diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b468394..dff81bf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "react-scripts start",
-    "build": "rollup -c -o build/react-easy-edit.min.js",
+    "build": "yarn run tsc && rollup -c -o build/react-easy-edit.min.js",
     "test": "react-scripts test",
     "coverage": "react-scripts test --coverage --watchAll=false",
-    "prepublish": "yarn build"
+    "prepublish": "yarn build",
+    "tsc": "tsc"
   },
   "main": "build/react-easy-edit.min.js",
   "repository": {
@@ -68,6 +69,10 @@
     "react-scripts": "^5.0.1",
     "rollup": "2.53.3",
     "rollup-plugin-postcss": "^4.0.2",
-    "rollup-plugin-terser": "^7.0.2"
+    "rollup-plugin-terser": "^7.0.2",
+    "typescript": "^4.9.5"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@types/estree": "^1.0.5"
   }
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcde4ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  // Change this to match your project
+  "include": ["src/lib/*"],
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
+    "outDir": "build/types",
+    "declarationMap": true
+  }
+}
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