diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 21b09c1d7d2..a1b5a5b7e1e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ TBD
 - Allow `merge: true` field policy to merge `Reference` objects with non-normalized objects, and vice-versa. <br/>
   [@benjamn](https://github.com/benjamn) in [#7778](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-client/pull/7778)
 
+- Prefer `import * as namepace ...` for imports whose types are re-exported (and thus may appear in `.d.ts` files). <br/>
+  [@devrelm](https://github.com/devrelm) in [#7742](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-client/pull/7742)
+
 ### Documentation
 TBD
 
diff --git a/src/link/persisted-queries/__tests__/react.tsx b/src/link/persisted-queries/__tests__/react.tsx
index 5c458cd59e1..a9595a1b1ac 100644
--- a/src/link/persisted-queries/__tests__/react.tsx
+++ b/src/link/persisted-queries/__tests__/react.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/server';
+import * as React from 'react';
+import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom/server';
 import gql from 'graphql-tag';
 import { print } from 'graphql';
 import { sha256 } from 'crypto-hash';
diff --git a/src/react/components/Mutation.tsx b/src/react/components/Mutation.tsx
index bd2ed3bb83d..0a1f7569039 100644
--- a/src/react/components/Mutation.tsx
+++ b/src/react/components/Mutation.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import * as PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 
 import { OperationVariables } from '../../core';
 import { MutationComponentOptions } from './types';
diff --git a/src/react/components/Query.tsx b/src/react/components/Query.tsx
index f875e3d7d32..ee7b79c3253 100644
--- a/src/react/components/Query.tsx
+++ b/src/react/components/Query.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import * as PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 
 import { OperationVariables } from '../../core';
 import { QueryComponentOptions } from './types';
diff --git a/src/react/components/Subscription.tsx b/src/react/components/Subscription.tsx
index c7962dddbd3..696c201936f 100644
--- a/src/react/components/Subscription.tsx
+++ b/src/react/components/Subscription.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import * as PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 
 import { OperationVariables } from '../../core';
 import { SubscriptionComponentOptions } from './types';
diff --git a/src/react/context/ApolloConsumer.tsx b/src/react/context/ApolloConsumer.tsx
index 97316113c1b..c6ba6fffdc2 100644
--- a/src/react/context/ApolloConsumer.tsx
+++ b/src/react/context/ApolloConsumer.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import * as React from 'react';
 import { invariant } from 'ts-invariant';
 
 import { ApolloClient } from '../../core';
diff --git a/src/react/context/ApolloContext.ts b/src/react/context/ApolloContext.ts
index 1fac5bc5c9d..9e899297881 100644
--- a/src/react/context/ApolloContext.ts
+++ b/src/react/context/ApolloContext.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import * as React from 'react';
 import { ApolloClient } from '../../core';
 import { canUseWeakMap } from '../../utilities';
 
diff --git a/src/react/context/ApolloProvider.tsx b/src/react/context/ApolloProvider.tsx
index adc6d66dd3a..5f678db8c91 100644
--- a/src/react/context/ApolloProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/react/context/ApolloProvider.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import * as React from 'react';
 import { invariant } from 'ts-invariant';
 
 import { ApolloClient } from '../../core';
diff --git a/src/react/hoc/hoc-utils.tsx b/src/react/hoc/hoc-utils.tsx
index 1a80dd6d151..58266adcc3a 100644
--- a/src/react/hoc/hoc-utils.tsx
+++ b/src/react/hoc/hoc-utils.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import * as React from 'react';
 import { invariant } from 'ts-invariant';
 import { OperationVariables } from '../../core';
 import { IDocumentDefinition } from '../parser';
diff --git a/src/react/hoc/mutation-hoc.tsx b/src/react/hoc/mutation-hoc.tsx
index 5159753e678..6f81396d664 100644
--- a/src/react/hoc/mutation-hoc.tsx
+++ b/src/react/hoc/mutation-hoc.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import * as React from 'react';
 import { DocumentNode } from 'graphql';
 import hoistNonReactStatics from 'hoist-non-react-statics';
 
diff --git a/src/react/hoc/query-hoc.tsx b/src/react/hoc/query-hoc.tsx
index 428a64714d9..7eebb07ad26 100644
--- a/src/react/hoc/query-hoc.tsx
+++ b/src/react/hoc/query-hoc.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import * as React from 'react';
 import { DocumentNode } from 'graphql';
 import hoistNonReactStatics from 'hoist-non-react-statics';
 
diff --git a/src/react/hoc/subscription-hoc.tsx b/src/react/hoc/subscription-hoc.tsx
index 906d14a905f..d7b222ee146 100644
--- a/src/react/hoc/subscription-hoc.tsx
+++ b/src/react/hoc/subscription-hoc.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import * as React from 'react';
 import { DocumentNode } from 'graphql';
 import hoistNonReactStatics from 'hoist-non-react-statics';
 
diff --git a/src/react/hoc/withApollo.tsx b/src/react/hoc/withApollo.tsx
index 9b6422b0ef1..15fa8db2b27 100644
--- a/src/react/hoc/withApollo.tsx
+++ b/src/react/hoc/withApollo.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import * as React from 'react';
 import hoistNonReactStatics from 'hoist-non-react-statics';
 import { invariant } from 'ts-invariant';
 
diff --git a/src/react/hooks/useApolloClient.ts b/src/react/hooks/useApolloClient.ts
index 52390348a0a..461635cab7f 100644
--- a/src/react/hooks/useApolloClient.ts
+++ b/src/react/hooks/useApolloClient.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import * as React from 'react';
 import { invariant } from 'ts-invariant';
 
 import { ApolloClient } from '../../core';
diff --git a/src/react/ssr/getDataFromTree.ts b/src/react/ssr/getDataFromTree.ts
index 9d639827a38..8664b08e98d 100644
--- a/src/react/ssr/getDataFromTree.ts
+++ b/src/react/ssr/getDataFromTree.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import * as React from 'react';
 import { getApolloContext } from '../context';
 import { RenderPromises } from './RenderPromises';
 
diff --git a/src/utilities/testing/mocking/MockedProvider.tsx b/src/utilities/testing/mocking/MockedProvider.tsx
index 5612a0f53c5..7168bb2159f 100644
--- a/src/utilities/testing/mocking/MockedProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/utilities/testing/mocking/MockedProvider.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { ApolloClient, DefaultOptions } from '../../../core';
 import { InMemoryCache as Cache } from '../../../cache';