diff --git a/types/decode-uri-component/decode-uri-component-tests.ts b/types/decode-uri-component/decode-uri-component-tests.ts
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+import decodeUriComponent = require('decode-uri-component');
+
+// $ExpectType string
+decodeUriComponent('%25');
+decodeUriComponent('%');
+decodeUriComponent('st%C3%A5le');
+decodeUriComponent('%st%C3%A5le%');
+decodeUriComponent('%%7Bst%C3%A5le%7D%');
+decodeUriComponent('%7B%ab%%7C%de%%7D');
+decodeUriComponent('%FE%FF');
+decodeUriComponent('%C2');
+decodeUriComponent('%C2%B5');
diff --git a/types/decode-uri-component/index.d.ts b/types/decode-uri-component/index.d.ts
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+++ b/types/decode-uri-component/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for decode-uri-component 0.2
+// Project: https://github.com/samverschueren/decode-uri-component#readme
+// Definitions by: BendingBender <https://github.com/BendingBender>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+export = decodeUriComponent;
+
+declare function decodeUriComponent(encodedURI: string): string;
diff --git a/types/decode-uri-component/tsconfig.json b/types/decode-uri-component/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",
+        "decode-uri-component-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/decode-uri-component/tslint.json b/types/decode-uri-component/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }