diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b2149c5cb..d07776600 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ List of Definitions
 * [mCustomScrollbar](https://github.com/malihu/malihu-custom-scrollbar-plugin) (by [Sarah Williams](https://github.com/flurg))
 * [Meteor](https://www.meteor.com) (by [Dave Allen](https://github.com/fullflavedave))
 * [Microsoft Live Connect](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/live/hh243643.aspx) (by [John Vilk](https://github.com/jvilk))
+* [minimist](https://github.com/substack/minimist) (by [Bart van der Schoor](https://github.com/Bartvds))
 * [Modernizr](http://modernizr.com/) (by [Boris Yankov](https://github.com/borisyankov) and [Theodore Brown](https://github.com/theodorejb/))
 * [Moment.js](https://github.com/timrwood/moment) (by [Michael Lakerveld](https://github.com/Lakerfield))
 * [MongoDB](http://mongodb.github.io/node-mongodb-native/) (from TypeScript samples, updated by [Niklas Mollenhauer](https://github.com/nikeee))
diff --git a/minimist/minimist-tests.ts b/minimist/minimist-tests.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b96b7d13a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/minimist/minimist-tests.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/// <reference path="minimist.d.ts" />
+
+import minimist = require('minimist');
+import Opts = minimist.Opts;
+
+var num: string;
+var str: string;
+var strArr: string[];
+var args: string[];
+var obj: Object;
+var opts: Opts;
+
+opts.string = strArr;
+opts.boolean = strArr;
+opts.alias = {
+	foo: strArr
+};
+opts.default = {
+	foo: str
+};
+opts.default = {
+	foo: num
+};
+
+obj = minimist();
+obj = minimist(strArr);
+obj = minimist(strArr, opts);
diff --git a/minimist/minimist.d.ts b/minimist/minimist.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d65e3aac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/minimist/minimist.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Type definitions for minimist 0.0.8
+// Project: https://github.com/substack/minimist
+// Definitions by: Bart van der Schoor <https://github.com/Bartvds>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
+
+declare module 'minimist' {
+	function minimist(args?: string[], opts?: minimist.Opts):Object;
+
+	module minimist {
+		export interface Opts {
+			// a string or array of strings argument names to always treat as strings
+			// string?: string;
+			string?: string[];
+			// a string or array of strings to always treat as booleans
+			// boolean?: string;
+			boolean?: string[];
+			// an object mapping string names to strings or arrays of string argument names to use
+			// alias?: {[key:string]: string};
+			alias?: {[key:string]: string[]};
+			// an object mapping string argument names to default values
+			default?: {[key:string]: any};
+		}
+	}
+
+	export = minimist;
+}