diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 26ab9964..698046b1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ npm-debug.log
 package-lock.json
 .nyc_output
 dist
+/types/
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 69ec0e89..14acbcc0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # @digitalbazaar/vc ChangeLog
 
+### Added
+- Generate TypeScript declarations for published packages.
+
 ## 7.1.0 - 2024-10-10
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a8391f89..b0622ed9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@
   },
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
   "type": "module",
-  "exports": "./lib/index.js",
+  "main": "./lib/index.js",
+  "types": "./types/index.d.ts",
   "files": [
-    "lib/**/*.js"
+    "lib/**/*.js",
+    "types/**/*.d.ts",
+    "types/**/*.d.ts.map"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "@digitalbazaar/credentials-context": "^3.1.0",
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@
     "@digitalbazaar/ed25519-verification-key-2018": "^4.0.0",
     "@digitalbazaar/multikey-context": "^2.0.1",
     "@digitalbazaar/odrl-context": "^1.0.0",
+    "@types/node": "^22.3.0",
     "c8": "^10.1.2",
     "chai": "^4.5.0",
     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
@@ -64,6 +68,8 @@
     "klona": "^2.0.6",
     "mocha": "^10.7.0",
     "mocha-lcov-reporter": "^1.3.0",
+    "rimraf": "^6.0.1",
+    "typescript": "^5.5.4",
     "uuid": "^10.0.0",
     "veres-one-context": "^12.0.0",
     "webpack": "^5.93.0"
@@ -94,6 +100,8 @@
     "lint": "eslint 'lib/**/*.js' 'test/**/*.js'",
     "coverage": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test c8 npm run test-node",
     "coverage-ci": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test c8 --reporter=lcovonly --reporter=text-summary --reporter=text npm run test-node",
-    "coverage-report": "c8 report"
+    "coverage-report": "c8 report",
+    "prepack": "npm run build-types",
+    "build-types": "rimraf types & tsc -p tsconfig.types.json"
   }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/tsconfig.types.json b/tsconfig.types.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4354fd60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.types.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
+    "outDir": "types",
+    "declarationMap": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "lib/**/*.js"
+  ]
+}
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