diff --git a/types/lightship/index.d.ts b/types/lightship/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for lightship 3.0
+// Project: https://github.com/gajus/lightship#readme
+// Definitions by: Scott Chang <https://github.com/purmac>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+/// <reference types="node" />
+
+/**
+ * A teardown function called when shutdown is initialized.
+ * @param userConfiguration User configuration object
+ */
+export function createLightship(userConfiguration?: UserConfigurationType): LightshipType;
+
+export interface UserConfigurationType {
+    /* Run Iapetus only if service is detected ro be running in Kubernetes. Default: true. */
+    detectKubernetes?: boolean;
+    /* The port on which the Lightship service listens. This port must be different than your main service port, if any. The default port is 9000.*/
+    port?: number;
+    /* An a array of [signal events]{@link https://nodejs.org/api/process.html#process_signal_events}. Default: [SIGTERM]. */
+    signals?: ReadonlyArray<NodeJS.Signals>;
+    /* A number of milliseconds before force full termination. Default: 60000. */
+    timeout?: number;
+}
+
+export interface LightshipType {
+    /* Checks if server is in SERVER_IS_READY state */
+    isServerReady: () => boolean;
+    /* Checks if server is in SERVER_IS_SHUTTING_DOWN state */
+    isServerShuttingDown: () => boolean;
+    /**
+     * Registers teardown functions that are called when shutdown is initialized.
+     * All registered shutdown handlers are executed in the order they have been registered.
+     * After all shutdown handlers have been executed, Lightship asks `process.exit()` to terminate the process synchronously.
+     */
+    registerShutdownHandler: (shutdownHandler: ShutdownHandlerType) => void;
+    /* Changes server state to SERVER_IS_SHUTTING_DOWN and initialises the shutdown of the application.*/
+    shutdown: () => Promise<void>;
+    /* Changes server state to SERVER_IS_NOT_READY. */
+    signalNotReady: () => void;
+    /* Changes server state to SERVER_IS_READY. */
+    signalReady: () => void;
+}
+
+export type ShutdownHandlerType = () => Promise<void> | void;
diff --git a/types/lightship/lightship-tests.ts b/types/lightship/lightship-tests.ts
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+import { createLightship, UserConfigurationType, LightshipType } from 'lightship';
+
+const lightshipParams: UserConfigurationType = {
+    detectKubernetes: false,
+    timeout: 1000,
+    port: 50,
+    signals: ['SIGBUS']
+};
+
+const lightship: LightshipType = createLightship(lightshipParams);
+
+lightship.isServerReady(); // $ExpectType boolean
+lightship.isServerShuttingDown(); // $ExpectType boolean
+lightship.registerShutdownHandler(() => {}); // $ExpectType void
+lightship.shutdown(); // $ExpectType Promise<void>
+lightship.signalNotReady(); // $ExpectType void
+lightship.signalReady(); // $ExpectType void
diff --git a/types/lightship/tsconfig.json b/types/lightship/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "lightship-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/lightship/tslint.json b/types/lightship/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }