diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,12 +11,18 @@
     "dependency injection"
   ],
   "author": "Implab team",
-  "license": "BSD",
+  "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
   "repository": "https://bitbucket.org/implab/implabjs",
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "dojo": "^1.10.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "typescript": "latest",
+    "tape": "latest",
+    "@types/tape": "latest",
+    "requirejs": "latest"
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/ts/dummy.ts b/test/ts/dummy.ts
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ts/dummy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import * as test from 'tape';
+
+test('simple', function(assert){
+    assert.pass("I'm alive");
+});
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diff --git a/typescript.json b/typescript.json
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typescript.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "target": "es5",
+        "module": "amd",
+        "sourceMap": true,
+        "outDir" : "build/test"
+    },
+    "include" : [
+        "test/ts/**/*.ts"
+    ]
+}
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