diff --git a/buffer-equal/buffer-equal-tests.ts b/buffer-equal/buffer-equal-tests.ts
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+/// <reference path="buffer-equal.d.ts" />
+
+import bufferEqual = require('buffer-equal');
+
+var bool: boolean;
+var buf: NodeBuffer;
+
+bool = bufferEqual(buf, buf);
diff --git a/buffer-equal/buffer-equal.d.ts b/buffer-equal/buffer-equal.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for buffer-equal 1.0 0
+// Project: https://github.com/chaijs/assertion-error
+// Definitions by: Bart van der Schoor <https://github.com/Bartvds>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/// <reference path="../node/node.d.ts" />
+
+declare module 'buffer-equal' {
+	function bufferEqual(actual:NodeBuffer, expected:NodeBuffer): boolean;
+	export = bufferEqual;
+}