diff --git a/body-parser/body-parser-tests.ts b/body-parser/body-parser-tests.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffac86e592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/body-parser/body-parser-tests.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import * as express from 'express';
+import {
+    json,
+    raw,
+    text,
+    urlencoded,
+} from 'body-parser';
+
+const app = express();
+
+express.use(json());
+express.use(raw());
+express.use(text());
+express.use(urlencoded());
+
+// send any data, it should be parsed and printed
+express.all('/', (req, res, next) => {
+    console.log(req.body);
+    res.json(req.body);
+});
+
+express.listen(8080);
diff --git a/body-parser/tsconfig.json b/body-parser/tsconfig.json
index fe0b5d1b8a..e798cd97d3 100644
--- a/body-parser/tsconfig.json
+++ b/body-parser/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
     "compilerOptions": {
         "module": "commonjs",
         "lib": [
-            "es6"
+            "es6",
+            "dom"
         ],
         "noImplicitAny": true,
         "noImplicitThis": true,
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
         "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
     },
     "files": [
-        "index.d.ts"
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "body-parser-tests.ts"
     ]
 }