diff --git a/types/wordpress__element/index.d.ts b/types/wordpress__element/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for @wordpress/element 2.4
+// Project: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/master/packages/element/README.md
+// Definitions by: Derek Sifford <https://github.com/dsifford>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 3.4
+
+import * as R from "react";
+import * as RD from "react-dom";
+
+declare global {
+    namespace React {
+        //
+        // ReactDOM re-exports
+        //
+        const createPortal: typeof RD.createPortal;
+        const findDOMNode: typeof RD.findDOMNode;
+        const render: typeof RD.render;
+        const unmountComponentAtNode: typeof RD.unmountComponentAtNode;
+
+        /**
+         * Component used as equivalent of Fragment with unescaped HTML, in cases where
+         * it is desirable to render dangerous HTML without needing a wrapper element.
+         * To preserve additional props, a `div` wrapper _will_ be created if any props
+         * aside from `children` are passed.
+         *
+         * @param props.children - HTML to render.
+         *
+         * @return Dangerously-rendering element.
+         */
+        function RawHTML(
+            props: { children: string } & HTMLProps<HTMLDivElement>
+        ): JSX.Element;
+
+        /**
+         * Checks if the provided WP element is empty.
+         *
+         * @param element - WP element to check.
+         * @return True when an element is considered empty.
+         */
+        function isEmptyElement(element: ReactNode): boolean;
+
+        /**
+         * Serializes a React element to string.
+         *
+         * @param element       - Element to serialize.
+         * @param context       - Context object.
+         * @param legacyContext - Legacy context object.
+         *
+         * @return Serialized element.
+         */
+        function renderToString(
+            element: ReactNode,
+            context?: any,
+            legacyContext?: any
+        ): string;
+    }
+}
+
+export = React;
diff --git a/types/wordpress__element/package.json b/types/wordpress__element/package.json
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+{
+    "private": true,
+    "dependencies": {
+        "csstype": "^2.2.0"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/types/wordpress__element/tsconfig.json b/types/wordpress__element/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": ["es6", "dom"],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": ["../"],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+        "paths": {
+            "@wordpress/element": ["wordpress__element"]
+        }
+    },
+    "files": ["index.d.ts", "wordpress__element-tests.ts"]
+}
diff --git a/types/wordpress__element/tslint.json b/types/wordpress__element/tslint.json
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+++ b/types/wordpress__element/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }
diff --git a/types/wordpress__element/wordpress__element-tests.ts b/types/wordpress__element/wordpress__element-tests.ts
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+import * as WPElement from "@wordpress/element";
+
+const testElement = WPElement.createElement(
+    "div",
+    { className: "foobar" },
+    "hello world"
+);
+
+WPElement.createRef();
+
+WPElement.createPortal(testElement, document.createElement("div"));
+
+WPElement.findDOMNode(null);
+
+WPElement.render(testElement, document.createElement("div"));
+
+WPElement.unmountComponentAtNode(document.createElement("div"));
+
+WPElement.RawHTML({ children: "<h1>Hello world</h1>" });
+
+WPElement.isEmptyElement("hello world");
+
+WPElement.renderToString(WPElement.createElement("div", {}, "hello world"));