diff --git a/types/emoji-regex/emoji-regex-tests.ts b/types/emoji-regex/emoji-regex-tests.ts
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+import emojiRegex from "emoji-regex";
+
+emojiRegex(); // $ExpectType RegExp
diff --git a/types/emoji-regex/index.d.ts b/types/emoji-regex/index.d.ts
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+++ b/types/emoji-regex/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for emoji-regex 7.0
+// Project: https://github.com/mathiasbynens/emoji-regex
+// Definitions by: iKBAHT <https://github.com/iKBAHT>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+declare function createRegExp(): RegExp;
+export = createRegExp;
diff --git a/types/emoji-regex/tsconfig.json b/types/emoji-regex/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "emoji-regex-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/emoji-regex/tslint.json b/types/emoji-regex/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }