diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index ad6973eb71..3a8413fad9 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ export function combineReducers<S>(reducers: ReducersMapObject): Reducer<S>;
  * transform, delay, ignore, or otherwise interpret actions or async actions
  * before passing them to the next middleware.
  */
-export type Dispatch = (action: any) => any;
+export interface Dispatch<S> {
+    <A extends Action>(action: A): A;
+}
 
 /**
  * Function to remove listener added by `Store.subscribe()`.
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ export interface Store<S> {
    * Note that, if you use a custom middleware, it may wrap `dispatch()` to
    * return something else (for example, a Promise you can await).
    */
-  dispatch: Dispatch;
+  dispatch: Dispatch<S>;
 
   /**
    * Reads the state tree managed by the store.
@@ -251,7 +253,7 @@ export const createStore: StoreCreator;
 /* middleware */
 
 export interface MiddlewareAPI<S> {
-  dispatch: Dispatch;
+  dispatch: Dispatch<S>;
   getState(): S;
 }
 
@@ -265,7 +267,7 @@ export interface MiddlewareAPI<S> {
  * asynchronous API call into a series of synchronous actions.
  */
 export interface Middleware {
-  <S>(api: MiddlewareAPI<S>): (next: Dispatch) => (action: any) => any;
+  <S>(api: MiddlewareAPI<S>): (next: Dispatch<S>) => Dispatch<S>;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -337,19 +339,19 @@ export interface ActionCreatorsMapObject {
  *   creator wrapped into the `dispatch` call. If you passed a function as
  *   `actionCreator`, the return value will also be a single function.
  */
-export function bindActionCreators<A extends ActionCreator<any>>(actionCreator: A, dispatch: Dispatch): A;
+export function bindActionCreators<A extends ActionCreator<any>>(actionCreator: A, dispatch: Dispatch<any>): A;
 
 export function bindActionCreators<
   A extends ActionCreator<any>,
   B extends ActionCreator<any>
-  >(actionCreator: A, dispatch: Dispatch): B;
+  >(actionCreator: A, dispatch: Dispatch<any>): B;
 
-export function bindActionCreators<M extends ActionCreatorsMapObject>(actionCreators: M, dispatch: Dispatch): M;
+export function bindActionCreators<M extends ActionCreatorsMapObject>(actionCreators: M, dispatch: Dispatch<any>): M;
 
 export function bindActionCreators<
   M extends ActionCreatorsMapObject,
   N extends ActionCreatorsMapObject
-  >(actionCreators: M, dispatch: Dispatch): N;
+  >(actionCreators: M, dispatch: Dispatch<any>): N;
 
 
 /* compose */
diff --git a/test/typescript/actionCreators.ts b/test/typescript/actionCreators.ts
index 77daa9d739..c3eac83b00 100644
--- a/test/typescript/actionCreators.ts
+++ b/test/typescript/actionCreators.ts
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ const addTodo: ActionCreator<AddTodoAction> = (text: string) => ({
 
 const addTodoAction: AddTodoAction = addTodo('test');
 
-type AddTodoThunk = (dispatch: Dispatch) => AddTodoAction;
+type AddTodoThunk = (dispatch: Dispatch<any>) => AddTodoAction;
 
 const addTodoViaThunk: ActionCreator<AddTodoThunk> = (text: string) =>
-  (dispatch: Dispatch) => ({
+  (dispatch: Dispatch<any>) => ({
     type: 'ADD_TODO',
     text
   })
 
-declare const dispatch: Dispatch;
+declare const dispatch: Dispatch<any>;
 
 const boundAddTodo = bindActionCreators(addTodo, dispatch);
 
diff --git a/test/typescript/dispatch.ts b/test/typescript/dispatch.ts
index b589592f1b..bc54b17fb9 100644
--- a/test/typescript/dispatch.ts
+++ b/test/typescript/dispatch.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 import {Dispatch, Action} from "../../index.d.ts";
 
 
-declare const dispatch: Dispatch;
-
+declare const dispatch: Dispatch<any>;
 
 const dispatchResult: Action = dispatch({type: 'TYPE'});
 
-
-type Thunk<O> = () => O;
+// thunk
+declare module "../../index.d.ts" {
+    export interface Dispatch<S> {
+        <R>(asyncAction: (dispatch: Dispatch<S>, getState: () => S) => R): R;
+    }
+}
 
 const dispatchThunkResult: number = dispatch(() => 42);
+const dispatchedTimerId: number = dispatch(d => setTimeout(() => d({type: 'TYPE'}), 1000));
diff --git a/test/typescript/middleware.ts b/test/typescript/middleware.ts
index d5738dc844..5111873df9 100644
--- a/test/typescript/middleware.ts
+++ b/test/typescript/middleware.ts
@@ -3,21 +3,26 @@ import {
   applyMiddleware, createStore, Dispatch, Reducer, Action
 } from "../../index.d.ts";
 
+declare module "../../index.d.ts" {
+    export interface Dispatch<S> {
+        <R>(asyncAction: (dispatch: Dispatch<S>, getState: () => S) => R): R;
+    }
+}
 
-type Thunk<S, O> = (dispatch: Dispatch, getState?: () => S) => O;
+type Thunk<S, O> = (dispatch: Dispatch<S>, getState: () => S) => O;
 
 const thunkMiddleware: Middleware =
   <S>({dispatch, getState}: MiddlewareAPI<S>) =>
-    (next: Dispatch) =>
-      <A, B>(action: A | Thunk<S, B>): B =>
+    (next: Dispatch<S>) =>
+      <A extends Action, B>(action: A | Thunk<S, B>): B|Action =>
         typeof action === 'function' ?
           (<Thunk<S, B>>action)(dispatch, getState) :
-          <B>next(<A>action)
+          next(<A>action)
 
 
 const loggerMiddleware: Middleware =
   <S>({getState}: MiddlewareAPI<S>) =>
-    (next: Dispatch) =>
+    (next: Dispatch<S>) =>
       (action: any): any => {
         console.log('will dispatch', action)
 
@@ -47,7 +52,7 @@ const storeWithThunkMiddleware = createStore(
 );
 
 storeWithThunkMiddleware.dispatch(
-  (dispatch: Dispatch, getState: () => State) => {
+  (dispatch, getState) => {
     const todos: string[] = getState().todos;
     dispatch({type: 'ADD_TODO'})
   }