diff --git a/types/react-dev-utils/WebpackDevServerUtils.d.ts b/types/react-dev-utils/WebpackDevServerUtils.d.ts
index fc86c927cd..c0a615091b 100644
--- a/types/react-dev-utils/WebpackDevServerUtils.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-dev-utils/WebpackDevServerUtils.d.ts
@@ -16,25 +16,66 @@ export interface Urls {
  */
 export function choosePort(host: string, defaultPort: number): Promise<number | null>;
 
+export interface CreateCompilerOptions {
+    /**
+     * The name that will be printed to the terminal.
+     */
+    appName: string;
+    /**
+     * The webpack configuration options to be provided to the webpack constructor.
+     */
+    config: webpack.Configuration;
+    /**
+     * To provide the `urls` argument, use `prepareUrls()` described below.
+     */
+    urls: Urls;
+    /**
+     * If `true`; yarn instructions will be emitted in the terminal instead of npm.
+     */
+    useYarn?: boolean;
+    /**
+     * Takes the `require('webpack')` entry point.
+     */
+    webpack: typeof webpack;
+}
+export interface CreateCompilerOptionsTypescript extends CreateCompilerOptions {
+    /**
+     * Required if useTypeScript is `true`.
+     * This is useful when running fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin with `async: true` to
+     * report errors that are emitted after the webpack build is complete.
+     */
+    devSocket: {
+        /**
+         * Called when there are build errors.
+         */
+        errors: (errors: string[]) => void;
+        /**
+         * Called when there are build warnings.
+         */
+        warnings: (warnings: string[]) => void;
+    };
+    /**
+     * If `true`, TypeScript type checking will be enabled.
+     * Be sure to provide the `devSocket` argument above if this is set to `true`.
+     */
+    useTypeScript: boolean;
+}
+
 /**
  * Creates a Webpack compiler instance for WebpackDevServer with built-in
- * helpful messages. Takes the `require('webpack')` entry point.
- * To provide the `urls` argument, use `prepareUrls()` described below.
+ * helpful messages.
  */
-export function createCompiler(opts: {
-    webpack: typeof webpack,
-    config: webpack.Configuration,
-    appName: string,
-    urls: Urls,
-    useYarn: boolean,
-}): webpack.Compiler;
+export function createCompiler(opts: CreateCompilerOptions): webpack.Compiler;
+// if the signatures are merged, TS will not enforce that both useTypeScript and devSocket are provided
+// tslint:disable-next-line:unified-signatures
+export function createCompiler(opts: CreateCompilerOptionsTypescript): webpack.Compiler;
 
 /**
  * Creates a WebpackDevServer `proxy` configuration object from the `proxy`
  * setting in `package.json`.
  */
 export function prepareProxy(
-    proxySetting: any,
+    proxySetting: string | undefined,
     appPublicFolder: string,
 ): WebpackDevServer.ProxyConfigArray;
 
diff --git a/types/react-dev-utils/formatWebpackMessages.d.ts b/types/react-dev-utils/formatWebpackMessages.d.ts
index 769c5f0639..6885d2c88b 100644
--- a/types/react-dev-utils/formatWebpackMessages.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-dev-utils/formatWebpackMessages.d.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ import { Stats } from 'webpack';
  * Extracts and prettifies warning and error messages from webpack
  * [stats](https://github.com/webpack/docs/wiki/node.js-api#stats) object.
  */
-declare function formatWebpackMessages(
-    json: Stats.ToJsonOutput,
-): {
+declare function formatWebpackMessages(json: Stats.ToJsonOutput): {
     errors: string[];
     warnings: string[];
 };
diff --git a/types/react-dev-utils/tsconfig.json b/types/react-dev-utils/tsconfig.json
index 01022ecf4d..72ac8a8a45 100644
--- a/types/react-dev-utils/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/react-dev-utils/tsconfig.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
         "printHostingInstructions.d.ts",
         "WatchMissingNodeModulesPlugin.d.ts",
         "WebpackDevServerUtils.d.ts",
+        "webpackHotDevClient.d.ts",
         "test/eslintFormatter.ts",
         "test/noopServiceWorkerMiddleware.ts",
         "test/utils.ts",
diff --git a/types/react-dev-utils/webpackHotDevClient.d.ts b/types/react-dev-utils/webpackHotDevClient.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69c1b30975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/react-dev-utils/webpackHotDevClient.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/** This is an alternative client for WebpackDevServer that shows a syntax error overlay. */
+export {};
+
+// Note - this file doesn't actually export anything