diff --git a/core/src/components/nav/nav.tsx b/core/src/components/nav/nav.tsx
index 75ce834de6..4c5581e844 100644
--- a/core/src/components/nav/nav.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/nav/nav.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { Build, Component, Element, Event, EventEmitter, Method, Prop, Watch } from '@stencil/core';
-import { Animation, ComponentProps, Config, FrameworkDelegate, GestureDetail, Mode, NavOutlet, QueueController, RouteID, RouteWrite, RouterDirection } from '../../interface';
+import { Animation, ComponentProps, Config, FrameworkDelegate, GestureDetail, Mode, NavOutlet, QueueController, RouteID, RouteWrite, RouterDirection, ViewLifecycle } from '../../interface';
 import { NavComponent, NavOptions, NavResult, TransitionDoneFn, TransitionInstruction } from '../../interface';
 import { assert } from '../../utils/helpers';
-import { TransitionOptions, ViewLifecycle, lifecycle, transition } from '../../utils/transition';
+import { TransitionOptions, lifecycle, transition } from '../../utils/transition';
 import { ViewController, ViewState, convertToViews, matches } from './view-controller';
 
 @Component({
diff --git a/core/src/index.ts b/core/src/index.ts
index 42a6b92d9b..a13bc822b1 100644
--- a/core/src/index.ts
+++ b/core/src/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+export const enum ViewLifecycle {
+  WillEnter = 'ionViewWillEnter',
+  DidEnter = 'ionViewDidEnter',
+  WillLeave = 'ionViewWillLeave',
+  DidLeave = 'ionViewDidLeave',
+  WillUnload = 'ionViewWillUnload',
+}
+
 // Util functions
 export * from './utils/helpers';
 export * from './utils/haptic';
diff --git a/core/src/utils/transition.ts b/core/src/utils/transition.ts
index 2c6db90a9d..39d22fa584 100644
--- a/core/src/utils/transition.ts
+++ b/core/src/utils/transition.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Animation, AnimationBuilder, NavDirection, NavOptions } from '../interface';
+import { Animation, AnimationBuilder, NavDirection, NavOptions, ViewLifecycle } from '../interface';
 
 const iosTransitionAnimation = () => import('./animations/ios.transition');
 const mdTransitionAnimation = () => import('./animations/md.transition');
@@ -179,14 +179,6 @@ function setZIndex(
   }
 }
 
-export const enum ViewLifecycle {
-  WillEnter = 'ionViewWillEnter',
-  DidEnter = 'ionViewDidEnter',
-  WillLeave = 'ionViewWillLeave',
-  DidLeave = 'ionViewDidLeave',
-  WillUnload = 'ionViewWillUnload',
-}
-
 export interface TransitionOptions extends NavOptions {
   animationCtrl: HTMLIonAnimationControllerElement;
   progressCallback?: ((ani: Animation) => void);