diff --git a/types/escape-regexp/escape-regexp-tests.ts b/types/escape-regexp/escape-regexp-tests.ts
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+import escapeRegExp = require('escape-regexp');
+
+// $ExpectType string
+escapeRegExp('aaa');
+
+// $ExpectError
+escapeRegExp();
+
+// $ExpectError
+escapeRegExp({});
+
+// $ExpectError
+escapeRegExp(1);
+
+// $ExpectError
+escapeRegExp([]);
+
+// $ExpectError
+escapeRegExp(null);
+
+// $ExpectError
+escapeRegExp(undefined);
diff --git a/types/escape-regexp/index.d.ts b/types/escape-regexp/index.d.ts
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+++ b/types/escape-regexp/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for escape-regexp 0.0
+// Project: https://www.npmjs.com/package/escape-regexp
+// Definitions by: Vilim Stubičan <https://github.com/jewbre>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.4
+
+declare function escapeRegExp(str: string): string;
+
+export = escapeRegExp;
diff --git a/types/escape-regexp/tsconfig.json b/types/escape-regexp/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",
+        "escape-regexp-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/escape-regexp/tslint.json b/types/escape-regexp/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }