diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 5cae626..49a74e1 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,179 @@
-interface Emitter<Event = string> {
-    on(event: Event, listener: Function): Emitter;
-    once(event: Event, listener: Function): Emitter;
-    off(event?: Event, listener?: Function): Emitter;
-    emit(event: Event, ...args: any[]): Emitter;
-    listeners(event: Event): Function[];
-    hasListeners(event: Event): boolean;
-    removeListener(event?: Event, listener?: Function): Emitter;
-    removeEventListener(event?: Event, listener?: Function): Emitter;
-    removeAllListeners(event?: Event): Emitter;
+/**
+ * An events map is an interface that maps event names to their value, which
+ * represents the type of the `on` listener.
+ */
+export interface EventsMap {
+    [event: string]: any;
 }
 
-declare const Emitter: {
-    (obj?: object): Emitter;
-    new (obj?: object): Emitter;
-};
+/**
+ * The default events map, used if no EventsMap is given. Using this EventsMap
+ * is equivalent to accepting all event names, and any data.
+ */
+export interface DefaultEventsMap {
+    [event: string]: (...args: any[]) => void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns a union type containing all the keys of an event map.
+ */
+export type EventNames<Map extends EventsMap> = keyof Map & (string | symbol);
+
+/** The tuple type representing the parameters of an event listener */
+export type EventParams<
+    Map extends EventsMap,
+    Ev extends EventNames<Map>
+    > = Parameters<Map[Ev]>;
+
+/**
+ * The event names that are either in ReservedEvents or in UserEvents
+ */
+export type ReservedOrUserEventNames<
+    ReservedEventsMap extends EventsMap,
+    UserEvents extends EventsMap
+    > = EventNames<ReservedEventsMap> | EventNames<UserEvents>;
+
+/**
+ * Type of a listener of a user event or a reserved event. If `Ev` is in
+ * `ReservedEvents`, the reserved event listener is returned.
+ */
+export type ReservedOrUserListener<
+    ReservedEvents extends EventsMap,
+    UserEvents extends EventsMap,
+    Ev extends ReservedOrUserEventNames<ReservedEvents, UserEvents>
+    > = FallbackToUntypedListener<
+    Ev extends EventNames<ReservedEvents>
+        ? ReservedEvents[Ev]
+        : Ev extends EventNames<UserEvents>
+        ? UserEvents[Ev]
+        : never
+    >;
+
+/**
+ * Returns an untyped listener type if `T` is `never`; otherwise, returns `T`.
+ *
+ * This is a hack to mitigate https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/issues/3833.
+ * Needed because of https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/41778
+ */
+type FallbackToUntypedListener<T> = [T] extends [never]
+    ? (...args: any[]) => void | Promise<void>
+    : T;
+
+/**
+ * Strictly typed version of an `EventEmitter`. A `TypedEventEmitter` takes type
+ * parameters for mappings of event names to event data types, and strictly
+ * types method calls to the `EventEmitter` according to these event maps.
+ *
+ * @typeParam ListenEvents - `EventsMap` of user-defined events that can be
+ * listened to with `on` or `once`
+ * @typeParam EmitEvents - `EventsMap` of user-defined events that can be
+ * emitted with `emit`
+ * @typeParam ReservedEvents - `EventsMap` of reserved events, that can be
+ * emitted by socket.io with `emitReserved`, and can be listened to with
+ * `listen`.
+ */
+export class Emitter<
+    ListenEvents extends EventsMap,
+    EmitEvents extends EventsMap,
+    ReservedEvents extends EventsMap = {}
+    > {
+    /**
+     * Adds the `listener` function as an event listener for `ev`.
+     *
+     * @param ev Name of the event
+     * @param listener Callback function
+     */
+    on<Ev extends ReservedOrUserEventNames<ReservedEvents, ListenEvents>>(
+        ev: Ev,
+        listener: ReservedOrUserListener<ReservedEvents, ListenEvents, Ev>
+    ): this;
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a one-time `listener` function as an event listener for `ev`.
+     *
+     * @param ev Name of the event
+     * @param listener Callback function
+     */
+    once<Ev extends ReservedOrUserEventNames<ReservedEvents, ListenEvents>>(
+        ev: Ev,
+        listener: ReservedOrUserListener<ReservedEvents, ListenEvents, Ev>
+    ): this;
 
-export default Emitter;
+    /**
+     * Removes the `listener` function as an event listener for `ev`.
+     *
+     * @param ev Name of the event
+     * @param listener Callback function
+     */
+    off<Ev extends ReservedOrUserEventNames<ReservedEvents, ListenEvents>>(
+        ev?: Ev,
+        listener?: ReservedOrUserListener<ReservedEvents, ListenEvents, Ev>
+    ): this;
+
+    /**
+     * Emits an event.
+     *
+     * @param ev Name of the event
+     * @param args Values to send to listeners of this event
+     */
+    emit<Ev extends EventNames<EmitEvents>>(
+        ev: Ev,
+        ...args: EventParams<EmitEvents, Ev>
+    ): this;
+
+    /**
+     * Emits a reserved event.
+     *
+     * This method is `protected`, so that only a class extending
+     * `StrictEventEmitter` can emit its own reserved events.
+     *
+     * @param ev Reserved event name
+     * @param args Arguments to emit along with the event
+     */
+    protected emitReserved<Ev extends EventNames<ReservedEvents>>(
+        ev: Ev,
+        ...args: EventParams<ReservedEvents, Ev>
+    ): this;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the listeners listening to an event.
+     *
+     * @param event Event name
+     * @returns Array of listeners subscribed to `event`
+     */
+    listeners<Ev extends ReservedOrUserEventNames<ReservedEvents, ListenEvents>>(
+        event: Ev
+    ): ReservedOrUserListener<ReservedEvents, ListenEvents, Ev>[];
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if there is a listener for this event.
+     *
+     * @param event Event name
+     * @returns boolean
+     */
+    hasListeners<
+        Ev extends ReservedOrUserEventNames<ReservedEvents, ListenEvents>
+        >(event: Ev): boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Removes the `listener` function as an event listener for `ev`.
+     *
+     * @param ev Name of the event
+     * @param listener Callback function
+     */
+    removeListener<
+        Ev extends ReservedOrUserEventNames<ReservedEvents, ListenEvents>
+        >(
+        ev?: Ev,
+        listener?: ReservedOrUserListener<ReservedEvents, ListenEvents, Ev>
+    ): this;
+
+    /**
+     * Removes all `listener` function as an event listener for `ev`.
+     *
+     * @param ev Name of the event
+     */
+    removeAllListeners<
+        Ev extends ReservedOrUserEventNames<ReservedEvents, ListenEvents>
+        >(ev?: Ev): this;
+}
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 6c1dfc0..e0d5497 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
  * Expose `Emitter`.
  */
 
-if (typeof module !== 'undefined') {
-  module.exports = Emitter;
-}
+exports.Emitter = Emitter;
 
 /**
  * Initialize a new `Emitter`.
@@ -15,10 +13,7 @@ if (typeof module !== 'undefined') {
 
 function Emitter(obj) {
   if (obj) return mixin(obj);
-};
-
-// allow default import
-Emitter.default = Emitter;
+}
 
 /**
  * Mixin the emitter properties.
@@ -152,6 +147,9 @@ Emitter.prototype.emit = function(event){
   return this;
 };
 
+// alias used for reserved events (protected method)
+Emitter.prototype.emitReserved = Emitter.prototype.emit;
+
 /**
  * Return array of callbacks for `event`.
  *
diff --git a/test/emitter.js b/test/emitter.js
index a1f1dda..6a6148e 100644
--- a/test/emitter.js
+++ b/test/emitter.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-var Emitter = require('..');
+var { Emitter } = require('..');
 
 function Custom() {
   Emitter.call(this)