diff --git a/types/npm-packlist/index.d.ts b/types/npm-packlist/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for npm-packlist 1.1
+// Project: https://github.com/npm/npm-packlist
+// Definitions by: Klaus Meinhardt <https://github.com/ajafff>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.1
+
+declare function packlist(options?: packlist.Options): Promise<string[]>;
+declare function packlist<T>(options: packlist.Options | undefined, callback: (result: string[]) => T): Promise<T>;
+declare namespace packlist {
+    interface Options {
+        /** Directory to walk recusively. Defaults to `process.cwd()`. */
+        path?: string;
+    }
+    function sync(options?: Options): string[];
+}
+export = packlist;
diff --git a/types/npm-packlist/npm-packlist-tests.ts b/types/npm-packlist/npm-packlist-tests.ts
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+import packlist = require('npm-packlist');
+
+let result: string[] = packlist.sync();
+result = packlist.sync({});
+result = packlist.sync({path: 'foo'});
+
+(async () => {
+    result = await packlist();
+    result = await packlist({});
+    result = await packlist({path: 'foo'});
+
+    packlist(undefined, (r) => result = r);
+    packlist({path: 'foo'}, (r) => result = r);
+})();
diff --git a/types/npm-packlist/tsconfig.json b/types/npm-packlist/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "esModuleInterop": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "npm-packlist-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/npm-packlist/tslint.json b/types/npm-packlist/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }