ES2015 `import` alternative for `require()()`?

Some Node JS libraries (e.g. debug) use this pattern with require statements:

var debug = require('debug')('http');

This is basically a require of a function which is then directly invoked.

My question: Is there a similar construct using ES2015 import statements?

How would you translate such code if you were converting from commonjs to es2015 syntax?