diff --git a/react-mdl/react-mdl-tests.tsx b/react-mdl/react-mdl-tests.tsx
index 1e7fd19b0c..fe775eb4a4 100644
--- a/react-mdl/react-mdl-tests.tsx
+++ b/react-mdl/react-mdl-tests.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 /// <reference path="react-mdl.d.ts" />
 
 import * as React from 'react';
-import {Badge,
+import {Chip, ChipContact,
+    Badge,
     FABButton, Button, IconButton,
     Card, CardActions, CardTitle, CardText, CardMenu, CardMedia,
     Checkbox,
@@ -50,6 +51,34 @@ React.createClass({
     }
 });
 
+// Chip tests
+React.createClass({
+    render: function() {
+        return (
+            <div>
+                <Chip>Basic chip</Chip>
+
+                <Chip onClose={e => { alert('Close icon clicked!'); }}>Deletable Chip</Chip>
+
+                <Chip onClick={e => { alert('Clicked!'); }}>Button Chip</Chip>
+                {/* Contact Chip */}
+                <Chip>
+                    <ChipContact className="mdl-color--teal mdl-color-text--white">A</ChipContact>
+                    Contact chip
+                </Chip>
+
+                {/* User Contact Chip */}
+                <Chip onClose={e => { alert('Close icon clicked!'); }}>
+                    <ChipContact
+                        style={{ background: 'url("https://placekitten.com/150/150") 0 0 / cover' }}
+                    />
+                    Deletable user contact chip
+                </Chip>
+            </div>
+        );
+    } 
+});
+
 // Button tests
 React.createClass({
     render: function() {
diff --git a/react-mdl/react-mdl.d.ts b/react-mdl/react-mdl.d.ts
index 56d688c7f4..c3786bd662 100644
--- a/react-mdl/react-mdl.d.ts
+++ b/react-mdl/react-mdl.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Type definitions for react-mdl 1.5.3
+// Type definitions for react-mdl 1.7.0
 // Project: https://github.com/tleunen/react-mdl
 // Definitions by: Brad Zacher <https://github.com/bradzacher>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
@@ -275,8 +275,17 @@ declare namespace __ReactMDL {
         overlap ?: boolean;
     }
     class Badge extends __MDLComponent<BadgeProps> {}
-    
-    
+
+
+    interface ChipProps extends __MDLOtherProps {
+        onClick ?:React.MouseEventHandler;
+        onClose ?:React.MouseEventHandler;
+    }
+
+    class Chip extends __MDLComponent<ChipProps> {}
+
+    class ChipContact extends __MDLComponent<__MDLOtherProps> {}
+
     interface ButtonProps extends __MDLOtherProps, RippleComponent, CustomRenderedComponent {
         accent ?: boolean;
         colored ?: boolean;
@@ -401,9 +410,11 @@ declare namespace __ReactMDL {
         transparent ?: boolean;
         waterfall ?: boolean;
         hideTop ?: boolean;
+        hideSpacer ?: boolean;
     }
     interface HeaderRowProps extends __MDLOtherProps {
         title ?: string;
+        hideSpacer ?: boolean;
     }
     interface HeaderTabsProps extends __MDLOtherProps, RippleComponent {
         activeTab ?: number;
@@ -603,4 +614,4 @@ declare namespace __ReactMDL {
 
 declare module 'react-mdl' {
     export = __ReactMDL;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}