diff --git a/types/winston-syslog/index.d.ts b/types/winston-syslog/index.d.ts
index 816274ded8..b0409ad4c4 100644
--- a/types/winston-syslog/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/winston-syslog/index.d.ts
@@ -1,25 +1,32 @@
-// Type definitions for winston-syslog 1.0
-// Project: https://github.com/indexzero/winston-syslog#readme
-// Definitions by: Chris Barth <https://github.com/cjbarth>
+// Type definitions for winston-syslog 2.0
+// Project: https://github.com/winstonjs/winston-syslog
+// Definitions by: Chris Barth <https://github.com/cjbarth>, Felix Hochgruber <https://github.com/felix-hoc>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
-import * as winston from "winston";
-export interface SyslogTransportOptions extends winston.GenericTextTransportOptions {
-	host?: string;
-	port?: number;
-	path?: string;
-	protocol?: string;
-	pid?: number;
-	facility?: string;
-	localhost?: string;
-	type?: string;
-	app_name?: string;
-	eol?: string;
+import * as Transport from 'winston-transport';
+import * as dgram from 'dgram';
+import * as net from 'net';
+
+export interface SyslogTransportOptions extends Transport.TransportStreamOptions {
+    host?: string;
+    port?: number;
+    path?: string;
+    protocol?: string;
+    pid?: number;
+    facility?: string;
+    localhost?: string;
+    type?: string;
+    app_name?: string;
+    eol?: string;
 }
-export class Syslog extends winston.Transport implements winston.TransportInstance {
-}
-declare module "winston" {
-	interface Transports {
-		Syslog: Syslog;
-	}
+
+export interface SyslogTransportInstance extends Transport {
+    producer: any;
+    socket: dgram.Socket | net.Socket;
+
+    connect(callback: (err: (true | null)) => any): void;
+
+    new(options?: SyslogTransportOptions): SyslogTransportInstance;
 }
+
+export const Syslog: SyslogTransportInstance;
diff --git a/types/winston-syslog/package.json b/types/winston-syslog/package.json
index 33e1a4f018..0aa4cf368f 100644
--- a/types/winston-syslog/package.json
+++ b/types/winston-syslog/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "private": true,
     "dependencies": {
-        "@types/winston": "^2.3.9"
+        "winston": "^3.0.0"
     }
 }
diff --git a/types/winston-syslog/tsconfig.json b/types/winston-syslog/tsconfig.json
index e11a89c680..2c0a6050a4 100644
--- a/types/winston-syslog/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/winston-syslog/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         ],
         "noImplicitAny": true,
         "noImplicitThis": true,
-        "strictNullChecks": false,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
         "strictFunctionTypes": true,
         "baseUrl": "../",
         "typeRoots": [
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@
         "index.d.ts",
         "winston-syslog-tests.ts"
     ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/types/winston-syslog/tslint.json b/types/winston-syslog/tslint.json
index f93cf8562a..bf5a9b916f 100644
--- a/types/winston-syslog/tslint.json
+++ b/types/winston-syslog/tslint.json
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 {
-    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json"
+    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json",
+    "rules": {
+        // This allows to be in line with winston transport types.
+        // See https://github.com/winstonjs/winston-mongodb/blob/master/lib/winston-mongodb.d.ts and https://github.com/winstonjs/winston-daily-rotate-file/blob/master/index.d.ts
+        "no-misused-new": false
+    }
 }
diff --git a/types/winston-syslog/v1/index.d.ts b/types/winston-syslog/v1/index.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2d5ecfb90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/winston-syslog/v1/index.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Type definitions for winston-syslog 1.0
+// Project: https://github.com/indexzero/winston-syslog#readme
+// Definitions by: Chris Barth <https://github.com/cjbarth>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.9
+
+import * as winston from "winston";
+export interface SyslogTransportOptions extends winston.GenericTextTransportOptions {
+	host?: string;
+	port?: number;
+	path?: string;
+	protocol?: string;
+	pid?: number;
+	facility?: string;
+	localhost?: string;
+	type?: string;
+	app_name?: string;
+	eol?: string;
+}
+export class Syslog extends winston.Transport implements winston.TransportInstance {
+}
+declare module "winston" {
+	interface Transports {
+		Syslog: Syslog;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/types/winston-syslog/v1/package.json b/types/winston-syslog/v1/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a39b614c7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/winston-syslog/v1/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "private": true,
+    "dependencies": {
+        "@types/winston": "2.3.9"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/types/winston-syslog/v1/tsconfig.json b/types/winston-syslog/v1/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..610ded1b9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/winston-syslog/v1/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": false,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "paths": {
+            "winston-syslog": [
+                "winston-syslog/v1"
+            ],
+            "winston-syslog/*": [
+                "winston-syslog/v1/*"
+            ]
+        },
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "esModuleInterop": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "winston-syslog-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/winston-syslog/v1/tslint.json b/types/winston-syslog/v1/tslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f93cf8562a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/winston-syslog/v1/tslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json"
+}
diff --git a/types/winston-syslog/v1/winston-syslog-tests.ts b/types/winston-syslog/v1/winston-syslog-tests.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a08b80b045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/winston-syslog/v1/winston-syslog-tests.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import winston = require('winston');
+import { SyslogTransportOptions } from 'winston-syslog';
+
+const str = "";
+const bool  = true;
+const num = 1;
+const obj: any = {};
+
+const syslogOptions: SyslogTransportOptions = {
+    host: str,
+    port: num,
+    path: str,
+    protocol: str,
+    pid: num,
+    facility: str,
+    localhost: str,
+    type: str,
+    app_name: str,
+    eol: str,
+    json: bool,
+    colorize: bool,
+    colors: str,
+    prettyPrint: bool,
+    showLevel: bool,
+    label: str,
+    depth: num,
+};
+
+winston.add(winston.transports.Syslog, syslogOptions);
+
+const logger: winston.LoggerInstance = new (winston.Logger)({
+  transports: [
+    new (winston.transports.Syslog)(syslogOptions),
+  ]
+});
diff --git a/types/winston-syslog/winston-syslog-tests.ts b/types/winston-syslog/winston-syslog-tests.ts
index a08b80b045..66a4a71e17 100644
--- a/types/winston-syslog/winston-syslog-tests.ts
+++ b/types/winston-syslog/winston-syslog-tests.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import winston = require('winston');
-import { SyslogTransportOptions } from 'winston-syslog';
+import { Syslog, SyslogTransportOptions } from 'winston-syslog';
 
 const str = "";
 const bool  = true;
@@ -16,20 +16,15 @@ const syslogOptions: SyslogTransportOptions = {
     localhost: str,
     type: str,
     app_name: str,
-    eol: str,
-    json: bool,
-    colorize: bool,
-    colors: str,
-    prettyPrint: bool,
-    showLevel: bool,
-    label: str,
-    depth: num,
+    eol: str
 };
 
-winston.add(winston.transports.Syslog, syslogOptions);
+const syslogTransport = new Syslog(syslogOptions);
 
-const logger: winston.LoggerInstance = new (winston.Logger)({
+winston.add(syslogTransport);
+
+const logger: winston.Logger = winston.createLogger({
   transports: [
-    new (winston.transports.Syslog)(syslogOptions),
+    syslogTransport
   ]
 });