diff --git a/marionette/marionette-tests.ts b/marionette/marionette-tests.ts
index eec2db8a4..c75837810 100644
--- a/marionette/marionette-tests.ts
+++ b/marionette/marionette-tests.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,17 @@ module Marionette.Tests {
         }
     }
 
+    class MyBaseView extends Marionette.View<MyModel> {
+
+      constructor() {
+        super();
+        this.triggers = {
+          'click .foo': 'bar'
+        };
+      }
+
+    }
+
     class MyView extends Marionette.ItemView<MyModel> {
         behaviors: any;
 
@@ -298,4 +309,4 @@ module Marionette.Tests {
         });
 
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/marionette/marionette.d.ts b/marionette/marionette.d.ts
index 397da6fab..40c0f6775 100644
--- a/marionette/marionette.d.ts
+++ b/marionette/marionette.d.ts
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ declare module Marionette {
          * Regions that are attached to the document when you execute show are 
          * special in that the views that they show will also become attached 
          * to the document. These regions fire a pair of triggerMethods on all 
-         * of the views that are about to be attached – even the nested ones. 
+         * of the views that are about to be attached � even the nested ones. 
          * This can cause a performance issue if you're rendering hundreds or 
          * thousands of views at once.
          * If you think these events might be causing some lag in your app, you 
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ declare module Marionette {
          * Regions that are attached to the document when you execute show are 
          * special in that the views that they show will also become attached 
          * to the document. These regions fire a pair of triggerMethods on all 
-         * of the views that are about to be attached – even the nested ones. 
+         * of the views that are about to be attached � even the nested ones. 
          * This can cause a performance issue if you're rendering hundreds or 
          * thousands of views at once.
          * If you think these events might be causing some lag in your app, you 
@@ -677,6 +677,12 @@ declare module Marionette {
          */
         behaviors: any;
 
+        /**
+         * Defines `triggers` to forward DOM events to view
+         * events. `triggers: {"click .foo": "do:foo"}`
+         */
+        triggers:{[key:string]:any};
+
         /**
          * A configuration hash for models. The left side is the event on 
          * the model, and the right side is the name of the