diff --git a/types/shallow-equals/index.d.ts b/types/shallow-equals/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for shallow-equals 1.0
+// Project: https://github.com/hughsk/shallow-equals
+// Definitions by: Ross Solomon <https://github.com/rsolomon>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+export = shallow_equals;
+
+declare function shallow_equals<A, B>(
+  a?: A,
+  b?: B,
+  compare?: (objA: A, objB: B) => boolean,
+): boolean;
diff --git a/types/shallow-equals/shallow-equals-tests.ts b/types/shallow-equals/shallow-equals-tests.ts
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+import shallowEquals = require('shallow-equals');
+
+interface A {
+  foo: string;
+}
+
+interface B {
+  foo: string;
+  bar?: string;
+}
+
+const a: A = { foo: 'bar' };
+const b: B = { foo: 'baz' };
+function compare(a: A, b: B) {
+  return false;
+}
+
+shallowEquals(a, b);
+shallowEquals(a, b, compare);
diff --git a/types/shallow-equals/tsconfig.json b/types/shallow-equals/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", "shallow-equals-tests.ts"]
+}
diff --git a/types/shallow-equals/tslint.json b/types/shallow-equals/tslint.json
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+{
+    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json"
+}