("export ");
+                        write("var ");
+                    }
+                    else if (!(node.flags & NodeFlags.Export)) {
+                        write("var ");
+                    }
                     emitModuleMemberName(node);
                     write(" = ");
                     emit(node.moduleReference);
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/es6ModuleInternalImport.js b/tests/baselines/reference/es6ModuleInternalImport.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4a1659cb901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/es6ModuleInternalImport.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+//// [es6ModuleInternalImport.ts]
+export module m {
+    export var a = 10;
+}
+export import a1 = m.a;
+import a2 = m.a;
+var x = a1 + a2;
+export module m1 {
+    export import a3 = m.a;
+    import a4 = m.a;
+    var x = a1 + a2;
+    var x2 = a3 + a4;
+}
+module m2 {
+    export import a3 = m.a;
+    import a4 = m.a;
+    var x = a1 + a2;
+    var x2 = a3 + a4;
+    var x4 = m1.a3 + m2.a3;
+}
+
+//// [es6ModuleInternalImport.js]
+var m;
+(function (m) {
+    m.a = 10;
+})(m || (m = {}));
+export { m };
+export var a1 = m.a;
+var a2 = m.a;
+var x = a1 + a2;
+var m1;
+(function (m1) {
+    m1.a3 = m.a;
+    var a4 = m.a;
+    var x = a1 + a2;
+    var x2 = m1.a3 + a4;
+})(m1 || (m1 = {}));
+export { m1 };
+var m2;
+(function (m2) {
+    m2.a3 = m.a;
+    var a4 = m.a;
+    var x = a1 + a2;
+    var x2 = m2.a3 + a4;
+    var x4 = m1.a3 + m2.a3;
+})(m2 || (m2 = {}));
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/es6ModuleInternalImport.types b/tests/baselines/reference/es6ModuleInternalImport.types
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..50db69d8edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/es6ModuleInternalImport.types
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+=== tests/cases/compiler/es6ModuleInternalImport.ts ===
+export module m {
+>m : typeof m
+
+    export var a = 10;
+>a : number
+}
+export import a1 = m.a;
+>a1 : number
+>m : typeof m
+>a : number
+
+import a2 = m.a;
+>a2 : number
+>m : typeof m
+>a : number
+
+var x = a1 + a2;
+>x : number
+>a1 + a2 : number
+>a1 : number
+>a2 : number
+
+export module m1 {
+>m1 : typeof m1
+
+    export import a3 = m.a;
+>a3 : number
+>m : typeof m
+>a : number
+
+    import a4 = m.a;
+>a4 : number
+>m : typeof m
+>a : number
+
+    var x = a1 + a2;
+>x : number
+>a1 + a2 : number
+>a1 : number
+>a2 : number
+
+    var x2 = a3 + a4;
+>x2 : number
+>a3 + a4 : number
+>a3 : number
+>a4 : number
+}
+module m2 {
+>m2 : typeof m2
+
+    export import a3 = m.a;
+>a3 : number
+>m : typeof m
+>a : number
+
+    import a4 = m.a;
+>a4 : number
+>m : typeof m
+>a : number
+
+    var x = a1 + a2;
+>x : number
+>a1 + a2 : number
+>a1 : number
+>a2 : number
+
+    var x2 = a3 + a4;
+>x2 : number
+>a3 + a4 : number
+>a3 : number
+>a4 : number
+
+    var x4 = m1.a3 + m2.a3;
+>x4 : number
+>m1.a3 + m2.a3 : number
+>m1.a3 : number
+>m1 : typeof m1
+>a3 : number
+>m2.a3 : number
+>m2 : typeof m2
+>a3 : number
+}
diff --git a/tests/cases/compiler/es6ModuleInternalImport.ts b/tests/cases/compiler/es6ModuleInternalImport.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..24e209a87f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/compiler/es6ModuleInternalImport.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// @target: ES6
+export module m {
+    export var a = 10;
+}
+export import a1 = m.a;
+import a2 = m.a;
+var x = a1 + a2;
+export module m1 {
+    export import a3 = m.a;
+    import a4 = m.a;
+    var x = a1 + a2;
+    var x2 = a3 + a4;
+}
+module m2 {
+    export import a3 = m.a;
+    import a4 = m.a;
+    var x = a1 + a2;
+    var x2 = a3 + a4;
+    var x4 = m1.a3 + m2.a3;
+}
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