diff --git a/pino.d.ts b/pino.d.ts
index f6ed8c8ad..449e4105e 100644
--- a/pino.d.ts
+++ b/pino.d.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ interface redactOptions {
     remove?: boolean;
 }
 
-interface LoggerExtras<Options = LoggerOptions> extends EventEmitter {
+export interface LoggerExtras<Options = LoggerOptions> extends EventEmitter {
     /**
      * Exposes the Pino package version. Also available on the exported pino function.
      */
diff --git a/test/types/pino-type-only.test-d.ts b/test/types/pino-type-only.test-d.ts
index f106cd28c..c77191a14 100644
--- a/test/types/pino-type-only.test-d.ts
+++ b/test/types/pino-type-only.test-d.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import { expectAssignable, expectType } from "tsd";
 
 import pino from "../../";
-import type {LevelWithSilent, Logger, LogFn, P, DestinationStreamWithMetadata } from "../../pino";
+import type {LevelWithSilent, Logger, LogFn, P, DestinationStreamWithMetadata, LoggerExtras } from "../../pino";
 
 // NB: can also use `import * as pino`, but that form is callable as `pino()`
 // under `esModuleInterop: false` or `pino.default()` under `esModuleInterop: true`.
 const log = pino();
+expectAssignable<LoggerExtras>(log);
 expectType<Logger>(log);
 expectType<LogFn>(log.info);