diff --git a/basic-auth/basic-auth-tests.ts b/basic-auth/basic-auth-tests.ts
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+/// <reference path="basic-auth.d.ts" />
+
+import auth = require('basic-auth');
+
+auth(null);
diff --git a/basic-auth/basic-auth.d.ts b/basic-auth/basic-auth.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for basic-auth
+// Project: https://github.com/jshttp/basic-auth
+// Definitions by: Clément Bourgeois <https://github.com/moonpyk>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/// <reference path="../express/express.d.ts" />
+
+declare module BasicAuth {
+    export interface BasicAuthResult {
+        name:string;
+        pass:string;
+    }
+}
+
+declare module "basic-auth" {
+    function auth(req: Express.Request): BasicAuth.BasicAuthResult;
+
+    export = auth;
+}