diff --git a/.chronus/changes/extern-dec-type-2024-3-29-19-9-6.md b/.chronus/changes/extern-dec-type-2024-3-29-19-9-6.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c644f781bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chronus/changes/extern-dec-type-2024-3-29-19-9-6.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+# Change versionKind to one of: internal, fix, dependencies, feature, deprecation, breaking
+changeKind: internal
+packages:
+  - "@typespec/compiler"
+  - "@typespec/http"
+  - "@typespec/json-schema"
+  - "@typespec/openapi"
+  - "@typespec/openapi3"
+  - "@typespec/protobuf"
+  - "@typespec/rest"
+  - "@typespec/versioning"
+  - "@typespec/xml"
+---
+
+Include `type` in generated extern dec
diff --git a/packages/compiler/generated-defs/TypeSpec.ts-test.ts b/packages/compiler/generated-defs/TypeSpec.ts-test.ts
index 965cc94cde..84b8407831 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/generated-defs/TypeSpec.ts-test.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/generated-defs/TypeSpec.ts-test.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import {
   $withoutDefaultValues,
   $withoutOmittedProperties,
 } from "../src/index.js";
-import {
+import type {
   DeprecatedDecorator,
   DiscriminatorDecorator,
   DocDecorator,
diff --git a/packages/http/generated-defs/TypeSpec.Http.ts-test.ts b/packages/http/generated-defs/TypeSpec.Http.ts-test.ts
index 6dfec87e9f..efd098a96a 100644
--- a/packages/http/generated-defs/TypeSpec.Http.ts-test.ts
+++ b/packages/http/generated-defs/TypeSpec.Http.ts-test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   $statusCode,
   $useAuth,
 } from "@typespec/http";
-import {
+import type {
   BodyDecorator,
   BodyIgnoreDecorator,
   BodyRootDecorator,
diff --git a/packages/json-schema/generated-defs/TypeSpec.JsonSchema.ts-test.ts b/packages/json-schema/generated-defs/TypeSpec.JsonSchema.ts-test.ts
index 7361ba5b00..8e2778f71f 100644
--- a/packages/json-schema/generated-defs/TypeSpec.JsonSchema.ts-test.ts
+++ b/packages/json-schema/generated-defs/TypeSpec.JsonSchema.ts-test.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
   $prefixItems,
   $uniqueItems,
 } from "@typespec/json-schema";
-import {
+import type {
   BaseUriDecorator,
   ContainsDecorator,
   ContentEncodingDecorator,
diff --git a/packages/openapi/generated-defs/TypeSpec.OpenAPI.ts-test.ts b/packages/openapi/generated-defs/TypeSpec.OpenAPI.ts-test.ts
index a0fec80b02..54e7d252a1 100644
--- a/packages/openapi/generated-defs/TypeSpec.OpenAPI.ts-test.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi/generated-defs/TypeSpec.OpenAPI.ts-test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   $info,
   $operationId,
 } from "@typespec/openapi";
-import {
+import type {
   DefaultResponseDecorator,
   ExtensionDecorator,
   ExternalDocsDecorator,
diff --git a/packages/openapi3/generated-defs/TypeSpec.OpenAPI.ts-test.ts b/packages/openapi3/generated-defs/TypeSpec.OpenAPI.ts-test.ts
index 8e3d0ba59b..0286e8320d 100644
--- a/packages/openapi3/generated-defs/TypeSpec.OpenAPI.ts-test.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi3/generated-defs/TypeSpec.OpenAPI.ts-test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /** An error here would mean that the decorator is not exported or doesn't have the right name. */
 import { $oneOf, $useRef } from "@typespec/openapi3";
-import { OneOfDecorator, UseRefDecorator } from "./TypeSpec.OpenAPI.js";
+import type { OneOfDecorator, UseRefDecorator } from "./TypeSpec.OpenAPI.js";
 
 type Decorators = {
   $oneOf: OneOfDecorator;
diff --git a/packages/protobuf/generated-defs/TypeSpec.Protobuf.ts-test.ts b/packages/protobuf/generated-defs/TypeSpec.Protobuf.ts-test.ts
index a03e753c7c..f6d84a8135 100644
--- a/packages/protobuf/generated-defs/TypeSpec.Protobuf.ts-test.ts
+++ b/packages/protobuf/generated-defs/TypeSpec.Protobuf.ts-test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /** An error here would mean that the decorator is not exported or doesn't have the right name. */
 import { $field, $message, $package, $reserve, $service, $stream } from "@typespec/protobuf";
-import {
+import type {
   FieldDecorator,
   MessageDecorator,
   PackageDecorator,
diff --git a/packages/rest/generated-defs/TypeSpec.Rest.ts-test.ts b/packages/rest/generated-defs/TypeSpec.Rest.ts-test.ts
index 261e4c7197..d2e7e0bcc7 100644
--- a/packages/rest/generated-defs/TypeSpec.Rest.ts-test.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/generated-defs/TypeSpec.Rest.ts-test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
   $segmentOf,
   $updatesResource,
 } from "@typespec/rest";
-import {
+import type {
   ActionDecorator,
   ActionSeparatorDecorator,
   AutoRouteDecorator,
diff --git a/packages/tspd/src/gen-extern-signatures/decorators-signatures.ts b/packages/tspd/src/gen-extern-signatures/decorators-signatures.ts
index 7b52f11b36..bed1be65c8 100644
--- a/packages/tspd/src/gen-extern-signatures/decorators-signatures.ts
+++ b/packages/tspd/src/gen-extern-signatures/decorators-signatures.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export function generateSignatureTests(
   ]);
 
   content.push([
-    "import {",
+    "import type {",
     decorators.map((x) => x.typeName).join(","),
     `} from "`,
     decoratorSignatureImport,
diff --git a/packages/versioning/generated-defs/TypeSpec.Versioning.ts-test.ts b/packages/versioning/generated-defs/TypeSpec.Versioning.ts-test.ts
index bea0ff5b97..f9fa0b2ed2 100644
--- a/packages/versioning/generated-defs/TypeSpec.Versioning.ts-test.ts
+++ b/packages/versioning/generated-defs/TypeSpec.Versioning.ts-test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   $useDependency,
   $versioned,
 } from "@typespec/versioning";
-import {
+import type {
   AddedDecorator,
   MadeOptionalDecorator,
   RemovedDecorator,
diff --git a/packages/xml/generated-defs/TypeSpec.Xml.ts-test.ts b/packages/xml/generated-defs/TypeSpec.Xml.ts-test.ts
index f4648c5e89..14f4e8532e 100644
--- a/packages/xml/generated-defs/TypeSpec.Xml.ts-test.ts
+++ b/packages/xml/generated-defs/TypeSpec.Xml.ts-test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /** An error here would mean that the decorator is not exported or doesn't have the right name. */
 import { $attribute, $name, $ns, $nsDeclarations, $unwrapped } from "@typespec/xml";
-import {
+import type {
   AttributeDecorator,
   NameDecorator,
   NsDeclarationsDecorator,
diff --git a/packages/xml/src/testing/index.ts b/packages/xml/src/testing/index.ts
index 9d90035633..6f4e37bebb 100644
--- a/packages/xml/src/testing/index.ts
+++ b/packages/xml/src/testing/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {
   createTestLibrary,
   findTestPackageRoot,
-  TypeSpecTestLibrary,
+  type TypeSpecTestLibrary,
 } from "@typespec/compiler/testing";
 
 export const XmlTestLibrary: TypeSpecTestLibrary = createTestLibrary({
diff --git a/packages/xml/tsconfig.json b/packages/xml/tsconfig.json
index b73ccb236b..0192ea7806 100644
--- a/packages/xml/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/xml/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     "outDir": "dist",
     "rootDir": ".",
     "tsBuildInfoFile": "temp/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo",
+    "verbatimModuleSyntax": true,
     "lib": ["DOM", "ESNext"]
   },
   "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "generated-defs/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"]