diff --git a/src/v2/guide/typescript.md b/src/v2/guide/typescript.md
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--- a/src/v2/guide/typescript.md
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@@ -70,6 +70,18 @@ const Component = {
 }
 ```
 
+To use Vue types in an environment without a module bundler, you can create a custom type definition file containing `declare global` (see [Declaration Merging https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/declaration-merging.html](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/declaration-merging.html)).
+
+``` ts
+//global.d.ts - name does not matter
+import { VueConstructor } from 'vue'
+
+declare global {
+    const Vue: VueConstructor
+}
+```
+
+
 ## Class-Style Vue Components
 
 If you prefer a class-based API when declaring components, you can use the officially maintained [vue-class-component](https://github.com/vuejs/vue-class-component) decorator: