diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e09347d2..7c934c23 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ script:
   - npm run test
 after_script:
   - npm run coveralls
+  - npm run dtslint
 sudo: false
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6218ad14..b86c152e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "file",
     "fsevents"
   ],
+  "types": "./types/index.d.ts",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar",
   "author": "Paul Miller (https://paulmillr.com), Elan Shanker",
   "repository": {
@@ -23,11 +24,13 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "nyc mocha --exit",
-    "coveralls": "nyc report --reporter=text-lcov | coveralls"
+    "coveralls": "nyc report --reporter=text-lcov | coveralls",
+    "dtslint": "dtslint types"
   },
   "files": [
     "index.js",
-    "lib/"
+    "lib/",
+    "types/index.d.ts"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "anymatch": "^2.0.0",
@@ -46,8 +49,10 @@
     "fsevents": "^1.2.7"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/node": "^11.9.4",
     "chai": "^3.2.0",
     "coveralls": "^3.0.1",
+    "dtslint": "0.4.1",
     "graceful-fs": "4.1.4",
     "mocha": "^5.2.0",
     "nyc": "^11.8.0",
diff --git a/types/index.d.ts b/types/index.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40bc4f75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/index.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+// TypeScript Version: 3.0
+
+/// <reference types="node" />
+
+import * as fs from "fs";
+import { EventEmitter } from "events";
+
+/**
+ * The object's keys are all the directories (using absolute paths unless the `cwd` option was
+ * used), and the values are arrays of the names of the items contained in each directory.
+ */
+export interface WatchedPaths {
+  [directory: string]: string[];
+}
+
+export class FSWatcher extends EventEmitter implements fs.FSWatcher {
+  /**
+   * Constructs a new FSWatcher instance with optional WatchOptions parameter.
+   */
+  constructor(options?: WatchOptions);
+
+  /**
+   * Add files, directories, or glob patterns for tracking. Takes an array of strings or just one
+   * string.
+   */
+  add(paths: string | string[]): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Stop watching files, directories, or glob patterns. Takes an array of strings or just one
+   * string.
+   */
+  unwatch(paths: string | string[]): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Returns an object representing all the paths on the file system being watched by this
+   * `FSWatcher` instance. The object's keys are all the directories (using absolute paths unless
+   * the `cwd` option was used), and the values are arrays of the names of the items contained in
+   * each directory.
+   */
+  getWatched(): WatchedPaths;
+
+  /**
+   * Removes all listeners from watched files.
+   */
+  close(): void;
+}
+
+export interface WatchOptions {
+  /**
+   * Indicates whether the process should continue to run as long as files are being watched. If
+   * set to `false` when using `fsevents` to watch, no more events will be emitted after `ready`,
+   * even if the process continues to run.
+   */
+  persistent?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * ([anymatch](https://github.com/es128/anymatch)-compatible definition) Defines files/paths to
+   * be ignored. The whole relative or absolute path is tested, not just filename. If a function
+   * with two arguments is provided, it gets called twice per path - once with a single argument
+   * (the path), second time with two arguments (the path and the
+   * [`fs.Stats`](http://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_class_fs_stats) object of that path).
+   */
+  ignored?: any;
+
+  /**
+   * If set to `false` then `add`/`addDir` events are also emitted for matching paths while
+   * instantiating the watching as chokidar discovers these file paths (before the `ready` event).
+   */
+  ignoreInitial?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * When `false`, only the symlinks themselves will be watched for changes instead of following
+   * the link references and bubbling events through the link's path.
+   */
+  followSymlinks?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * The base directory from which watch `paths` are to be derived. Paths emitted with events will
+   * be relative to this.
+   */
+  cwd?: string;
+
+  /**
+   *  If set to true then the strings passed to .watch() and .add() are treated as literal path
+   *  names, even if they look like globs. Default: false.
+   */
+  disableGlobbing?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Whether to use fs.watchFile (backed by polling), or fs.watch. If polling leads to high CPU
+   * utilization, consider setting this to `false`. It is typically necessary to **set this to
+   * `true` to successfully watch files over a network**, and it may be necessary to successfully
+   * watch files in other non-standard situations. Setting to `true` explicitly on OS X overrides
+   * the `useFsEvents` default.
+   */
+  usePolling?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Whether to use the `fsevents` watching interface if available. When set to `true` explicitly
+   * and `fsevents` is available this supercedes the `usePolling` setting. When set to `false` on
+   * OS X, `usePolling: true` becomes the default.
+   */
+  useFsEvents?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * If relying upon the [`fs.Stats`](http://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_class_fs_stats) object that
+   * may get passed with `add`, `addDir`, and `change` events, set this to `true` to ensure it is
+   * provided even in cases where it wasn't already available from the underlying watch events.
+   */
+  alwaysStat?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * If set, limits how many levels of subdirectories will be traversed.
+   */
+  depth?: number;
+
+  /**
+   * Interval of file system polling.
+   */
+  interval?: number;
+
+  /**
+   * Interval of file system polling for binary files. ([see list of binary extensions](https://gi
+   * thub.com/sindresorhus/binary-extensions/blob/master/binary-extensions.json))
+   */
+  binaryInterval?: number;
+
+  /**
+   *  Indicates whether to watch files that don't have read permissions if possible. If watching
+   *  fails due to `EPERM` or `EACCES` with this set to `true`, the errors will be suppressed
+   *  silently.
+   */
+  ignorePermissionErrors?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * `true` if `useFsEvents` and `usePolling` are `false`). Automatically filters out artifacts
+   * that occur when using editors that use "atomic writes" instead of writing directly to the
+   * source file. If a file is re-added within 100 ms of being deleted, Chokidar emits a `change`
+   * event rather than `unlink` then `add`. If the default of 100 ms does not work well for you,
+   * you can override it by setting `atomic` to a custom value, in milliseconds.
+   */
+  atomic?: boolean | number;
+
+  /**
+   * can be set to an object in order to adjust timing params:
+   */
+  awaitWriteFinish?: AwaitWriteFinishOptions | boolean;
+}
+
+export interface AwaitWriteFinishOptions {
+  /**
+   * Amount of time in milliseconds for a file size to remain constant before emitting its event.
+   */
+  stabilityThreshold?: number;
+
+  /**
+   * File size polling interval.
+   */
+  pollInterval?: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * produces an instance of `FSWatcher`.
+ */
+export function watch(
+  paths: string | string[],
+  options?: WatchOptions
+): FSWatcher;
diff --git a/types/test.ts b/types/test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f57f8331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import * as fs from "fs";
+import chokidar from "chokidar";
+
+const watcher = chokidar.watch("file, dir, or glob", {
+  ignored: /[\/\\]\./,
+  persistent: true
+});
+
+const log = console.log.bind(console);
+
+watcher
+  .on("add", (path: string) => {
+    log("File", path, "has been added");
+  })
+  .on("addDir", (path: string) => {
+    log("Directory", path, "has been added");
+  })
+  .on("change", (path: string) => {
+    log("File", path, "has been changed");
+  })
+  .on("unlink", (path: string) => {
+    log("File", path, "has been removed");
+  })
+  .on("unlinkDir", (path: string) => {
+    log("Directory", path, "has been removed");
+  })
+  .on("error", (error: any) => {
+    log("Error happened", error);
+  })
+  .on("ready", () => {
+    log("Initial scan complete. Ready for changes.");
+  })
+  .on("raw", (event: string, path: string, details: any) => {
+    log("Raw event info:", event, path, details);
+  });
+
+// 'add', 'addDir' and 'change' events also receive stat() results as second
+// argument when available: http://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_class_fs_stats
+watcher.on("change", (path: string, stats: fs.Stats) => {
+  if (stats) {
+    console.log("File", path, "changed size to", stats.size);
+  }
+});
+
+// Watch new files.
+watcher.add("new-file");
+watcher.add(["new-file-2", "new-file-3", "**/other-file*"]);
+
+// Un-watch some files.
+watcher.unwatch("new-file*");
+
+// Only needed if watching is `persistent: true`.
+watcher.close();
+
+// One-liner
+chokidar
+  .watch(".", { ignored: /[\/\\]\./ })
+  .on("all", (event: string, path: string) => {
+    console.log(event, path);
+  });
diff --git a/types/tsconfig.json b/types/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..375b0cef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "lib": ["es6"],
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "noImplicitThis": true,
+    "strictNullChecks": true,
+    "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+    "noEmit": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "paths": { "chokidar": ["."] }
+  }
+}