diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b454493..ed2c5f4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
     "build-dashboard": "webpack --config config/webpack.config.trader.js --progress --profile --bail",
     "build-all": "npm run build-examples && npm run build-dashboard",
     "build": "npm run clean && npm run mkdirs && npm run build-all && npm run copy",
-    "start": "npm run examples"
+    "start": "npm run examples",
+    "test" : "sh ./ts-tests/runTsTests.sh"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -38,11 +39,13 @@
   "homepage": "http://www.ag-grid.com/",
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "7.3.3",
-    "babel-loader": "8.0.5",
-    "@babel/preset-env": "7.3.1",
-    "@babel/preset-react": "7.0.0",
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties": "7.3.3",
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-function-bind": "7.2.0",
+    "@babel/preset-env": "7.3.1",
+    "@babel/preset-react": "7.0.0",
+    "@types/react": "^16.8.6",
+    "@types/react-dom": "^16.8.2",
+    "babel-loader": "8.0.5",
     "css-loader": "2.1.0",
     "file-loader": "3.0.1",
     "gulp": "3.9.1",
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@
     "prop-types": "15.7.2",
     "rimraf": "2.6.3",
     "style-loader": "0.23.1",
+    "typescript": "^3.3.3333",
     "webpack": "4.29.5",
     "webpack-cli": "3.2.3",
     "webpack-dev-server": "3.2.0"
diff --git a/ts-tests/InvalidGridProperty.tsx b/ts-tests/InvalidGridProperty.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82dd282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts-tests/InvalidGridProperty.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import {AgGridReact} from 'ag-grid-react';
+
+export const App: React.FunctionComponent = () => <AgGridReact invalidProperty columnDefs={[]} rowData={[]}/>;
diff --git a/ts-tests/SimpleFunctionalGrid.tsx b/ts-tests/SimpleFunctionalGrid.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e739f7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts-tests/SimpleFunctionalGrid.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import {AgGridReact} from 'ag-grid-react';
+
+export const App: React.FunctionComponent = () => <AgGridReact columnDefs={[]} rowData={[]}/>;
diff --git a/ts-tests/runTsTests.sh b/ts-tests/runTsTests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5970611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts-tests/runTsTests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# here as a quick ts test for use in the CI
+# in time this will be removed the full battery of tests be moved to a centralised location
+
+error_found=false
+
+# has an invalid property - should complain
+./node_modules/.bin/tsc --target "ES5" --module 'commonjs' --lib esnext,dom --allowSyntheticDefaultImports --jsx 'preserve' --noEmit --strict ts-tests/InvalidGridProperty.tsx &> /dev/null
+if [ $? -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "ag-grid-react grid with invalid property should throw a compiler error"
+    error_found=true
+fi
+
+# a valid grid - no errors should be emitted
+./node_modules/.bin/tsc --target "ES5" --module 'commonjs' --lib esnext,dom --allowSyntheticDefaultImports --jsx 'preserve' --noEmit --strict ts-tests/SimpleFunctionalGrid.tsx &> /dev/null
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "valid ag-grid-react grid should compile"
+    error_found=true
+fi
+
+if [ "$error_found" = true ]; then
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+exit 0