diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 50bb9571..614d3750 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ interface PrettyOptions_ {
   customColors?: string|object;
 }
 
+declare function build(options: PrettyOptions_): PinoPretty.PrettyStream;
+
 declare namespace PinoPretty {
   type Prettifier = (inputData: string | object) => string;
   type MessageFormatFunc = (log: LogDescriptor, messageKey: string, levelLabel: string) => string;
@@ -208,7 +210,8 @@ declare namespace PinoPretty {
   type PrettyStream = Transform & OnUnknown;
   type ColorizerFactory = typeof colorizerFactory;
   type PrettyFactory = typeof prettyFactory;
+  type Build = typeof build;
 }
 
 export default PinoPretty;
-export { PinoPretty, PrettyOptions_ as PrettyOptions, colorizerFactory, prettyFactory };
+export { build, PinoPretty, PrettyOptions_ as PrettyOptions, colorizerFactory, prettyFactory };
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 141fc8f2..3e500f8f 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ function build (opts = {}) {
 }
 
 module.exports = build
+module.exports.build = build
 module.exports.prettyFactory = prettyFactory
 module.exports.colorizerFactory = colors
 module.exports.default = build