diff --git a/src/Transpiler.ts b/src/Transpiler.ts
index 24b307447..8da56b848 100644
--- a/src/Transpiler.ts
+++ b/src/Transpiler.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export abstract class LuaTranspiler {
     public makeExport(name: string | ts.__String, node: ts.Node, dummy?: boolean): string {
         let result: string = "";
         if (node &&
-            node.modifiers &&
+            node.modifiers && this.isModule &&
             (ts.getCombinedModifierFlags(node) & ts.ModifierFlags.Export)
            ) {
             if (dummy) {
diff --git a/test/unit/modules.spec.ts b/test/unit/modules.spec.ts
index a1de871be..60147b9f0 100644
--- a/test/unit/modules.spec.ts
+++ b/test/unit/modules.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Expect, Test, TestCase } from "alsatian";
 import * as ts from "typescript";
-import { LuaTarget, LuaTranspiler } from "../../src/Transpiler";
+
 import * as util from "../src/util";
 
 export class LuaModuleTests {
@@ -34,4 +34,13 @@ export class LuaModuleTests {
         Expect(() => transpiler.transpileImport(mockDeclaration as ts.ImportDeclaration))
             .toThrowError(Error, "Unsupported import type.");
     }
+
+    @Test("Non-exported module")
+    public nonExportedModule() {
+        const lua = util.transpileString("module g { export function test() { return 3; } } return g.test();");
+
+        const result = util.executeLua(lua);
+
+        Expect(result).toBe(3);
+    }
 }