diff --git a/types/nodegit/cred.d.ts b/types/nodegit/cred.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..759e43d814
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/nodegit/cred.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+export namespace Cred {
+    enum TYPE {
+        USERPASS_PLAINTEXT = 1,
+        SSH_KEY = 2,
+        SSH_CUSTOM = 4,
+        DEFAULT = 8,
+        SSH_INTERACTIVE = 16,
+        USERNAME = 32,
+        SSH_MEMORY = 64
+    }
+}
+
+export class Cred {
+    static defaultNew(): Cred;
+    static sshKeyFromAgent(username: string): Cred;
+    static sshKeyMemoryNew(username: string, publickey: string, privatekey: string, passphrase: string): Promise<Cred>;
+    static sshKeyNew(username: string, publickey: string, privatekey: string, passphrase: string): Cred;
+    static usernameNew(username: string): Promise<Cred>;
+    static userpassPlaintextNew(username: string, password: string): Cred;
+
+    hasUsername(): number;
+}
diff --git a/types/nodegit/index.d.ts b/types/nodegit/index.d.ts
index 6fea8d24f3..79276255c6 100644
--- a/types/nodegit/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/nodegit/index.d.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export { Clone } from './clone';
 export { Commit } from './commit';
 export { Config } from './config';
 export { ConvenientPatch } from './convenient-patch';
+export { Cred } from './cred';
 export { CvarMap } from './cvar-map';
 export { DescribeFormatOptions } from './describe-format-options';
 export { DescribeOptions } from './describe-options';
diff --git a/types/nodegit/tsconfig.json b/types/nodegit/tsconfig.json
index e1239f9251..74e9c7ad1c 100644
--- a/types/nodegit/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/nodegit/tsconfig.json
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
         "commit.d.ts",
         "config.d.ts",
         "convenient-patch.d.ts",
+        "cred.d.ts",
         "cvar-map.d.ts",
         "describe-format-options.d.ts",
         "describe-options.d.ts",