diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ All definitions files include a header with the author and editors, so at some p
 * [jQuery.dataTables](http://www.datatables.net) (by [Armin Sander](https://github.com/pragmatrix))
 * [jQuery.datetimepicker](http://trentrichardson.com/examples/timepicker/) (by [Doug McDonald](https://github.com/dougajmcdonald))
 * [jQuery.dynatree](http://code.google.com/p/dynatree/) (by [François de Campredon](https://github.com/fdecampredon))
+* [jQuery.Fileupload](https://github.com/blueimp/jQuery-File-Upload/) (by [Rob Alarcon](https://github.com/rob-alarcon))
 * [jQuery.Finger](http://ngryman.sh/jquery.finger/) (by [Max Ackley](https://github.com/maxackley))
 * [jQuery.Flot](http://www.flotcharts.org/) (by [Matt Burland](https://github.com/burlandm))
 * [jQuery.form](http://malsup.com/jquery/form/) (by [François Guillot](http://fguillot.developpez.com/))
diff --git a/jquery.fileupload/jquery.fileupload-tests.ts b/jquery.fileupload/jquery.fileupload-tests.ts
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@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/// <reference path="jquery.fileupload.d.ts" />
+
+/* 
+* Handle the event of adding a file to the jQuery Upload plugin.
+*
+*/
+var __handleAddingFile = function (event:any, data:any) 
+{
+    event.preventDefault();
+
+    // [PERFORM VALIDATION]
+    // If the data is valid submit the document
+    data.submit();    
+};
+
+class TestFileInput {
+
+	// The whole body will be the container for this test
+	$el = $('body');
+
+	// Reference to the whole jQueryFileUpload object of the class
+	fileInput:JQueryFileUpload;
+
+	constructor() {
+
+		// The file upload object receives a fileInputOptions configuration object
+		this.fileInput = <JQueryFileUpload>this.$el.fileupload({
+            
+            dataType: 'json',
+
+            // By default, each file of a selection is uploaded using an individual
+            // request for XHR type uploads. Set to false to upload file
+            // selections in one request each:
+            singleFileUploads: true,
+            // To limit the number of files uploaded with one XHR request,
+            // set the following option to an integer greater than 0:
+            limitMultiFileUploads: 1,
+            
+            add: __handleAddingFile
+            
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/jquery.fileupload/jquery.fileupload.d.ts b/jquery.fileupload/jquery.fileupload.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for jQuery File Upload Plugin 5.40.1
+// Project: https://github.com/blueimp/jQuery-File-Upload
+// Definitions by: Rob Alarcon <https://github.com/rob-alarcon/>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/// <reference path="../jquery/jquery.d.ts"/>
+
+
+// Interface options for the plugin 
+interface JQueryFileInputOptions {
+
+	// The drop target element(s), by the default the complete document.
+    // Set to null to disable drag & drop support:
+    dropZone?: HTMLElement;
+
+    // The paste target element(s), by the default the complete document.
+    // Set to null to disable paste support:
+    pasteZone?: HTMLElement;
+
+    // The file input field(s), that are listened to for change events.
+    // If undefined, it is set to the file input fields inside
+    // of the widget element on plugin initialization.
+    // Set to null to disable the change listener.
+    fileInput?: HTMLElement;
+
+    // By default, the file input field is replaced with a clone after
+    // each input field change event. This is required for iframe transport
+    // queues and allows change events to be fired for the same file
+    // selection, but can be disabled by setting the following option to false:
+    replaceFileInput?: boolean;
+
+
+    // The parameter name for the file form data (the request argument name).
+    // If undefined or empty, the name property of the file input field is
+    // used, or "files[]" if the file input name property is also empty,
+    // can be a string or an array of strings:
+    paramName?: any;
+
+    // By default, each file of a selection is uploaded using an individual
+    // request for XHR type uploads. Set to false to upload file
+    // selections in one request each:
+    singleFileUploads?: boolean;
+
+    // To limit the number of files uploaded with one XHR request,
+    // set the following option to an integer greater than 0:
+    limitMultiFileUploads?: number;
+
+    // The following option limits the number of files uploaded with one
+    // XHR request to keep the request size under or equal to the defined
+    // limit in bytes:
+    limitMultiFileUploadSize?: number;
+
+    // Multipart file uploads add a number of bytes to each uploaded file,
+    // therefore the following option adds an overhead for each file used
+    // in the limitMultiFileUploadSize configuration:
+    limitMultiFileUploadSizeOverhead?: number;
+
+    // Set the following option to true to issue all file upload requests
+    // in a sequential order:
+    sequentialUploads?: boolean;
+
+    // To limit the number of concurrent uploads,
+    // set the following option to an integer greater than 0:
+    limitConcurrentUploads?: number;
+
+    // Set the following option to true to force iframe transport uploads:
+    forceIframeTransport?: boolean;
+
+    // Set the following option to the location of a redirect url on the
+    // origin server, for cross-domain iframe transport uploads:
+    redirect?: string;
+
+    // The parameter name for the redirect url, sent as part of the form
+    // data and set to 'redirect' if this option is empty:
+    redirectParamName?: string;
+
+    // Set the following option to the location of a postMessage window,
+    // to enable postMessage transport uploads:
+    postMessage?: string;
+
+    // By default, XHR file uploads are sent as multipart/form-data.
+    // The iframe transport is always using multipart/form-data.
+    // Set to false to enable non-multipart XHR uploads:
+    multipart?: boolean;
+
+    // To upload large files in smaller chunks, set the following option
+    // to a preferred maximum chunk size. If set to 0, null or undefined,
+    // or the browser does not support the required Blob API, files will
+    // be uploaded as a whole.
+    maxChunkSize?: number;
+
+    // When a non-multipart upload or a chunked multipart upload has been
+    // aborted, this option can be used to resume the upload by setting
+    // it to the size of the already uploaded bytes. This option is most
+    // useful when modifying the options object inside of the "add" or
+    // "send" callbacks, as the options are cloned for each file upload.
+    uploadedBytes?: number;
+
+    // By default, failed (abort or error) file uploads are removed from the
+    // global progress calculation. Set the following option to false to
+    // prevent recalculating the global progress data:
+    recalculateProgress?: boolean;
+
+    // Interval in milliseconds to calculate and trigger progress events:
+    progressInterval?: number;
+
+    // Interval in milliseconds to calculate progress bitrate:
+    bitrateInterval?: number;
+
+    // By default, uploads are started automatically when adding files:
+    autoUpload?: boolean;
+
+    // Error and info messages:
+    messages?: any;
+
+    // Translation function, gets the message key to be translated
+    // and an object with context specific data as arguments:
+    i18n?: any;
+
+    // Additional form data to be sent along with the file uploads can be set
+    // using this option, which accepts an array of objects with name and
+    // value properties, a function returning such an array, a FormData
+    // object (for XHR file uploads), or a simple object.
+    // The form of the first fileInput is given as parameter to the function:
+    formData?: any;
+
+    // The add callback is invoked as soon as files are added to the fileupload
+    // widget (via file input selection, drag & drop, paste or add API call).
+    // If the singleFileUploads option is enabled, this callback will be
+    // called once for each file in the selection for XHR file uploads, else
+    // once for each file selection.
+    //
+    // The upload starts when the submit method is invoked on the data parameter.
+    // The data object contains a files property holding the added files
+    // and allows you to override plugin options as well as define ajax settings.
+    //
+    // Listeners for this callback can also be bound the following way:
+    // .bind('fileuploadadd', func);
+    //
+    // data.submit() returns a Promise object and allows to attach additional
+    // handlers using jQuery's Deferred callbacks:
+    // data.submit().done(func).fail(func).always(func);
+    add?: any;
+
+    // The plugin options are used as settings object for the ajax calls.
+    // The following are jQuery ajax settings required for the file uploads:
+    processData?: boolean;
+
+    contentType?: string;
+
+    cache?: boolean;
+
+}
+
+interface JQueryFileUpload {
+
+    contentType:string;
+}
+
+interface JQuery
+{
+    // Interface to the main method of jQuery File Upload
+    fileupload(settings: JQueryFileInputOptions): JQueryFileUpload;
+}
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