diff --git a/src/typings.ts b/src/typings.ts
index 503ba9bd..4312ab12 100644
--- a/src/typings.ts
+++ b/src/typings.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export function createTypings(moduleName: string|null, programAst: any, options:
   const m = dom.create.module(moduleName || 'moduleName');
 
   if (hasReactClass(ast, reactComponentName)) {
-    m.members.push(dom.create.importNamed('Component', reactImport));
+    m.members.push(dom.create.importNamed(reactComponentName || 'Component', reactImport));
   } else {
     tripleSlashDirectives.push(dom.create.tripleSlashReferenceTypesDirective('react'));
   }
@@ -95,19 +95,29 @@ function createExportedTypes(m: dom.ModuleDeclaration, ast: AstQuery, componentN
   }
 
   if (classComponent) {
-    const classDecl = dom.create.class(componentName);
-    classDecl.baseType = dom.create.interface(`Component<${interf.name}, any>`);
-    classDecl.flags = exportType;
-    classDecl.members.push(dom.create.method('render', [], dom.create.namedTypeReference('JSX.Element')));
-    m.members.push(classDecl);
+    createExportedClassComponent(m, componentName, reactComponentName, exportType, interf);
   } else {
-    const funcDelc = dom.create.function(componentName, propTypes ? [dom.create.parameter('props', interf)] : [],
-      dom.create.namedTypeReference('JSX.Element'));
-    funcDelc.flags = exportType;
-    m.members.push(funcDelc);
+    createExportedFunctionalComponent(m, componentName, propTypes, exportType, interf);
   }
 }
 
+function createExportedClassComponent(m: dom.ModuleDeclaration, componentName: string,
+    reactComponentName: string|undefined, exportType: dom.DeclarationFlags, interf: dom.InterfaceDeclaration): void {
+  const classDecl = dom.create.class(componentName);
+  classDecl.baseType = dom.create.interface(`${reactComponentName || 'Component'}<${interf.name}, any>`);
+  classDecl.flags = exportType;
+  classDecl.members.push(dom.create.method('render', [], dom.create.namedTypeReference('JSX.Element')));
+  m.members.push(classDecl);
+}
+
+function createExportedFunctionalComponent(m: dom.ModuleDeclaration, componentName: string, propTypes: any,
+  exportType: dom.DeclarationFlags, interf: dom.InterfaceDeclaration): void {
+  const funcDelc = dom.create.function(componentName, propTypes ? [dom.create.parameter('props', interf)] : [],
+    dom.create.namedTypeReference('JSX.Element'));
+  funcDelc.flags = exportType;
+  m.members.push(funcDelc);
+}
+
 function createPropTypeTypings(interf: dom.InterfaceDeclaration, ast: AstQuery, propTypes: any,
     importedPropTypes: ImportedPropTypes, options: IOptions): void {
   const res = ast.querySubtree(propTypes, `
@@ -209,7 +219,7 @@ function getReactComponentName(ast: AstQuery): string|undefined {
       /:source StringLiteral[@value == 'react']
     ]
     /:specifiers *[
-      / Identifier[@name == 'Component']
+      / Identifier[@name == 'Component'] || / Identifier[@name == 'PureComponent']
     ]
     /:local Identifier
   `);
diff --git a/tests/parsing-test.ts b/tests/parsing-test.ts
index 198ecab0..b3d37ebf 100644
--- a/tests/parsing-test.ts
+++ b/tests/parsing-test.ts
@@ -111,3 +111,6 @@ test('Parsing should suppport props-types repo (with a default import)', t => {
 test('Parsing should support an SFC with default export babeled to es6', t => {
   compare(t, 'component', 'stateless-export-as-default.js', 'stateless-export-as-default.d.ts');
 });
+test('Parsing should suppport components that extend PureComponent', t => {
+  compare(t, 'component', 'pure-component.jsx', 'pure-component.d.ts');
+});
diff --git a/tests/pure-component.d.ts b/tests/pure-component.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb7b813f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pure-component.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+declare module 'component' {
+  import {PureComponent} from 'react';
+
+  export interface Props {
+    optionalString?: string;
+  }
+
+  export default class extends PureComponent<Props, any> {
+    render(): JSX.Element;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/pure-component.jsx b/tests/pure-component.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..73ae50ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pure-component.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import {PureComponent} from 'react';
+import * as PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+
+export default class extends PureComponent {
+
+    static propTypes = {
+      optionalString: PropTypes.string
+    };
+
+    render() {
+        return (
+            <div></div>
+        );
+    }
+}