diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/template-typescript/src/App.test.tsx b/packages/react-scripts/template-typescript/src/App.test.tsx
index a754b201bf9..e0f09ab57a4 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/template-typescript/src/App.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/template-typescript/src/App.test.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import * as React from 'react';
+import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import App from './App';
 
 it('renders without crashing', () => {
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/template-typescript/src/index.tsx b/packages/react-scripts/template-typescript/src/index.tsx
index 87d1be55189..367f2c8f213 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/template-typescript/src/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/template-typescript/src/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import * as React from 'react';
+import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import './index.css';
 import App from './App';
 import * as serviceWorker from './serviceWorker';