diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 838e7b395..738a8c792 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -187,6 +187,14 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
       }
     },
 
+    bgShell: {
+      checkTypes: {
+        cmd: 'npm run checkTypes',
+        bg: false,
+        fail: true
+      }
+    },
+
     watch: {
       scripts: {
         options: {
@@ -202,6 +210,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
   // Build a new version of the library
   this.registerTask('build', 'Builds a distributable version of the current project', [
                     'eslint',
+                    'bgShell:checkTypes',
                     'parser',
                     'node',
                     'globals']);
@@ -222,6 +231,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-uglify');
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-watch');
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-babel');
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-bg-shell');
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-eslint');
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-saucelabs');
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-webpack');
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index edf11b7c2..de504a42a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,10 +33,12 @@
     "babel-loader": "^5.0.0",
     "babel-runtime": "^5.1.10",
     "benchmark": "~1.0",
+    "dtslint": "^0.5.5",
     "dustjs-linkedin": "^2.0.2",
     "eco": "~1.1.0-rc-3",
     "grunt": "^1.0.3",
     "grunt-babel": "^5.0.0",
+    "grunt-bg-shell": "^2.3.3",
     "grunt-cli": "^1",
     "grunt-contrib-clean": "^1",
     "grunt-contrib-concat": "^1",
@@ -59,11 +61,12 @@
     "webpack-dev-server": "^1.12.1"
   },
   "main": "lib/index.js",
-  "types": "lib/handlebars.d.ts",
+  "types": "types/index.d.ts",
   "bin": {
     "handlebars": "bin/handlebars"
   },
   "scripts": {
+    "checkTypes": "dtslint types",
     "test": "grunt"
   },
   "jspm": {
@@ -83,6 +86,7 @@
     "lib",
     "print-script",
     "release-notes.md",
-    "runtime.js"
+    "runtime.js",
+    "types/*.d.ts"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/lib/handlebars.d.ts b/types/index.d.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from lib/handlebars.d.ts
rename to types/index.d.ts
index 181ef2ff5..237bfa580 100644
--- a/lib/handlebars.d.ts
+++ b/types/index.d.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
  *   - Sergei Dorogin <https://github.com/evil-shrike>
  *   - webbiesdk <https://github.com/webbiesdk>
  * For full history prior to their migration to handlebars.js, please see:
- * https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/handlebars
+ * https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/commits/1ce60bdc07f10e0b076778c6c953271c072bc894/types/handlebars/index.d.ts
  */
+// TypeScript Version: 2.3
 
 declare namespace Handlebars {
   export interface TemplateDelegate<T = any> {
diff --git a/types/test.ts b/types/test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd0b7bb1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/* These test cases were imported from https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+ * and includes previous contributions from the DefinitelyTyped community.
+ * For full history prior to their migration to handlebars.js, please see:
+ * https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/commits/1ce60bdc07f10e0b076778c6c953271c072bc894/types/handlebars/handlebars-tests.ts
+ */
+
+import * as Handlebars from 'handlebars';
+
+const context = {
+  author: { firstName: 'Alan', lastName: 'Johnson' },
+  body: 'I Love Handlebars',
+  comments: [{
+    author: { firstName: 'Yehuda', lastName: 'Katz' },
+    body: 'Me too!'
+  }]
+};
+Handlebars.registerHelper('fullName', (person: typeof context.author) => {
+  return person.firstName + ' ' + person.lastName;
+});
+
+Handlebars.registerHelper('agree_button', function(this: any) {
+  return new Handlebars.SafeString(
+    '<button>I agree. I ' + this.emotion + ' ' + this.name + '</button>'
+  );
+});
+
+const source1 = '<p>Hello, my name is {{name}}. I am from {{hometown}}. I have ' +
+                '{{kids.length}} kids:</p>' +
+                '<ul>{{#kids}}<li>{{name}} is {{age}}</li>{{/kids}}</ul>';
+const template1 = Handlebars.compile(source1);
+template1({ name: "Alan", hometown: "Somewhere, TX", kids: [{name: "Jimmy", age: 12}, {name: "Sally", age: 4}]});
+
+Handlebars.registerHelper('link_to', (context: typeof post) => {
+  return '<a href="' + context.url + '">' + context.body + '</a>';
+});
+const post = { url: "/hello-world", body: "Hello World!" };
+const context2 = { posts: [post] };
+const source2 = '<ul>{{#posts}}<li>{{{link_to this}}}</li>{{/posts}}</ul>';
+const template2: HandlebarsTemplateDelegate<{ posts: { url: string, body: string }[] }> = Handlebars.compile(source2);
+template2(context2);
+
+Handlebars.registerHelper('link_to', (title: string, context: typeof post) => {
+  return '<a href="/posts' + context.url + '">' + title + '!</a>';
+});
+const context3 = { posts: [{url: '/hello-world', body: 'Hello World!'}] };
+const source3 = '<ul>{{#posts}}<li>{{{link_to "Post" this}}}</li>{{/posts}}</ul>';
+const template3 = Handlebars.compile<typeof context3>(source3);
+template3(context3);
+
+const source4 = '<ul>{{#people}}<li>{{#link}}{{name}}{{/link}}</li>{{/people}}</ul>';
+Handlebars.registerHelper('link', function(this: any, context: any) {
+  return '<a href="/people/' + this.id + '">' + context.fn(this) + '</a>';
+});
+const template4 = Handlebars.compile<{ people: { name: string, id: number }[] }>(source4);
+const data2 = { 'people': [
+    { 'name': 'Alan', 'id': 1 },
+    { 'name': 'Yehuda', 'id': 2 }
+]};
+template4(data2);
+
+const source5 = '<ul>{{#people}}<li>{{> link}}</li>{{/people}}</ul>';
+Handlebars.registerPartial('link', '<a href="/people/{{id}}">{{name}}</a>');
+const template5 = Handlebars.compile(source5);
+const data3 = { 'people': [
+    { 'name': 'Alan', 'id': 1 },
+    { 'name': 'Yehuda', 'id': 2 }
+]};
+template5(data3);
+
+const source6 = '{{#list nav}}<a href="{{url}}">{{title}}</a>{{/list}}';
+const template6 = Handlebars.compile(source6);
+Handlebars.registerHelper('list', (context, options: Handlebars.HelperOptions) => {
+  let ret = "<ul>";
+  for(let i=0, j=context.length; i<j; i++) {
+    ret = ret + "<li>" + options.fn(context[i]) + "</li>";
+  }
+  return ret + "</ul>";
+});
+template6([{url:"", title:""}])
+
+
+const escapedExpression = Handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression('<script>alert(\'xss\');</script>');
+
+Handlebars.helpers !== undefined;
+
+const parsedTmpl = Handlebars.parse('<p>Hello, my name is {{name}}.</p>', {
+  srcName: "/foo/bar/baz.hbs",
+  ignoreStandalone: true
+});
+
+const parsedTmplWithoutOptions = Handlebars.parse('<p>Hello, my name is {{name}}.</p>');
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diff --git a/types/tsconfig.json b/types/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86328ebb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "lib": ["es6"],
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "noImplicitThis": true,
+    "strictNullChecks": true,
+    "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+    "noEmit": true,
+
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "paths": {
+      "handlebars": ["."]
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/types/tslint.json b/types/tslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a484bf6b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/tslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+{
+  "extends": "dtslint/dtslint.json",
+  "rules": {
+    "adjacent-overload-signatures": false,
+    "array-type": false,
+    "arrow-return-shorthand": false,
+    "ban-types": false,
+    "callable-types": false,
+    "comment-format": false,
+    "dt-header": false,
+    "eofline": false,
+    "export-just-namespace": false,
+    "import-spacing": false,
+    "interface-name": false,
+    "interface-over-type-literal": false,
+    "jsdoc-format": false,
+    "max-line-length": false,
+    "member-access": false,
+    "new-parens": false,
+    "no-any-union": false,
+    "no-boolean-literal-compare": false,
+    "no-conditional-assignment": false,
+    "no-consecutive-blank-lines": false,
+    "no-construct": false,
+    "no-declare-current-package": false,
+    "no-duplicate-imports": false,
+    "no-duplicate-variable": false,
+    "no-empty-interface": false,
+    "no-for-in-array": false,
+    "no-inferrable-types": false,
+    "no-internal-module": false,
+    "no-irregular-whitespace": false,
+    "no-mergeable-namespace": false,
+    "no-misused-new": false,
+    "no-namespace": false,
+    "no-object-literal-type-assertion": false,
+    "no-padding": false,
+    "no-redundant-jsdoc": false,
+    "no-redundant-jsdoc-2": false,
+    "no-redundant-undefined": false,
+    "no-reference-import": false,
+    "no-relative-import-in-test": false,
+    "no-self-import": false,
+    "no-single-declare-module": false,
+    "no-string-throw": false,
+    "no-unnecessary-callback-wrapper": false,
+    "no-unnecessary-class": false,
+    "no-unnecessary-generics": false,
+    "no-unnecessary-qualifier": false,
+    "no-unnecessary-type-assertion": false,
+    "no-useless-files": false,
+    "no-var-keyword": false,
+    "no-var-requires": false,
+    "no-void-expression": false,
+    "no-trailing-whitespace": false,
+    "object-literal-key-quotes": false,
+    "object-literal-shorthand": false,
+    "one-line": false,
+    "one-variable-per-declaration": false,
+    "only-arrow-functions": false,
+    "prefer-conditional-expression": false,
+    "prefer-const": false,
+    "prefer-declare-function": false,
+    "prefer-for-of": false,
+    "prefer-method-signature": false,
+    "prefer-template": false,
+    "radix": false,
+    "semicolon": false,
+    "space-before-function-paren": false,
+    "space-within-parens": false,
+    "strict-export-declare-modifiers": false,
+    "trim-file": false,
+    "triple-equals": false,
+    "typedef-whitespace": false,
+    "unified-signatures": false,
+    "void-return": false,
+    "whitespace": false
+  }
+}
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