diff --git a/mustache/mustache-tests.ts b/mustache/mustache-tests.ts
index 744e85585..9b42131ef 100644
--- a/mustache/mustache-tests.ts
+++ b/mustache/mustache-tests.ts
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@ var output = Mustache.render("{{title}} spends {{calc}}", view);
 
 var person;
 var template = "<h1>{{firstName}} {{lastName}}</h1>Blog: {{blogURL}}";
-var html = Mustache.to_html(template, person);
\ No newline at end of file
+var html = Mustache.to_html(template, person);
+
+var writer = Mustache.compile(template);
+var writerOutput = writer(view);
diff --git a/mustache/mustache.d.ts b/mustache/mustache.d.ts
index 1bc1a6cdd..c1be75afd 100644
--- a/mustache/mustache.d.ts
+++ b/mustache/mustache.d.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ interface MustacheContext {
 }
 
 interface MustacheWriter {
+    (view: any): string;
     clearCache();
     compile(template: string, tags);
     compilePartial(name, template, tags);
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ interface MustacheStatic {
 
     parse(template: string, tags);
     clearCache(): MustacheWriter;
+    compile(template: string): MustacheWriter;
     compile(template: string, tags): MustacheWriter;
     compilePartial(name: string, template: string, tags): MustacheWriter;
     compileTokens(tokens, template: string): MustacheWriter;