diff --git a/.changeset/thirty-dancers-swim.md b/.changeset/thirty-dancers-swim.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5032db11f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thirty-dancers-swim.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@typechain/truffle-v5': minor
+---
+
+Add external access to union of event types
diff --git a/packages/target-truffle-v5/src/codegen/events.ts b/packages/target-truffle-v5/src/codegen/events.ts
index 1eb35bc87..9628f0dd9 100644
--- a/packages/target-truffle-v5/src/codegen/events.ts
+++ b/packages/target-truffle-v5/src/codegen/events.ts
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ export function codegenAllPossibleEvents(contract: Contract): string {
     .map((e) => e.name)
 
   if (allPossibleEvents.length === 0) {
-    return `type AllEvents = never`
+    return `export type AllEvents = never`
   }
-  return `type AllEvents = ${allPossibleEvents.join(' | ')};`
+  return `export type AllEvents = ${allPossibleEvents.join(' | ')};`
 }
 
 export function codegenEventsEmitters(contract: Contract): string {