diff --git a/passport/index.d.ts b/passport/index.d.ts
index 5aeccc7f7b..39ec5ee09c 100644
--- a/passport/index.d.ts
+++ b/passport/index.d.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-// Type definitions for Passport v0.2.0
+// Type definitions for Passport 0.3
 // Project: http://passportjs.org
 // Definitions by: Horiuchi_H <https://github.com/horiuchi/>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
-/// <reference types="express" />
-
 declare namespace Express {
     export interface Request {
         authInfo?: any;
@@ -12,9 +10,9 @@ declare namespace Express {
 
         // These declarations are merged into express's Request type
         login(user: any, done: (err: any) => void): void;
-        login(user: any, options: Object, done: (err: any) => void): void;
+        login(user: any, options: any, done: (err: any) => void): void;
         logIn(user: any, done: (err: any) => void): void;
-        logIn(user: any, options: Object, done: (err: any) => void): void;
+        logIn(user: any, options: any, done: (err: any) => void): void;
 
         logout(): void;
         logOut(): void;
@@ -29,77 +27,72 @@ declare module 'passport' {
 
     namespace passport {
 
-    interface AuthenticateOptions {
-      authInfo?:boolean;
-      assignProperty?:string;
-      failureFlash?: string|boolean|Object;
-      failureMessage?: boolean|string;
-      failureRedirect?:string;
-      failWithError?:boolean;
-      session?: boolean;
-      scope?: string|string[];
-      successFlash?: string|boolean|Object;
-      successMessage?: boolean|string;
-      successRedirect?:string;
-      successReturnToOrRedirect?:string;
-      pauseStream?:boolean;
-      userProperty?:string;
-    }
+        interface AuthenticateOptions {
+            authInfo?: boolean;
+            assignProperty?: string;
+            failureFlash?: string|boolean|any;
+            failureMessage?: boolean|string;
+            failureRedirect?: string;
+            failWithError?: boolean;
+            session?: boolean;
+            scope?: string|string[];
+            successFlash?: string|boolean|any;
+            successMessage?: boolean|string;
+            successRedirect?: string;
+            successReturnToOrRedirect?: string;
+            pauseStream?: boolean;
+            userProperty?: string;
+        }
 
-    interface Passport {
-        use(strategy: passport.Strategy): Passport;
-        use(name: string, strategy: passport.Strategy): Passport;
-        unuse(name: string): Passport;
-        framework(fw: passport.Framework): Passport;
-        initialize(options?: { userProperty: string; }): express.Handler;
-        session(options?: { pauseStream: boolean; }): express.Handler;
+        interface Passport {
+            use(strategy: passport.Strategy): this;
+            use(name: string, strategy: passport.Strategy): this;
+            unuse(name: string): this;
+            framework(fw: passport.Framework): this;
+            initialize(options?: { userProperty: string; }): express.Handler;
+            session(options?: { pauseStream: boolean; }): express.Handler;
 
-        authenticate(strategy: string, callback?: Function): express.Handler;
-        authenticate(strategy: string, options: AuthenticateOptions, callback?: Function): express.Handler;
-        authenticate(strategies: string[], callback?: Function): express.Handler;
-        authenticate(strategies: string[], options: AuthenticateOptions, callback?: Function): express.Handler;
-        authorize(strategy: string, callback?: Function): express.Handler;
-        authorize(strategy: string, options: Object, callback?: Function): express.Handler;
-        authorize(strategies: string[], callback?: Function): express.Handler;
-        authorize(strategies: string[], options: Object, callback?: Function): express.Handler;
-        serializeUser(fn: (user: any, done: (err: any, id: any) => void) => void): void;
-        serializeUser<TUser, TID>(fn: (user: TUser, done: (err: any, id: TID) => void) => void): void;
-        deserializeUser(fn: (id: any, done: (err: any, user: any) => void) => void): void;
-        deserializeUser<TUser, TID>(fn: (id: TID, done: (err: any, user: TUser) => void) => void): void;
-        transformAuthInfo(fn: (info: any, done: (err: any, info: any) => void) => void): void;
-    }
+            authenticate(strategy: string|string[], callback?: Function): express.Handler;
+            authenticate(strategy: string|string[], options: AuthenticateOptions, callback?: Function): express.Handler;
+            authorize(strategy: string|string[], callback?: Function): express.Handler;
+            authorize(strategy: string|string[], options: any, callback?: Function): express.Handler;
+            serializeUser<TUser, TID>(fn: (user: TUser, done: (err: any, id: TID) => void) => void): void;
+            deserializeUser<TUser, TID>(fn: (id: TID, done: (err: any, user: TUser) => void) => void): void;
+            transformAuthInfo(fn: (info: any, done: (err: any, info: any) => void) => void): void;
+        }
 
-    interface Strategy {
-        name?: string;
-        authenticate(req: express.Request, options?: Object): void;
-    }
+        interface Strategy {
+            name?: string;
+            authenticate(req: express.Request, options?: any): void;
+        }
 
-    interface Profile {
-        provider: string;
-        id: string;
-        displayName: string;
+        interface Profile {
+            provider: string;
+            id: string;
+            displayName: string;
             username?: string;
             name?: {
-            familyName: string;
-            givenName: string;
-            middleName?: string;
-        };
-        emails?: {
-            value: string;
-            type?: string;
-        }[];
-        photos?: {
-            value: string;
-        }[];
-    }
+                familyName: string;
+                givenName: string;
+                middleName?: string;
+            };
+            emails?: Array<{
+                value: string;
+                type?: string;
+            }>;
+            photos?: Array<{
+                value: string;
+            }>;
+        }
 
         interface Framework {
-            initialize(passport: Passport, options?: Object): Function;
-            authenticate(passport: Passport, name: string, options?: Object, callback?: Function): Function;
-            authorize?(passport: Passport, name: string, options?: Object, callback?: Function): Function;
+            initialize(passport: Passport, options?: any): Function;
+            authenticate(passport: Passport, name: string, options?: any, callback?: Function): Function;
+            authorize?(passport: Passport, name: string, options?: any, callback?: Function): Function;
         }
     }
 
     const passport: passport.Passport;
     export = passport;
 }
+
diff --git a/passport/passport-tests.ts b/passport/passport-tests.ts
index 06fd9cd692..c4b0ccb596 100644
--- a/passport/passport-tests.ts
+++ b/passport/passport-tests.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
+import * as express from 'express';
+import 'express-session';
+import * as passport from 'passport';
 
 
-/// <reference types="express-session" />
-
-import express = require('express');
-import passport = require('passport');
-
 class TestStrategy implements passport.Strategy {
   public name: string = 'test';
   constructor() { }
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ app.configure(() => {
   app.use(passport.session());
 });
 
-app.post('/login', 
+app.post('/login',
   passport.authenticate('local', { failureRedirect: '/login', failureFlash: true }),
   function (req, res) {
     res.redirect('/');
@@ -55,7 +53,9 @@ app.post('/login', function (req, res, next) {
   passport.authenticate('local', function (err: any, user: { username: string; }, info: { message: string; }) {
     if (err) { return next(err) }
     if (!user) {
-      req.session['error'] = info.message;
+      if (req.session) {
+        req.session['error'] = info.message;
+      }
       return res.redirect('/login')
     }
     req.logIn(user, function (err) {
diff --git a/passport/tsconfig.json b/passport/tsconfig.json
index 9b5cecd0ff..6b9ad22c50 100644
--- a/passport/tsconfig.json
+++ b/passport/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
         "module": "commonjs",
         "target": "es6",
         "noImplicitAny": true,
-        "strictNullChecks": false,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
         "baseUrl": "../",
         "typeRoots": [
             "../"
@@ -16,4 +17,4 @@
         "index.d.ts",
         "passport-tests.ts"
     ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}