diff --git a/packages/core/src/components.d.ts b/packages/core/src/components.d.ts
index 7e43dbf63c..cbea26c80e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components.d.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/components.d.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  * and imports for stencil collections that might be configured in your stencil.config.js file
  */
 
+import 'ionicons';
+
 import {
   AnimationBuilder,
   FrameworkDelegate,