diff --git a/angularjs/angular-tests.ts b/angularjs/angular-tests.ts
index 500cb0b4f..6a6892f57 100644
--- a/angularjs/angular-tests.ts
+++ b/angularjs/angular-tests.ts
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ module HttpAndRegularPromiseTests {
     }
 }
 
-// Test for AngularJS Syntac
+// Test for AngularJS Syntax
 
 module My.Namespace {
     export var x; // need to export something for module to kick in    
@@ -210,3 +210,10 @@ foo.then((x) => {
     // x is infered to be a number, which is the resolved value of a promise 
     x.toFixed();
 });
+
+
+// angular.element() tests
+var element = angular.element("div.myApp");
+var scope: ng.IScope = element.scope();
+
+
diff --git a/angularjs/angular.d.ts b/angularjs/angular.d.ts
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index cf01c8521..429a79b48
--- a/angularjs/angular.d.ts
+++ b/angularjs/angular.d.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ declare module ng {
         bootstrap(element: JQuery, modules?: any[]): auto.IInjectorService;
         bootstrap(element: Element, modules?: any[]): auto.IInjectorService;
         copy(source: any, destination?: any): any;
-        element: JQueryStatic;
+        element: IAugmentedJQueryStatic;
         equals(value1: any, value2: any): boolean;
         extend(destination: any, ...sources: any[]): any;
         forEach(obj: any, iterator: (value: any, key: any) => any, context?: any): any;
@@ -669,6 +669,38 @@ declare module ng {
         compile?: Function;
     }
 
+    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    // angular.element
+    // when calling angular.element, angular returns a jQuery object,
+    // augmented with additional methods like e.g. scope.
+    // see: http://docs.angularjs.org/api/angular.element
+    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    interface IAugmentedJQueryStatic extends JQueryStatic {
+        (selector: string, context?: any): IAugmentedJQuery;
+        (element: Element): IAugmentedJQuery;
+        (object: {}): IAugmentedJQuery;
+        (elementArray: Element[]): IAugmentedJQuery;
+        (object: JQuery): IAugmentedJQuery;
+        (func: Function): IAugmentedJQuery;
+        (array: any[]): IAugmentedJQuery;
+        (): IAugmentedJQuery;
+    }
+
+    interface IAugmentedJQuery extends JQuery {
+        // TODO: events, how to define?
+        //$destroy
+
+        controller(name: string): any;
+        injector(): any;
+        scope(): IScope;
+
+        inheritedData(key: string, value: any): JQuery;
+        inheritedData(obj: { [key: string]: any; }): JQuery;
+        inheritedData(key?: string): any;
+
+
+    }
+
 
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // AUTO module (angular.js)