diff --git a/types/xmlhttprequest/index.d.ts b/types/xmlhttprequest/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for xmlhttprequest 1.8
+// Project: https://github.com/driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest
+// Definitions by: Harry Cruse <https://github.com/CruseCtrl>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+type XHR = XMLHttpRequest;
+
+export { XHR as XMLHttpRequest };
diff --git a/types/xmlhttprequest/tsconfig.json b/types/xmlhttprequest/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": ["es6", "dom"],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": ["../"],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": ["index.d.ts", "xmlhttprequest-tests.ts"]
+}
diff --git a/types/xmlhttprequest/tslint.json b/types/xmlhttprequest/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "@definitelytyped/dtslint/dt.json" }
diff --git a/types/xmlhttprequest/xmlhttprequest-tests.ts b/types/xmlhttprequest/xmlhttprequest-tests.ts
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+import { XMLHttpRequest } from 'xmlhttprequest';
+
+const { OPENED, HEADERS_RECEIVED, LOADING, DONE } = XMLHttpRequest;
+
+const x = new XMLHttpRequest();
+x.open('GET', 'https://example.com');