diff --git a/types/depd/depd-tests.ts b/types/depd/depd-tests.ts
index 62a4470f15..f201cb504a 100644
--- a/types/depd/depd-tests.ts
+++ b/types/depd/depd-tests.ts
@@ -1,52 +1,41 @@
 import depd = require('depd');
 
-var deprecate = depd("depd-tests");
+const deprecate = depd("depd-tests");
 
-function assert(condition: boolean, message: string): void {
-    if (!condition) {
-        throw new Error(message);
-    }
-}
+deprecate('message');
 
-function testDepdMessage(...args: string[]): boolean {
-    if (arguments.length < 1) {
-        deprecate('testDepdMessage argument.lenth<1');
-        return true;
-    } else {
-        console.log('normal logic');
-        return false;
-    }
-}
-
-assert(testDepdMessage() === true, "Deprecated code must be triggered!");
-assert(testDepdMessage('a') === false, "Deprecated code must be triggered!");
-
-interface ITestObject {
-    p1: string;
-    p2: string;
-}
-
-var obj = <ITestObject>{ p1: 'deprecated property', p2: 'normal property' };
+const obj = { p1: 'deprecated property', p2: 'normal property' };
 deprecate.property(obj, 'p1', 'property [p1] is deprecated!');
+deprecate.property(obj, 'p3', 'property [p3] is deprecated!'); // $ExpectError
 
-console.log(obj.p1);
-
-interface ITestDeprecatedFunction {
-    func1?: Function;
-    func2?: Function;
+interface TestDeprecatedFunction {
+    func1?(): void;
+    func2?(arg: string): boolean;
 }
+const obj2 = <TestDeprecatedFunction> {};
 
-var obj2 = <ITestDeprecatedFunction>{};
-
-// message automatically derived from function name 
-obj2.func1 = deprecate.function(function func1() {
+obj2.func1 = deprecate.function(() => {
     console.log('all calls to [func1] are deprecated ');
 });
 
-// specific message 
-obj2.func2 = deprecate.function(function () {
+// $ExpectError
+obj2.func2 = deprecate.function(() => {
     console.log('all calls to [func2] are deprecated ');
 }, 'func2');
 
+obj2.func2 = deprecate.function((arg: string) => {
+    console.log('all calls to [func2] are deprecated ');
+    return true;
+}, 'func2');
+
 obj2.func1();
-obj2.func2();
\ No newline at end of file
+obj2.func2('');
+
+process.on('deprecation', error => {
+    const err: depd.DeprecationError = error;
+    error; // $ExpectType DeprecationError
+
+    err.name; // $ExpectType "DeprecationError"
+    err.namespace; // $ExpectType string
+    err.stack; // $ExpectType string
+});
diff --git a/types/depd/index.d.ts b/types/depd/index.d.ts
index 0db1d877f6..fa1c3a71fe 100644
--- a/types/depd/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/depd/index.d.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,41 @@
-// Type definitions for depd 1.1.0
+// Type definitions for depd 1.1
 // Project: https://github.com/dougwilson/nodejs-depd
 // Definitions by: Zhiyuan Wang <https://github.com/danny8002>
+//                 BendingBender <https://github.com/BendingBender>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.2
 
-
-
-declare function depd(namespace: string): Deprecate;
-
-interface Deprecate {
-    (message: string): void;
-    function(fn: Function, message?: string): Function;
-    property(obj: Object, prop: string, message: string): void;
-}
+/// <reference types="node" />
 
 export = depd;
+
+declare function depd(namespace: string): depd.Deprecate;
+
+declare namespace depd {
+    interface Deprecate {
+        (message: string): void;
+        // tslint:disable-next-line ban-types
+        function<T extends Function>(fn: T, message?: string): T;
+        property<T extends object>(obj: T, prop: keyof T, message: string): void;
+    }
+
+    interface DeprecationError extends Error {
+        readonly name: 'DeprecationError';
+        namespace: string;
+        stack: string;
+    }
+}
+
+declare global {
+    namespace NodeJS {
+        interface Process {
+            addListener(event: 'deprecation', listener: (deprecationError: depd.DeprecationError) => void): this;
+            emit(event: 'deprecation', code: depd.DeprecationError): boolean;
+            on(event: 'deprecation', listener: (deprecationError: depd.DeprecationError) => void): this;
+            once(event: 'deprecation', listener: (deprecationError: depd.DeprecationError) => void): this;
+            prependListener(event: 'deprecation', listener: (deprecationError: depd.DeprecationError) => void): this;
+            prependOnceListener(event: 'deprecation', listener: (deprecationError: depd.DeprecationError) => void): this;
+            listeners(event: 'deprecation'): depd.DeprecationError[];
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/types/depd/tsconfig.json b/types/depd/tsconfig.json
index 14bec0a373..23aa25d9e0 100644
--- a/types/depd/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/depd/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         ],
         "noImplicitAny": true,
         "noImplicitThis": true,
-        "strictNullChecks": false,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
         "baseUrl": "../",
         "typeRoots": [
             "../"
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
         "index.d.ts",
         "depd-tests.ts"
     ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/types/depd/tslint.json b/types/depd/tslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3db14f85ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/depd/tslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }