diff --git a/urijs/URIjs-tests.ts b/urijs/URIjs-tests.ts
index 0f529fe4a0..2e1e1eacd4 100644
--- a/urijs/URIjs-tests.ts
+++ b/urijs/URIjs-tests.ts
@@ -42,4 +42,21 @@ URI('http://example.org/foo/hello.html').segment(['foo', 'bar', 'foobar.html']);
 var withDuplicates = URI("?bar=1&bar=1")
   .duplicateQueryParameters(true)
   .normalizeQuery()
-  .toString();
\ No newline at end of file
+  .toString();
+
+/*
+ To enable `URI.expand` when using `URI.js` via `npm`, include the following:
+
+ ```
+ import * as URI from "urijs";
+ import * as URITemplate from "urijs/src/URITemplate";
+ void URITemplate;
+ ```
+ */
+URI('http://user:pass@example.org:80/foo/bar.html?foo=bar&bar=baz#frag').equals(
+    URI.expand('http://user:pass@example.org:80{/p*}{?q*}{#h}', {
+        p: ["foo", "bar.html"],
+        q: {foo: "bar", bar: "baz"},
+        h: "frag"
+    })
+);
diff --git a/urijs/URIjs.d.ts b/urijs/URIjs.d.ts
index 23d79218b6..a7ab002bc7 100644
--- a/urijs/URIjs.d.ts
+++ b/urijs/URIjs.d.ts
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ declare module uri {
         domain(): string;
         domain(domain: boolean): string;
         domain(domain: string): URI;
-        
+
         duplicateQueryParameters(val: boolean): URI;
 
         equals(): boolean;
-        equals(url: string): boolean;
+        equals(url: string | URI): boolean;
 
         filename(): string;
         filename(file: boolean): string;
@@ -234,3 +234,7 @@ declare module 'URI' {
 declare module 'urijs' {
     export = URI;
 }
+
+declare module 'urijs/src/URITemplate' {
+    export = URI;
+}