diff --git a/i18next-xhr-backend/i18next-xhr-backend-tests.ts b/i18next-xhr-backend/i18next-xhr-backend-tests.ts
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+/// <reference path="../i18next/i18next"/>
+/// <reference path="i18next-xhr-backend.d.ts"/>
+
+import * as i18next from 'i18next';
+import XHR from 'i18next-xhr-backend';
+
+let options = {
+    loadPath: '',
+    addPath: '',
+    allowMultiLoading: false,
+    parse: function(data:string) { return data.replace(/a/g, ''); },
+    crossDomain: false,
+    withCredentials: false,
+    ajax: function (url:string, options:Object, callback: Function, data: Object) {}
+};
+
+i18next.use(XHR).init({
+    backend: options
+});
+
+let xhr = new XHR(null, options);
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diff --git a/i18next-xhr-backend/i18next-xhr-backend.d.ts b/i18next-xhr-backend/i18next-xhr-backend.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for i18next-xhr-backend 1.2.0
+// Project: http://i18next.com/
+// Definitions by: Jan Mühlemann <https://github.com/jamuhl>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+declare module 'i18next-xhr-backend' {
+
+    interface Interpolator {
+        interpolate: () => string
+    }
+    interface Services {
+        interpolator: Interpolator
+    }
+
+    export default class Backend {
+        type: 'backend';
+        services: Services;
+        options: {
+            loadPath: string | Function,
+            addPath:  string,
+            allowMultiLoading: boolean,
+            parse: () => {},
+            crossDomain: boolean,
+            withCredentials: boolean,
+            ajax: () => void
+        };
+        constructor(services: Services, options?: {});
+        init(services: Services, options?: {}): void;
+        readMulti(languages: any[], namespaces: any[], callback: () => void): void;
+        read(language: {}, namespace: {}, callback: () => void): void;
+        loadUrl(url: string, callback: () => void): void;
+        create(languages: any[], namespace: string, key: string, fallbackValue: string): void;
+    }
+}
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