diff --git a/types/plugin-error/index.d.ts b/types/plugin-error/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for plugin-error 0.1
+// Project: https://github.com/jonschlinkert/plugin-error
+// Definitions by: Rogier Schouten <https://github.com/rogierschouten>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+declare module 'plugin-error' {
+    namespace PluginError {
+        interface PluginErrorOpts {
+            /**
+             * By default the stack will not be shown. Set options.showStack to true if you think the stack is important for your error.
+             */
+            showStack?: boolean;
+            /**
+             * Error properties will be included in err.toString(), but may be omitted by including {showProperties: false} in the options
+             */
+            showProperties?: boolean;
+        }
+
+        interface PluginErrorOpts2 extends PluginErrorOpts {
+            /**
+             * If you pass an error object as the message the stack will be pulled from that, otherwise one will be created.
+             */
+            message?: string | Error;
+        }
+
+        interface PluginErrorOpts3 extends PluginErrorOpts2 {
+            /**
+             * The name of the plugin
+             */
+            plugin?: string;
+        }
+    }
+
+    class PluginError extends Error {
+        /**
+         * Constructor
+         * @param pluginName
+         * @param message If you pass an error object as the message the stack will be pulled from that, otherwise one will be created.
+         * @param options
+         */
+        constructor(pluginName: string, message: string | Error, options?: PluginError.PluginErrorOpts);
+
+        /**
+         * Constructor
+         * @param pluginName
+         * @param options
+         */
+        constructor(pluginName: string, options: PluginError.PluginErrorOpts2);
+
+        /**
+         * Constructor
+         * @param options
+         */
+        constructor(options: PluginError.PluginErrorOpts3);
+    }
+
+    export = PluginError;
+}
diff --git a/types/plugin-error/plugin-error-tests.ts b/types/plugin-error/plugin-error-tests.ts
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+import * as PluginError from 'plugin-error';
+
+let e: PluginError;
+
+// string message
+e = new PluginError('my-plugin', 'message');
+e = new PluginError('my-plugin', 'message', { showProperties: false, showStack: false });
+e = new PluginError('my-plugin', { showProperties: false, showStack: false, message: 'message' });
+e = new PluginError({ showProperties: false, showStack: false, message: 'message', plugin: 'my-plugin' });
+
+// error instead of message
+e = new PluginError('my-plugin', new Error('message'));
+e = new PluginError('my-plugin', new Error('message'), { showProperties: false, showStack: false });
+e = new PluginError('my-plugin', { showProperties: false, showStack: false, message: new Error('message') });
+e = new PluginError({ showProperties: false, showStack: false, message: new Error('message'), plugin: 'my-plugin' });
+
+// without non-mandatory options
+e = new PluginError('my-plugin', 'message', {});
+e = new PluginError('my-plugin', { message: 'message' });
+e = new PluginError({ message: 'message', plugin: 'my-plugin' });
+
+// check Error base class
+const f: Error = e;
diff --git a/types/plugin-error/tsconfig.json b/types/plugin-error/tsconfig.json
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+++ b/types/plugin-error/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",
+        "plugin-error-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/plugin-error/tslint.json b/types/plugin-error/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }