diff --git a/types/temp/index.d.ts b/types/temp/index.d.ts
index a6b6f42ace..0a452a221b 100644
--- a/types/temp/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/temp/index.d.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-// Type definitions for temp 0.8.3
+// Type definitions for temp 0.8
 // Project: https://www.npmjs.com/package/temp, https://github.com/bruce/node-temp
 // Definitions by: Daniel Rosenwasser <https://github.com/DanielRosenwasser>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
 /// <reference types="node" />
 
-import * as temp from "temp";
+import * as temp from ".";
 import * as fs from "fs";
 
 export interface OpenFile {
@@ -24,29 +24,22 @@ export interface AffixOptions {
   dir?: string;
 }
 
-export declare var dir: string;
+export let dir: string;
 
-export declare function track(value?: boolean): typeof temp;
+export function track(value?: boolean): typeof temp;
 
-export declare function mkdir(affixes?: string, callback?: (err: any, dirPath: string) => void): void;
-export declare function mkdir(affixes?: AffixOptions, callback?: (err: any, dirPath: string) => void): void;
+export function mkdir(affixes?: string | AffixOptions, callback?: (err: any, dirPath: string) => void): void;
 
-export declare function mkdirSync(affixes?: string): string;
-export declare function mkdirSync(affixes?: AffixOptions): string;
+export function mkdirSync(affixes?: string | AffixOptions): string;
 
-export declare function open(affixes?: string, callback?: (err: any, result: OpenFile) => void): void;
-export declare function open(affixes?: AffixOptions, callback?: (err: any, result: OpenFile) => void): void;
+export function open(affixes?: string | AffixOptions, callback?: (err: any, result: OpenFile) => void): void;
 
-export declare function openSync(affixes?: string): OpenFile;
-export declare function openSync(affixes?: AffixOptions): OpenFile;
+export function openSync(affixes?: string | AffixOptions): OpenFile;
 
-export declare function path(affixes?: string, defaultPrefix?: string): string;
-export declare function path(affixes?: AffixOptions, defaultPrefix?: string): string;
+export function path(affixes?: string | AffixOptions, defaultPrefix?: string): string;
 
-export declare function cleanup(callback?: (result: boolean | Stats) => void): void;
+export function cleanup(callback?: (result: boolean | Stats) => void): void;
 
-export declare function cleanupSync(): boolean | Stats;
-
-export declare function createWriteStream(affixes?: string): fs.WriteStream;
-export declare function createWriteStream(affixes?: AffixOptions): fs.WriteStream;
+export function cleanupSync(): boolean | Stats;
 
+export function createWriteStream(affixes?: string | AffixOptions): fs.WriteStream;
diff --git a/types/temp/temp-tests.ts b/types/temp/temp-tests.ts
index 78eff82298..2f87334249 100644
--- a/types/temp/temp-tests.ts
+++ b/types/temp/temp-tests.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ import * as temp from "temp";
 function testCleanup() {
     temp.cleanup(result => {
         if (typeof result === "boolean") {
-            const x = result === true;
-        }
-        else {
+            const x = result;
+        } else {
             const { files, dirs } = result;
             files.toPrecision(4);
             files.toPrecision(4);
@@ -16,12 +15,11 @@ function testCleanup() {
 }
 
 function testCleanupSync() {
-    const cleanupResult: boolean | temp.Stats = temp.cleanupSync()
+    const cleanupResult: boolean | temp.Stats = temp.cleanupSync();
     if (typeof cleanupResult === "boolean") {
-        const x = cleanupResult === true;
-    }
-    else {
-        const { dirs, files } = cleanupResult
+        const x = cleanupResult;
+    } else {
+        const { dirs, files } = cleanupResult;
         dirs.toPrecision(4);
         files.toPrecision(4);
     }
diff --git a/types/temp/tslint.json b/types/temp/tslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..495d29983d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/temp/tslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json",
+    "rules": {
+    }
+}