diff --git a/swagger-node-runner/index.d.ts b/swagger-node-runner/index.d.ts
index 13962ccfb8..61880b3f8d 100644
--- a/swagger-node-runner/index.d.ts
+++ b/swagger-node-runner/index.d.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import { Express, NextFunction } from "express";
 import { Spec } from "swagger-schema-official";
 import { EventEmitter } from "events";
 import * as Hapi from "hapi";
+import * as Restify from "restify";
 
 /**
  * Config object for SwaggerNodeRunner
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ export interface HapiMiddleware extends Middleware {
 /** Restify specific Middleware */
 export interface RestifyMiddleware extends Middleware {
     /** Register this Middleware with `app`  */
-    register: (app: any) => void;
+    register: (app: Restify.Server) => void;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/swagger-node-runner/swagger-node-runner-tests.ts b/swagger-node-runner/swagger-node-runner-tests.ts
index 73306f2f72..2d20ad21c8 100644
--- a/swagger-node-runner/swagger-node-runner-tests.ts
+++ b/swagger-node-runner/swagger-node-runner-tests.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as SwaggerNodeRunner from "swagger-node-runner";
 import * as express from "express";
 import * as Hapi from "hapi";
+import * as restify from "restify";
 
 let config: SwaggerNodeRunner.Config = {
     appRoot: __dirname
@@ -45,6 +46,21 @@ SwaggerNodeRunner.create(config, function(err, runner) {
 });
 
 
+// Restify Middelware
+
+let app = restify.createServer();
+SwaggerNodeRunner.create(config, function(err, runner) {
+  if (err) { throw err; }
+
+  let restifyMiddelware = runner.restifyMiddleware()
+
+  restifyMiddelware.register(app);
+
+  let port = process.env.PORT || 10010;
+  app.listen(port);
+});
+
+
 let swaggerSecurityHandlerCb = (err: Error) => {
     //do nothing
 };
diff --git a/swagger-restify-mw/index.d.ts b/swagger-restify-mw/index.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9518b2ecb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swagger-restify-mw/index.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Type definitions for swagger-restify-mw 0.7
+// Project: https://github.com/apigee-127/swagger-restify#readme
+// Definitions by: Michael Mrowetz <https://github.com/micmro/>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/* =================== USAGE ===================
+import * as SwaggerRestify from "swagger-restify-mw";
+import * as restify from "restify";
+
+let app = restify.createServer();
+
+let config = {
+  appRoot: __dirname // required config
+} as SwaggerRestify.Config;
+
+SwaggerRestify.create(config, function(err, swaggerRestify) {
+  if (err) { throw err; }
+
+  swaggerRestify.register(app);
+
+  let port = process.env.PORT || 10010;
+  app.listen(port);
+
+  if (swaggerRestify.runner.swagger.paths['/hello']) {
+    console.log('try this:\ncurl http://127.0.0.1:' + port + '/hello?name=Scott');
+  }
+});
+
+ =============================================== */
+
+import { Config, RestifyMiddleware } from "swagger-node-runner";
+
+/** export interfaces */
+export { Config, RestifyMiddleware } from "swagger-node-runner";
+
+/**
+ * Create a new instance of a Restify specific `SwaggerNodeRunner` middleware
+ *
+ * The `swagger-node-runner` module has the following config priority:
+ *   1. `swagger_*` environment vars
+ *   2. `config` passed to `create()`
+ *   3. read from swagger node in `default.yaml` in config directory
+ *   4. module defaults
+ *
+ * @see @link{https://github.com/apigee-127/swagger-express|Github}
+ */
+export function create(config: Config, cb: (err: Error | undefined, middleware: RestifyMiddleware) => void): void;
diff --git a/swagger-restify-mw/swagger-restify-mw-tests.ts b/swagger-restify-mw/swagger-restify-mw-tests.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8bd436c7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swagger-restify-mw/swagger-restify-mw-tests.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import * as SwaggerRestify from "swagger-restify-mw";
+import * as restify from "restify";
+
+let app = restify.createServer();
+
+let config = {
+  appRoot: __dirname // required config
+} as SwaggerRestify.Config;
+
+SwaggerRestify.create(config, function(err, swaggerRestify) {
+  if (err) { throw err; }
+
+  swaggerRestify.register(app);
+
+  let port = process.env.PORT || 10010;
+  app.listen(port);
+});
+
+
+let swaggerSecurityHandlerCb = (err: Error) => {
+    //do nothing
+};
+
+
+let configComplex: SwaggerRestify.Config = {
+    appRoot: __dirname,
+    configDir: "some/directory",
+    controllersDirs: ["some/directory"],
+    fittingsDirs: ["some/directory"],
+    mockMode: true,
+    swaggerControllerPipe: 'swagger_controllers',
+    swaggerSecurityHandlers: {
+        // did not manage to research the typings of first 3 arguments
+        someHandlerName: ({}, {}, {}, swaggerSecurityHandlerCb) => {
+            //do nothing
+        }
+    },
+    validateResponse: true
+};
diff --git a/swagger-restify-mw/tsconfig.json b/swagger-restify-mw/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..373744af7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swagger-restify-mw/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "target": "es6",
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "swagger-restify-mw-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/swagger-restify-mw/tslint.json b/swagger-restify-mw/tslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..377cc837d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swagger-restify-mw/tslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "extends": "../tslint.json" }