diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-image/src/components/hooks.ts b/packages/gatsby-plugin-image/src/components/hooks.ts
index 54f9afd3a9e4f..1cb84c2ccebbe 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-image/src/components/hooks.ts
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-image/src/components/hooks.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const isGatsbyImageDataParent = <T>(
   node: IGatsbyImageDataParent<T> | any
 ): node is IGatsbyImageDataParent<T> => Boolean(node?.gatsbyImageData)
 
-type ImageDataLike = FileNode | IGatsbyImageDataParent | IGatsbyImageData
+export type ImageDataLike = FileNode | IGatsbyImageDataParent | IGatsbyImageData
 export const getImage = (node: ImageDataLike): IGatsbyImageData | undefined => {
   if (isGatsbyImageData(node)) {
     return node
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-image/src/index.ts b/packages/gatsby-plugin-image/src/index.ts
index eb6ee653dd5e2..5961811df1506 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-image/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-image/src/index.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export {
   IArtDirectedImage,
   IGetImageDataArgs,
   IUrlBuilderArgs,
+  ImageDataLike,
 } from "./components/hooks"
 export {
   generateImageData,