diff --git a/types/domhandler/domhandler-tests.ts b/types/domhandler/domhandler-tests.ts
index f12fe33c88..eea6441ad7 100644
--- a/types/domhandler/domhandler-tests.ts
+++ b/types/domhandler/domhandler-tests.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-import * as htmlparser from "htmlparser2";
+import { DomHandler, DomHandlerOptions, Node } from "domhandler";
 
-const rawHtml = "Xyz <script language= javascript>var foo = '<<bar>>';< /  script><!--<!-- Waah! -- -->";
-const handler = new htmlparser.DomHandler((error: Error, dom: htmlparser.DomElement[]) => {
+const handler = new DomHandler((error: Error, dom: any) => {
     if (error)
     	console.error('There has been an error...');
     else
         console.log(dom);
 });
-const parser = new htmlparser.Parser(handler);
-parser.write(rawHtml);
-parser.end();
+handler.ontext = (data: string) => { console.log(data); };
+handler.onreset = () => { console.log('We have a reset.'); };
+handler.onerror = (error: Error) => { console.error(Error); };
+handler.onopentag = (name: string, attribs) => { console.log(name, attribs); };
+
+const dho: DomHandlerOptions = { normalizeWhitespace: true, withDomLvl1: true, withEndIndices: true, withStartIndices: true };
diff --git a/types/domhandler/index.d.ts b/types/domhandler/index.d.ts
index a65ba717b3..9d33055bbd 100644
--- a/types/domhandler/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/domhandler/index.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Type definitions for domhandler 2.4.2
+// Type definitions for domhandler 2.4
 // Project: https://github.com/fb55/DomHandler#readme
 // Definitions by: Johan Davidsson <https://github.com/johandavidson>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ export interface DomHandlerOptions {
      * Indicates whether the whitespace in text nodes should be normalized
      * (= all whitespace should be replaced with single spaces). The default value is "false".
      */
-    normalizeWhitespace: boolean;
+    normalizeWhitespace?: boolean;
 
     /***
      * Adds DOM level 1 properties to all elements.
      */
-    withDomLvl1: boolean;
+    withDomLvl1?: boolean;
 
     /***
      * Indicates whether a startIndex property will be added to nodes.
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export interface DomHandlerOptions {
      * indicating the position of the start of the node in the document.
      * The default value is "false".
      */
-    withStartIndices: boolean;
+    withStartIndices?: boolean;
 
     /***
      * Indicates whether a endIndex property will be added to nodes.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export interface DomHandlerOptions {
      * indicating the position of the end of the node in the document.
      * The default value is "false".
      */
-    withEndIndices: boolean;
+    withEndIndices?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface DomElement {
@@ -49,14 +49,13 @@ export interface Element extends DomElement {
 }
 
 export interface Node extends DomElement {
-    firstChild(): DomElement;
-    lastChild(): DomElement;
-    nodeType(): number;
+    readonly firstChild: DomElement;
+    readonly lastChild: DomElement;
+    readonly nodeType: number;
 }
 
 export class DomHandler {
-    constructor(callback: (error: any, dom: DomElement[]) => any);
-    constructor(callback: (error: any, dom: DomElement[]) => any, options: DomHandlerOptions);
+    constructor(callback: (error: any, dom: DomElement[]) => any, options?: DomHandlerOptions);
 
     onparserinit(parser: any): void;
 
diff --git a/types/domhandler/tsconfig.json b/types/domhandler/tsconfig.json
index 4cd85394a0..62a39735a8 100644
--- a/types/domhandler/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/domhandler/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
     "compilerOptions": {
         "module": "commonjs",
         "lib": [
-            "es6"
-
+            "es6",
+            "dom"
         ],
         "noImplicitAny": true,
         "noImplicitThis": true,