diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8db4777f93b..e64635ee99d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ## [`master`](https://github.com/elastic/eui/tree/master)
 
-No public interface changes since `14.5.0`.
+**Bug fixes**
+
+- Fixed missing misc. button and link type definition exports ([#2434](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/2434))
 
 ## [`14.5.0`](https://github.com/elastic/eui/tree/v14.5.0)
 
diff --git a/scripts/dtsgenerator.js b/scripts/dtsgenerator.js
index ba6a6f35f6a..6cb719150d5 100644
--- a/scripts/dtsgenerator.js
+++ b/scripts/dtsgenerator.js
@@ -116,7 +116,23 @@ generator.then(() => {
             // replace relative imports by attaching them to the module's namespace
             /import\("([.]{1,2}\/.*?)"\)/g,
             (importStatement, importPath) => {
-              const target = path.join(path.dirname(moduleName), importPath);
+              let target = path.join(path.dirname(moduleName), importPath);
+
+              // if the target resolves to an orphaned index.ts file, remap to '@elastic/eui'
+              const filePath = target.replace('@elastic/eui', baseDir);
+              const filePathTs = `${filePath}.ts`;
+              const filePathTsx = `${filePath}.tsx`;
+              const filePathResolvedToIndex = path.join(filePath, 'index.ts');
+              if (
+                // fs.existsSync(filePath) === false && // target file doesn't exist
+                fs.existsSync(filePathTs) === false && // target file (.ts) doesn't exist
+                fs.existsSync(filePathTsx) === false && // target file (.tsx) doesn't exist
+                fs.existsSync(filePathResolvedToIndex) && // and it resolves to an index.ts
+                hasParentIndex(filePathResolvedToIndex) === false // does not get exported at a higher level
+              ) {
+                target = '@elastic/eui';
+              }
+
               return `import ("${target}")`;
             }
           );
diff --git a/src/components/button/button_empty/button_empty.tsx b/src/components/button/button_empty/button_empty.tsx
index 9de8162cd72..47ab6f94648 100644
--- a/src/components/button/button_empty/button_empty.tsx
+++ b/src/components/button/button_empty/button_empty.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 import { EuiLoadingSpinner } from '../../loading';
 import { getSecureRelForTarget } from '../../../services';
 import { IconType, EuiIcon } from '../../icon';
+import { ButtonIconSide } from '../button';
 
 export type EuiButtonEmptyColor =
   | 'primary'
@@ -37,7 +38,9 @@ const sizeToClassNameMap = {
 
 export const SIZES = keysOf(sizeToClassNameMap);
 
-const iconSideToClassNameMap = {
+export type EuiButtonEmptySizes = keyof typeof sizeToClassNameMap;
+
+const iconSideToClassNameMap: { [side in ButtonIconSide]: string } = {
   left: '',
   right: 'euiButtonEmpty--iconRight',
 };
@@ -53,9 +56,9 @@ export const FLUSH_TYPES = keysOf(flushTypeToClassNameMap);
 
 interface CommonEuiButtonEmptyProps extends CommonProps {
   iconType?: IconType;
-  iconSide?: keyof typeof iconSideToClassNameMap;
+  iconSide?: ButtonIconSide;
   color?: EuiButtonEmptyColor;
-  size?: keyof typeof sizeToClassNameMap;
+  size?: EuiButtonEmptySizes;
   flush?: keyof typeof flushTypeToClassNameMap;
   isDisabled?: boolean;
   href?: string;
diff --git a/src/components/button/button_empty/index.ts b/src/components/button/button_empty/index.ts
index ad0fc883234..05bfdfbc3a4 100644
--- a/src/components/button/button_empty/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/button/button_empty/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export {
   COLORS,
   ICON_SIDES,
   EuiButtonEmpty,
-  EuiButtonEmptyProps,
   EuiButtonEmptyColor,
+  EuiButtonEmptyProps,
+  EuiButtonEmptySizes,
 } from './button_empty';
diff --git a/src/components/button/button_group/button_group.tsx b/src/components/button/button_group/button_group.tsx
index ae44b218dc3..1f5ee101629 100644
--- a/src/components/button/button_group/button_group.tsx
+++ b/src/components/button/button_group/button_group.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { ToggleType } from '../../toggle';
 import { EuiButtonToggle } from '../button_toggle';
 import { Omit, CommonProps } from '../../common';
 
-import { ButtonColor } from '../button';
+import { ButtonColor, ButtonIconSide } from '../button';
 import { IconType } from '../../icon';
 
 export interface EuiButtonGroupIdToSelectedMap {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export interface EuiButtonGroupOption extends CommonProps {
   name?: string;
   isDisabled?: boolean;
   value?: any;
-  iconSide?: 'left' | 'right';
+  iconSide?: ButtonIconSide;
   iconType?: IconType;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/button/button_icon/button_icon.tsx b/src/components/button/button_icon/button_icon.tsx
index 300a7746735..4480598c3fc 100644
--- a/src/components/button/button_icon/button_icon.tsx
+++ b/src/components/button/button_icon/button_icon.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { IconType, IconSize, EuiIcon } from '../../icon';
 
 import { ButtonSize } from '../button';
 
-export type ButtonIconColor =
+export type EuiButtonIconColor =
   | 'danger'
   | 'disabled'
   | 'ghost'
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export type ButtonIconColor =
 
 export interface EuiButtonIconProps extends CommonProps {
   iconType?: IconType;
-  color?: ButtonIconColor;
+  color?: EuiButtonIconColor;
   'aria-label'?: string;
   'aria-labelledby'?: string;
   isDisabled?: boolean;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ type Props = ExclusiveUnion<
   EuiButtonIconPropsForButton
 >;
 
-const colorToClassNameMap: { [color in ButtonIconColor]: string } = {
+const colorToClassNameMap: { [color in EuiButtonIconColor]: string } = {
   danger: 'euiButtonIcon--danger',
   disabled: 'euiButtonIcon--disabled',
   ghost: 'euiButtonIcon--ghost',
diff --git a/src/components/button/button_icon/index.ts b/src/components/button/button_icon/index.ts
index f1fa004845a..046cf7fc9e9 100644
--- a/src/components/button/button_icon/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/button/button_icon/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export {
   EuiButtonIcon,
+  EuiButtonIconColor,
   EuiButtonIconProps,
   EuiButtonIconPropsForButton,
 } from './button_icon';
diff --git a/src/components/button/index.ts b/src/components/button/index.ts
index 8872759448f..bb267481e2c 100644
--- a/src/components/button/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/button/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
-export { COLORS, ButtonColor, EuiButton, EuiButtonProps } from './button';
+export {
+  COLORS,
+  ButtonColor,
+  ButtonSize,
+  ButtonIconSide,
+  EuiButton,
+  EuiButtonProps,
+} from './button';
 
-export { EuiButtonEmpty, EuiButtonEmptyProps } from './button_empty';
+export {
+  EuiButtonEmpty,
+  EuiButtonEmptyColor,
+  EuiButtonEmptyProps,
+  EuiButtonEmptySizes,
+} from './button_empty';
 
 export {
   EuiButtonIcon,
+  EuiButtonIconColor,
   EuiButtonIconProps,
   EuiButtonIconPropsForButton,
 } from './button_icon';
diff --git a/src/components/link/index.ts b/src/components/link/index.ts
index bfcad63b818..f84e20e6574 100644
--- a/src/components/link/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/link/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 export {
   EuiLink,
+  EuiLinkColor,
   EuiLinkProps,
+  EuiLinkType,
   EuiLinkAnchorProps,
   EuiLinkButtonProps,
 } from './link';
diff --git a/src/components/link/link.tsx b/src/components/link/link.tsx
index 8ea458b42fa..b450931f055 100644
--- a/src/components/link/link.tsx
+++ b/src/components/link/link.tsx
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import classNames from 'classnames';
 import { CommonProps, ExclusiveUnion, keysOf } from '../common';
 import { getSecureRelForTarget } from '../../services';
 
-type EuiLinkType = 'button' | 'reset' | 'submit';
-type EuiLinkColor =
+export type EuiLinkType = 'button' | 'reset' | 'submit';
+export type EuiLinkColor =
   | 'primary'
   | 'subdued'
   | 'secondary'