diff --git a/types/legal-eagle/index.d.ts b/types/legal-eagle/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for legal-eagle 0.15
+// Project: https://github.com/atom/legal-eagle
+// Definitions by: Jed Fox <https://github.com/j-f1>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+declare function legalEagle(
+    options: legalEagle.Options,
+    cb: (err: Error | null, licenseSummary: legalEagle.LicenseLookup) => void
+): void;
+
+declare namespace legalEagle {
+    interface Options {
+        path: string;
+        overrides?: LicenseLookup;
+        omitPermissive?: boolean;
+    }
+    interface LicenseLookup {
+        [id: string]: Entry;
+    }
+    interface Entry {
+        license: string;
+        source: string;
+        repository: string;
+        sourceText: string;
+    }
+}
+
+export = legalEagle;
diff --git a/types/legal-eagle/legal-eagle-tests.ts b/types/legal-eagle/legal-eagle-tests.ts
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+/// <reference types="node" />
+
+import legalEagle = require('legal-eagle');
+
+// from the package's README
+legalEagle({path: process.cwd()}, (err, summary) => {
+    if (err != null) {
+        console.error(err);
+        return;
+    }
+    console.log(summary);
+});
+
+// from GitHub desktop
+declare var appRoot: string;
+legalEagle(
+    {
+        path: appRoot,
+        overrides: {
+            'foo@1.2.3': {
+                repository: 'git+ssh://git@github.com/foo/bar',
+                license: '...',
+                source: '...',
+                sourceText: '...',
+            }
+        },
+        omitPermissive: true
+    }, (err, summary) => {
+        if (err) {
+            console.error(err);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (Object.keys(summary).length > 0) {
+            let licensesMessage = '';
+            for (const key in summary) {
+                const license = summary[key];
+                licensesMessage += `${key} (${license.repository}): ${license.license}\n`;
+            }
+
+            throw new Error(licensesMessage);
+        }
+    }
+);
diff --git a/types/legal-eagle/tsconfig.json b/types/legal-eagle/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "legal-eagle-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/legal-eagle/tslint.json b/types/legal-eagle/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }