diff --git a/types/is-empty-object/index.d.ts b/types/is-empty-object/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for is-empty-object 1.1
+// Project: https://github.com/gummesson/is-empty-object
+// Definitions by: Richie Bendall <https://github.com/Richienb>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 3.0
+
+declare function isEmptyObject(obj: unknown): boolean;
+
+export = isEmptyObject;
diff --git a/types/is-empty-object/is-empty-object-tests.ts b/types/is-empty-object/is-empty-object-tests.ts
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+import isEmptyObject = require("is-empty-object");
+
+isEmptyObject({}); // $ReturnType boolean
diff --git a/types/is-empty-object/tsconfig.json b/types/is-empty-object/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "is-empty-object-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/is-empty-object/tslint.json b/types/is-empty-object/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }