diff --git a/src/compiler/transformers/ts.ts b/src/compiler/transformers/ts.ts
index 555855b5e23..4dca267955c 100644
--- a/src/compiler/transformers/ts.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/transformers/ts.ts
@@ -2922,7 +2922,7 @@ namespace ts {
         function visitExportDeclaration(node: ExportDeclaration): VisitResult<Statement> {
             if (!node.exportClause) {
                 // Elide a star export if the module it references does not export a value.
-                return resolver.moduleExportsSomeValue(node.moduleSpecifier) ? node : undefined;
+                return compilerOptions.isolatedModules || resolver.moduleExportsSomeValue(node.moduleSpecifier) ? node : undefined;
             }
 
             if (!resolver.isValueAliasDeclaration(node)) {
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/isolatedModulesDontElideReExportStar.js b/tests/baselines/reference/isolatedModulesDontElideReExportStar.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d546135f74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/isolatedModulesDontElideReExportStar.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//// [tests/cases/compiler/isolatedModulesDontElideReExportStar.ts] ////
+
+//// [a.ts]
+export type T = number;
+
+//// [b.ts]
+export * from "./a";
+
+
+//// [a.js]
+//// [b.js]
+export * from "./a";
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/isolatedModulesDontElideReExportStar.symbols b/tests/baselines/reference/isolatedModulesDontElideReExportStar.symbols
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..38ab78bf498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/isolatedModulesDontElideReExportStar.symbols
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+=== /a.ts ===
+export type T = number;
+>T : Symbol(T, Decl(a.ts, 0, 0))
+
+=== /b.ts ===
+export * from "./a";
+No type information for this code.
+No type information for this code.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/isolatedModulesDontElideReExportStar.types b/tests/baselines/reference/isolatedModulesDontElideReExportStar.types
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f68c5ded89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/isolatedModulesDontElideReExportStar.types
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+=== /a.ts ===
+export type T = number;
+>T : number
+
+=== /b.ts ===
+export * from "./a";
+No type information for this code.
+No type information for this code.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/cases/compiler/isolatedModulesDontElideReExportStar.ts b/tests/cases/compiler/isolatedModulesDontElideReExportStar.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..37a851a6292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/compiler/isolatedModulesDontElideReExportStar.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// @isolatedModules: true
+// @target: es6
+
+// @filename: /a.ts
+export type T = number;
+
+// @filename: /b.ts
+export * from "./a";