diff --git a/types/destroy/destroy-tests.ts b/types/destroy/destroy-tests.ts
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+++ b/types/destroy/destroy-tests.ts
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+import destroy = require('destroy');
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+
+const stream = fs.createReadStream('package.json');
+
+// $ExpectType ReadStream
+destroy(stream);
+// $ExpectType WriteStream
+destroy(process.stderr);
diff --git a/types/destroy/index.d.ts b/types/destroy/index.d.ts
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+++ b/types/destroy/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for destroy 1.0
+// Project: https://github.com/stream-utils/destroy
+// Definitions by: BendingBender <https://github.com/BendingBender>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/// <reference types="node" />
+import { Stream } from 'stream';
+
+export = destroy;
+
+declare function destroy<T extends Stream>(stream: T): T;
diff --git a/types/destroy/tsconfig.json b/types/destroy/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",
+        "destroy-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/destroy/tslint.json b/types/destroy/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }