diff --git a/types/leaflet-providers/index.d.ts b/types/leaflet-providers/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for leaflet-providers 1.1
+// Project: https://github.com/leaflet-extras/leaflet-providers#readme
+// Definitions by: BendingBender <https://github.com/BendingBender>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/// <reference types="leaflet" />
+
+declare namespace L {
+  namespace TileLayer {
+    class Provider extends TileLayer {
+      constructor(provider: string, options?: TileLayerOptions)
+    }
+
+    namespace Provider {
+      const providers: ProvidersMap;
+
+      interface ProvidersMap {
+        [providerName: string]: ProviderConfig;
+      }
+
+      interface ProviderConfig {
+        url: string;
+        options?: TileLayerOptions;
+        variants?: { [variantName: string]: string | ProviderConfig };
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  namespace tileLayer {
+    function provider(provider: string, options?: TileLayerOptions): TileLayer.Provider;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/types/leaflet-providers/leaflet-providers-tests.ts b/types/leaflet-providers/leaflet-providers-tests.ts
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+const map = L.map('map');
+L.tileLayer.provider('Stamen.Watercolor').addTo(map);
+
+L.tileLayer.provider('HERE.terrainDay', {
+  app_id: '<insert ID here>',
+  app_code: '<insert ID here>'
+}).addTo(map);
+
+new L.TileLayer.Provider('MapBox').addTo(map);
+new L.TileLayer.Provider('MapBox', {id: 'ID', accessToken: 'ACCESS_TOKEN'}).addTo(map);
+
+L.TileLayer.Provider.providers['nlmaps'] = {
+  url: 'https://geodata.nationaalgeoregister.nl/tiles/service/wmts/{variant}/EPSG:3857/{z}/{x}/{y}.png',
+  options: {
+    minZoom: 6,
+    maxZoom: 19,
+    bounds: [[50.5, 3.25], [54, 7.6]],
+    attribution: 'Kaartgegevens &copy; <a href="kadaster.nl">Kadaster</a>'
+  },
+  variants: {
+    standaard: 'brtachtergrondkaart',
+    pastel: 'brtachtergrondkaartpastel',
+    grijs: 'brtachtergrondkaartgrijs',
+    luchtfoto: {
+      url: 'https://geodata.nationaalgeoregister.nl/luchtfoto/rgb/wmts/1.0.0/2016_ortho25/EPSG:3857/{z}/{x}/{y}.png',
+    }
+  }
+};
diff --git a/types/leaflet-providers/tsconfig.json b/types/leaflet-providers/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "leaflet-providers-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/leaflet-providers/tslint.json b/types/leaflet-providers/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }