diff --git a/types/gulp-msbuild/gulp-msbuild-tests.ts b/types/gulp-msbuild/gulp-msbuild-tests.ts
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+import * as msbuild from "gulp-msbuild";
+
+let stream = msbuild({
+    stdout: false,
+    stderr: true,
+    errorOnFail: false,
+    logCommand: false,
+    targets: ['Rebuild'],
+    configuration: 'Release',
+    toolsVersion: 4.0,
+    architecture: 'x86',
+    properties: { WarningLevel: 2 },
+    verbosity: 'quiet',
+    maxcpucount: 0,
+    nodeReuse: true,
+    nologo: false,
+    fileLoggerParameters: 'LogFile=Build.log;Append;Verbosity=diagnostic',
+    consoleLoggerParameters: '',
+    loggerParameters: 'XMLLogger,./MyLogger.dll;OutputAsHTML',
+    emitEndEvent: false
+});
diff --git a/types/gulp-msbuild/index.d.ts b/types/gulp-msbuild/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for gulp-msbuild 0.5
+// Project: https://github.com/hoffi/gulp-msbuild#readme
+// Definitions by: Spicy Pixel <http://spicypixel.com>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/// <reference types="node" />
+
+declare namespace gulpMsBuild {
+    type GulpMsBuild = (options?: Options) => NodeJS.ReadWriteStream;
+
+    interface Options {
+        stdout?: boolean;       // false
+        stderr?: boolean;       // true
+        errorOnFail?: boolean;  // false
+        logCommand?: boolean;   // false
+        targets?: string[];     // ['Rebuild']
+        configuration?: string; // 'Release' | 'Debug'
+        toolsVersion?: number;  // 4.0
+        architecture?: string;  // 'x86' | 'x64'
+        properties?: any;       // msbuild({ properties: { WarningLevel: 2 } })
+        verbosity?: string;     // 'quiet', 'minimal', 'normal', 'detailed', 'diagnostic'
+        maxcpucount?: number;   // Default: 0 = Automatic selection | Possible Values: -1 (MSBuild Default), 0 (Automatic), > 0 (Concrete value)
+        nodeReuse?: boolean;    // true = Nodes remain after the build finishes so that subsequent builds can use them
+        nologo?: boolean;       // false -> Show Startup Banner and Copyright Message
+        fileLoggerParameters?: string; // msbuild({ fileLoggerParameters: 'LogFile=Build.log;Append;Verbosity=diagnostic' })
+        consoleLoggerParameters?: string;
+        loggerParameters?: string; // msbuild({ loggerParameters: 'XMLLogger,./MyLogger.dll;OutputAsHTML' })
+        emitEndEvent?: boolean; // false
+    }
+}
+
+declare var gulpMsBuild: gulpMsBuild.GulpMsBuild;
+export = gulpMsBuild;
diff --git a/types/gulp-msbuild/tsconfig.json b/types/gulp-msbuild/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "gulp-msbuild-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/gulp-msbuild/tslint.json b/types/gulp-msbuild/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }