diff --git a/src/components/slides/slides.ts b/src/components/slides/slides.ts
index 92e1fa4c87..adfa4b4086 100644
--- a/src/components/slides/slides.ts
+++ b/src/components/slides/slides.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import * as Swiper from 'swiper';
 import { Component, h, Ionic, Prop } from '../index';
+import Swiper from 'swiper';
 
 /**
  * @name Slides
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import { Component, h, Ionic, Prop } from '../index';
   shadow: false
 })
 export class Slides {
-  swiper: Swiper;
+  swiper: any;
   $el: HTMLElement;
 
   /**
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 7823d30a72..24e1f26b94 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
     "allowUnreachableCode": false,
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "declaration": true,
     "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
@@ -26,4 +27,4 @@
     "annotationsAs": "static fields",
     "annotateForClosureCompiler": true
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}