diff --git a/packages/typescript-estree/src/convert.ts b/packages/typescript-estree/src/convert.ts
index f648df4b4f8..97dc43a5ee2 100644
--- a/packages/typescript-estree/src/convert.ts
+++ b/packages/typescript-estree/src/convert.ts
@@ -172,12 +172,15 @@ export class Converter {
           range: [exportKeyword.getStart(this.ast), result.range[1]],
         });
       } else {
+        const isType =
+          result.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.TSInterfaceDeclaration ||
+          result.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.TSTypeAliasDeclaration;
         return this.createNode<TSESTree.ExportNamedDeclaration>(node, {
           type: AST_NODE_TYPES.ExportNamedDeclaration,
           declaration: result,
           specifiers: [],
           source: null,
-          exportKind: 'value',
+          exportKind: isType ? 'type' : 'value',
           range: [exportKeyword.getStart(this.ast), result.range[1]],
         });
       }
diff --git a/packages/typescript-estree/tests/ast-alignment/utils.ts b/packages/typescript-estree/tests/ast-alignment/utils.ts
index 5c55e89e605..6a2426b147f 100644
--- a/packages/typescript-estree/tests/ast-alignment/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/typescript-estree/tests/ast-alignment/utils.ts
@@ -252,20 +252,34 @@ export function preprocessBabylonAST(ast: BabelTypes.File): any {
        * TS 3.8 import/export type
        * babel coming soon https://github.com/babel/babel/pull/11171
        */
-      ExportNamedDeclaration(node) {
+      ExportNamedDeclaration(node: any) {
         /**
          * TS 3.8: export type
          */
         if (!node.exportKind) {
-          node.exportKind = 'value';
+          if (
+            node.declaration?.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.TSTypeAliasDeclaration ||
+            node.declaration?.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.TSInterfaceDeclaration
+          ) {
+            node.exportKind = 'type';
+          } else {
+            node.exportKind = 'value';
+          }
         }
       },
-      ExportAllDeclaration(node) {
+      ExportAllDeclaration(node: any) {
         /**
          * TS 3.8: export type
          */
         if (!node.exportKind) {
-          node.exportKind = 'value';
+          if (
+            node.declaration?.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.TSTypeAliasDeclaration ||
+            node.declaration?.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.TSInterfaceDeclaration
+          ) {
+            node.exportKind = 'type';
+          } else {
+            node.exportKind = 'value';
+          }
         }
       },
       ImportDeclaration(node) {
diff --git a/packages/typescript-estree/tests/lib/__snapshots__/typescript.ts.snap b/packages/typescript-estree/tests/lib/__snapshots__/typescript.ts.snap
index bdbf0fc7693..04f175a15d8 100644
--- a/packages/typescript-estree/tests/lib/__snapshots__/typescript.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/typescript-estree/tests/lib/__snapshots__/typescript.ts.snap
@@ -4476,7 +4476,7 @@ Object {
         ],
         "type": "TSInterfaceDeclaration",
       },
-      "exportKind": "value",
+      "exportKind": "type",
       "loc": Object {
         "end": Object {
           "column": 1,
@@ -98017,7 +98017,7 @@ Object {
           ],
         },
       },
-      "exportKind": "value",
+      "exportKind": "type",
       "loc": Object {
         "end": Object {
           "column": 40,
@@ -98346,7 +98346,7 @@ Object {
           "type": "TSFunctionType",
         },
       },
-      "exportKind": "value",
+      "exportKind": "type",
       "loc": Object {
         "end": Object {
           "column": 47,
@@ -98731,7 +98731,7 @@ Object {
           "type": "TSTypeLiteral",
         },
       },
-      "exportKind": "value",
+      "exportKind": "type",
       "loc": Object {
         "end": Object {
           "column": 2,
@@ -151165,7 +151165,7 @@ Object {
                       ],
                       "type": "TSInterfaceDeclaration",
                     },
-                    "exportKind": "value",
+                    "exportKind": "type",
                     "loc": Object {
                       "end": Object {
                         "column": 9,