diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 57026783..a8b67aca 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -61,5 +61,10 @@ typings/
 # dotenv environment variables file
 .env
 
+# IDEs and editors
+.idea
+
+#Dist folders
+dist/
 
 # End of https://www.gitignore.io/api/node
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index dc4a86fd..439044b1 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
 const { Reference }                                       = require('./lib/reference');
 const { parseQualifiedName, parseQualifiedNameOptimized, parseFamiliarName, parseAll } = require('./lib/parsers');
 
-Object.assign(exports, {
-    Reference,
-    parseQualifiedName,
-    parseQualifiedNameOptimized,
-    parseFamiliarName,
-    parseAll
-});
+// please export like this to work fine with typescript definitions
+exports.Reference = Reference;
+exports.parseQualifiedName = parseQualifiedName;
+exports.parseQualifiedNameOptimized = parseQualifiedNameOptimized;
+exports.parseFamiliarName = parseFamiliarName;
+exports.parseAll = parseAll;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 351d5598..3f789ac9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 {
   "name": "@codefresh-io/docker-reference",
-  "version": "0.0.8",
-  "description": "A node.js pacakge to parse docker image reference",
+  "version": "0.0.9",
+  "description": "A node.js package to parse docker image reference",
   "main": "index.js",
+  "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
   "repository": "https://github.com/codefresh-io/node-docker-reference",
   "author": "Roy Shmueli <roy@codefresh.io>",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -11,11 +12,13 @@
     "test:coverage": "istanbul cover ./node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha --report lcovonly -- tests/**/*.spec.js",
     "lint": "eslint --rule 'no-trailing-spaces: [\"warn\", { \"skipBlankLines\": false }]' \"./src/**/*.js\"",
     "coveralls": "cat ./coverage/lcov.info | coveralls",
-    "depcheck": "depcheck --ignores rimraf",
+    "depcheck": "depcheck --ignores='rimraf,@types/*'",
     "clean": "rimraf ./coverage",
-    "publish": "publish"
+    "build:ts-definitions": "tsc",
+    "publish": "yarn build:definitions && publish"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/node": "^16.11.12",
     "chai": "^3.5.0",
     "coveralls": "^2.13.1",
     "depcheck": "^0.6.7",
@@ -28,7 +31,8 @@
     "istanbul": "^0.4.5",
     "mocha": "^3.4.2",
     "publish": "^0.6.0",
-    "rimraf": "^2.6.1"
+    "rimraf": "^2.6.1",
+    "typescript": "^4.5.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "re2": "^1.16.0"
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e962b9bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "include": ["./index.js"],
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "declarationMap": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 035326d5..0a9dcccc 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@tootallnate/once/-/once-1.1.2.tgz#ccb91445360179a04e7fe6aff78c00ffc1eeaf82"
   integrity sha512-RbzJvlNzmRq5c3O09UipeuXno4tA1FE6ikOjxZK0tuxVv3412l64l5t1W5pj4+rJq9vpkm/kwiR07aZXnsKPxw==
 
+"@types/node@^16.11.12":
+  version "16.11.12"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-16.11.12.tgz#ac7fb693ac587ee182c3780c26eb65546a1a3c10"
+  integrity sha512-+2Iggwg7PxoO5Kyhvsq9VarmPbIelXP070HMImEpbtGCoyWNINQj4wzjbQCXzdHTRXnqufutJb5KAURZANNBAw==
+
 abbrev@1, abbrev@1.0.x, abbrev@~1.0.9:
   version "1.0.9"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/abbrev/-/abbrev-1.0.9.tgz#91b4792588a7738c25f35dd6f63752a2f8776135"
@@ -2919,6 +2924,11 @@ typedarray@^0.0.6:
   version "0.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typedarray/-/typedarray-0.0.6.tgz#867ac74e3864187b1d3d47d996a78ec5c8830777"
 
+typescript@^4.5.3:
+  version "4.5.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-4.5.3.tgz#afaa858e68c7103317d89eb90c5d8906268d353c"
+  integrity sha512-eVYaEHALSt+s9LbvgEv4Ef+Tdq7hBiIZgii12xXJnukryt3pMgJf6aKhoCZ3FWQsu6sydEnkg11fYXLzhLBjeQ==
+
 uglify-js@^2.6:
   version "2.8.27"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uglify-js/-/uglify-js-2.8.27.tgz#47787f912b0f242e5b984343be8e35e95f694c9c"