diff --git a/src/compiler/parser.ts b/src/compiler/parser.ts
index 8cdbf956d42..7048677e8a4 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parser.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/parser.ts
@@ -5472,7 +5472,7 @@ namespace ts {
 
             exportDeclaration.name = parseIdentifier();
 
-            parseExpected(SyntaxKind.SemicolonToken);
+            parseSemicolon();
 
             return finishNode(exportDeclaration);
         }
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/exportAsNamespace.d.symbols b/tests/baselines/reference/exportAsNamespace.d.symbols
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca65cb2574e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/exportAsNamespace.d.symbols
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+=== tests/cases/compiler/exportAsNamespace.d.ts ===
+// issue: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/11545
+
+export var X;
+>X : Symbol(X, Decl(exportAsNamespace.d.ts, 2, 10))
+
+export as namespace N
+>N : Symbol(N, Decl(exportAsNamespace.d.ts, 2, 13))
+
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/exportAsNamespace.d.types b/tests/baselines/reference/exportAsNamespace.d.types
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..706857bf8ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/exportAsNamespace.d.types
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+=== tests/cases/compiler/exportAsNamespace.d.ts ===
+// issue: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/11545
+
+export var X;
+>X : any
+
+export as namespace N
+>N : typeof N
+
diff --git a/tests/cases/compiler/exportAsNamespace.d.ts b/tests/cases/compiler/exportAsNamespace.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..755d4fdb2a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/compiler/exportAsNamespace.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// issue: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/11545
+
+export var X;
+export as namespace N
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