diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b1f8cea..73e6ca1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ export NODE_PATH = ./
 
 MOCHA_CMD = mocha --require @babel/register
 
+test_esm_extract:
+	$(MOCHA_CMD) ./tests/functional/test_esm_extract.js
+
 test_extract_gettext:
 	$(MOCHA_CMD) ./tests/functional/test_extract_gettext_simple.js
 
@@ -121,7 +124,7 @@ test_alias_extract:
 test_extract_js_format:
 	$(MOCHA_CMD) ./tests/functional/test_extract_js_format.js
 
-
+test_fun: test_esm_extract
 test_fun: test_extract_gettext
 test_fun: test_extract_fn_gettext
 test_fun: test_extract_gettext_with_formatting
diff --git a/src/defaults.js b/src/defaults.js
index 0515c1b..9a41236 100644
--- a/src/defaults.js
+++ b/src/defaults.js
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ export const ALIAS_TO_FUNC_MAP = Object.keys(FUNC_TO_ALIAS_MAP).reduce((obj, key
     return obj;
 }, {});
 
+export const FUNC_ALIASES = () => Object.values(FUNC_TO_ALIAS_MAP).flat();
+
 export const PO_PRIMITIVES = {
     MSGSTR: 'msgstr',
     MSGID: 'msgid',
diff --git a/src/plugin.js b/src/plugin.js
index 5ce7e7a..b925fb0 100644
--- a/src/plugin.js
+++ b/src/plugin.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 import mkdirp from 'mkdirp';
 import path from 'path';
 
-import { ALIAS_TO_FUNC_MAP } from './defaults';
+import { ALIAS_TO_FUNC_MAP, FUNC_ALIASES } from './defaults';
 import { buildPotData, makePotStr } from './po-helpers';
 import { extractPoEntry, getExtractor } from './extract';
 import {
@@ -230,7 +230,9 @@ export default function ttagPlugin() {
                             context.addImport(local.name);
                         });
                 } else {
-                    throw new Error('You should use ttag imports in form: "import { t } from \'ttag\'"');
+                    FUNC_ALIASES().forEach((value) => {
+                        context.addImport(value);
+                    });
                 }
 
                 if (context.isResolveMode()) {
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_esm_extract.js b/tests/functional/test_esm_extract.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ddf63c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/test_esm_extract.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import * as babel from '@babel/core';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import ttag from 'src/plugin';
+import { rmDirSync } from 'src/utils';
+import dedent from 'dedent';
+
+const output = 'debug/translations.pot';
+
+const options = {
+    plugins: [[ttag, { extract: { output } }]],
+};
+
+describe('ESM extract', () => {
+    before(() => {
+        rmDirSync('debug');
+    });
+
+    it('should extract by default import', () => {
+        const input = dedent(`
+        import defaultTtag from 'ttag';
+        const {t} = defaultTtag;
+        t\`import default extract test\`
+        `);
+        babel.transform(input, options);
+        const result = fs.readFileSync(output).toString();
+        expect(result).to.contain('import default extract test');
+    });
+});