diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index ececb37e..f2aaa561 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ dist/
 node_modules/
 docs/
 types/
+lib/
+*.d.ts
diff --git a/rollup.config.js b/rollup.config.js
index 01edfe57..63fc3b08 100644
--- a/rollup.config.js
+++ b/rollup.config.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const tsConfig = {
   checkJs: false,
   strict: true,
   alwaysStrict: true,
-  target: 'ES2017',
+  target: 'es5',
   module: 'commonjs',
   moduleResolution: 'node',
   lib: ['ES2017', 'ES2020.BigInt', 'ES2017.TypedArrays'],
diff --git a/src/binary.ts b/src/binary.ts
index 6fd898b8..1699fb65 100644
--- a/src/binary.ts
+++ b/src/binary.ts
@@ -50,15 +50,17 @@ export class Binary {
   /** User BSON type */
   static readonly SUBTYPE_USER_DEFINED = 128;
 
-  buffer: Buffer;
-  sub_type: number;
-  position: number;
+  buffer!: Buffer;
+  sub_type!: number;
+  position!: number;
 
   /**
    * @param buffer - a buffer object containing the binary data.
    * @param subType - the option binary type.
    */
   constructor(buffer?: string | BinarySequence, subType?: number) {
+    if (!(this instanceof Binary)) return new Binary(buffer, subType);
+
     if (
       !(buffer == null) &&
       !(typeof buffer === 'string') &&
diff --git a/src/code.ts b/src/code.ts
index 603722c8..47d1c851 100644
--- a/src/code.ts
+++ b/src/code.ts
@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@ export interface CodeExtended {
 export class Code {
   _bsontype!: 'Code';
 
-  code: string | Function;
+  code!: string | Function;
   scope?: Document;
   /**
    * @param code - a string or function.
    * @param scope - an optional scope for the function.
    */
   constructor(code: string | Function, scope?: Document) {
+    if (!(this instanceof Code)) return new Code(code, scope);
+
     this.code = code;
     this.scope = scope;
   }
diff --git a/src/db_ref.ts b/src/db_ref.ts
index 7556c9d2..a4a0e51e 100644
--- a/src/db_ref.ts
+++ b/src/db_ref.ts
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ export function isDBRefLike(value: unknown): value is DBRefLike {
 export class DBRef {
   _bsontype!: 'DBRef';
 
-  collection: string;
-  oid: ObjectId;
+  collection!: string;
+  oid!: ObjectId;
   db?: string;
-  fields: Document;
+  fields!: Document;
 
   /**
    * @param collection - the collection name.
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ export class DBRef {
    * @param db - optional db name, if omitted the reference is local to the current db.
    */
   constructor(collection: string, oid: ObjectId, db?: string, fields?: Document) {
+    if (!(this instanceof DBRef)) return new DBRef(collection, oid, db, fields);
+
     // check if namespace has been provided
     const parts = collection.split('.');
     if (parts.length === 2) {
diff --git a/src/decimal128.ts b/src/decimal128.ts
index 8ba4c30d..f798cbf9 100644
--- a/src/decimal128.ts
+++ b/src/decimal128.ts
@@ -165,10 +165,12 @@ export interface Decimal128Extended {
 export class Decimal128 {
   _bsontype!: 'Decimal128';
 
-  readonly bytes: Buffer;
+  readonly bytes!: Buffer;
 
   /** @param bytes - a buffer containing the raw Decimal128 bytes in little endian order */
   constructor(bytes: Buffer) {
+    if (!(this instanceof Decimal128)) return new Decimal128(bytes);
+
     this.bytes = bytes;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/double.ts b/src/double.ts
index becdc9df..f55543cb 100644
--- a/src/double.ts
+++ b/src/double.ts
@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@ export interface DoubleExtended {
 export class Double {
   _bsontype!: 'Double';
 
-  value: number;
+  value!: number;
   /**
    * Create a Double type
    *
    * @param value - the number we want to represent as a double.
    */
   constructor(value: number) {
+    if (!(this instanceof Double)) return new Double(value);
+
     if ((value as unknown) instanceof Number) {
       value = value.valueOf();
     }
diff --git a/src/int_32.ts b/src/int_32.ts
index b3041530..887def2d 100644
--- a/src/int_32.ts
+++ b/src/int_32.ts
@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@ export interface Int32Extended {
 export class Int32 {
   _bsontype!: 'Int32';
 
-  value: number;
+  value!: number;
   /**
    * Create an Int32 type
    *
    * @param value - the number we want to represent as an int32.
    */
   constructor(value: number | string) {
+    if (!(this instanceof Int32)) return new Int32(value);
+
     if ((value as unknown) instanceof Number) {
       value = value.valueOf();
     }
diff --git a/src/long.ts b/src/long.ts
index 3887c3c4..afd5005a 100644
--- a/src/long.ts
+++ b/src/long.ts
@@ -82,17 +82,17 @@ export class Long {
   /**
    * The high 32 bits as a signed value.
    */
-  high: number;
+  high!: number;
 
   /**
    * The low 32 bits as a signed value.
    */
-  low: number;
+  low!: number;
 
   /**
    * Whether unsigned or not.
    */
-  unsigned: boolean;
+  unsigned!: boolean;
 
   /**
    * Constructs a 64 bit two's-complement integer, given its low and high 32 bit values as *signed* integers.
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ export class Long {
    * @param unsigned - Whether unsigned or not, defaults to signed
    */
   constructor(low = 0, high = 0, unsigned?: boolean) {
+    if (!(this instanceof Long)) return new Long(low, high, unsigned);
+
     this.low = low | 0;
     this.high = high | 0;
     this.unsigned = !!unsigned;
diff --git a/src/max_key.ts b/src/max_key.ts
index 49f8288c..fcfc5bec 100644
--- a/src/max_key.ts
+++ b/src/max_key.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ export interface MaxKeyExtended {
 export class MaxKey {
   _bsontype!: 'MaxKey';
 
+  constructor() {
+    if (!(this instanceof MaxKey)) return new MaxKey();
+  }
+
   /** @internal */
   toExtendedJSON(): MaxKeyExtended {
     return { $maxKey: 1 };
diff --git a/src/min_key.ts b/src/min_key.ts
index 79ee2091..f1647fcb 100644
--- a/src/min_key.ts
+++ b/src/min_key.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ export interface MinKeyExtended {
 export class MinKey {
   _bsontype!: 'MinKey';
 
+  constructor() {
+    if (!(this instanceof MinKey)) return new MinKey();
+  }
+
   /** @internal */
   toExtendedJSON(): MinKeyExtended {
     return { $minKey: 1 };
diff --git a/src/objectid.ts b/src/objectid.ts
index 9495bf1e..bdc89ca4 100644
--- a/src/objectid.ts
+++ b/src/objectid.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ export class ObjectId {
    * @param id - Can be a 24 character hex string, 12 byte binary Buffer, or a number.
    */
   constructor(id?: string | Buffer | number | ObjectIdLike | ObjectId) {
+    if (!(this instanceof ObjectId)) return new ObjectId(id);
+
     // Duck-typing to support ObjectId from different npm packages
     if (id instanceof ObjectId) {
       this[kId] = id.id;
diff --git a/src/regexp.ts b/src/regexp.ts
index 35f3921e..4225f136 100644
--- a/src/regexp.ts
+++ b/src/regexp.ts
@@ -25,13 +25,15 @@ export interface BSONRegExpExtended {
 export class BSONRegExp {
   _bsontype!: 'BSONRegExp';
 
-  pattern: string;
-  options: string;
+  pattern!: string;
+  options!: string;
   /**
    * @param pattern - The regular expression pattern to match
    * @param options - The regular expression options
    */
   constructor(pattern: string, options?: string) {
+    if (!(this instanceof BSONRegExp)) return new BSONRegExp(pattern, options);
+
     this.pattern = pattern;
     this.options = options ?? '';
     // Execute
diff --git a/src/symbol.ts b/src/symbol.ts
index 15d3da8f..8dcb2419 100644
--- a/src/symbol.ts
+++ b/src/symbol.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ export interface BSONSymbolExtended {
 export class BSONSymbol {
   _bsontype!: 'Symbol';
 
-  value: string;
+  value!: string;
   /**
    * @param value - the string representing the symbol.
    */
   constructor(value: string) {
+    if (!(this instanceof BSONSymbol)) return new BSONSymbol(value);
+
     this.value = value;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/timestamp.ts b/src/timestamp.ts
index a280f78c..d20b6b5f 100644
--- a/src/timestamp.ts
+++ b/src/timestamp.ts
@@ -31,8 +31,13 @@ export class Timestamp extends LongWithoutOverridesClass {
    * @param low - the low (signed) 32 bits of the Timestamp.
    * @param high - the high (signed) 32 bits of the Timestamp.
    */
+  constructor(low: Long);
   constructor(low: number, high: number);
   constructor(low: number | Long, high?: number) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
+    ///@ts-expect-error
+    if (!(this instanceof Timestamp)) return new Timestamp(low, high);
+
     if (Long.isLong(low)) {
       super(low.low, low.high, true);
     } else {
diff --git a/test/node/bson_types_construction_tests.js b/test/node/bson_types_construction_tests.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad7507ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/node/bson_types_construction_tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+'use strict';
+const BSON = require('../register-bson');
+
+describe('Constructing BSON types', function () {
+  it('with new keyword should work', function () {
+    const oid = new BSON.ObjectId();
+    new BSON.DBRef('test', oid);
+    new BSON.BSONRegExp('aaa');
+    new BSON.BSONSymbol('aaa');
+    new BSON.Binary('aaa');
+    new BSON.Code(function () {});
+    new BSON.Decimal128('aaa');
+    new BSON.Double(2.3);
+    new BSON.Int32(1);
+    new BSON.Long(0, 0);
+    new BSON.Timestamp(0, 0);
+    new BSON.MaxKey();
+    new BSON.MinKey();
+  });
+  it('as a function call should work', function () {
+    const oid = BSON.ObjectId();
+    BSON.DBRef('test', oid);
+    BSON.BSONRegExp('aaa');
+    BSON.BSONSymbol('aaa');
+    BSON.Binary('aaa');
+    BSON.Code(function () {});
+    BSON.Decimal128('aaa');
+    BSON.Double(2.3);
+    BSON.Int32(1);
+    BSON.Long(0, 0);
+    BSON.Timestamp(0, 0);
+    BSON.MaxKey();
+    BSON.MinKey();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index a03db31b..096316bd 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "checkJs": false,
     "strict": true,
     "alwaysStrict": true,
-    "target": "ES2017",
+    "target": "es5",
     "module": "commonjs",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "lib": [