diff --git a/config/test-dependencies.json b/config/test-dependencies.json
index 7a4868e2fb..879c04a950 100644
--- a/config/test-dependencies.json
+++ b/config/test-dependencies.json
@@ -28,5 +28,25 @@
     {
         "name": "karma-qunit",
         "framework": "qunit"
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "@types/karma-chai",
+        "framework": "mocha",
+        "projectType": ".ts"
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "@types/mocha",
+        "framework": "mocha",
+        "projectType": ".ts"
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "@types/jasmine",
+        "framework": "jasmine",
+        "projectType": ".ts"
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "@types/qunit",
+        "framework": "qunit",
+        "projectType": ".ts"
     }
 ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/commands/test-init.ts b/lib/commands/test-init.ts
index 5a17fb42f8..fb0985fa65 100644
--- a/lib/commands/test-init.ts
+++ b/lib/commands/test-init.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
-import { TESTING_FRAMEWORKS } from '../constants';
+import { TESTING_FRAMEWORKS, ProjectTypes } from '../constants';
 import { fromWindowsRelativePathToUnix } from '../common/helpers';
 
 class TestInitCommand implements ICommand {
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ class TestInitCommand implements ICommand {
 			this.$errors.fail(`Unknown or unsupported unit testing framework: ${frameworkToInstall}`);
 		}
 
+		const projectFilesExtension = this.$projectData.projectType === ProjectTypes.TsFlavorName || this.$projectData.projectType === ProjectTypes.NgFlavorName ? ".ts" : ".js";
+
 		let modulesToInstall: IDependencyInformation[] = [];
 		try {
 			modulesToInstall = this.$testInitializationService.getDependencies(frameworkToInstall);
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ class TestInitCommand implements ICommand {
 			this.$errors.failWithoutHelp(`Unable to install the unit testing dependencies. Error: '${err.message}'`);
 		}
 
+		modulesToInstall = modulesToInstall.filter(moduleToInstall => !moduleToInstall.projectType || moduleToInstall.projectType === projectFilesExtension);
+
 		for (const mod of modulesToInstall) {
 			let moduleToInstall = mod.name;
 			moduleToInstall += `@${mod.version}`;
@@ -96,16 +100,16 @@ class TestInitCommand implements ICommand {
 		const frameworks = [frameworkToInstall].concat(this.karmaConfigAdditionalFrameworks[frameworkToInstall] || [])
 			.map(fw => `'${fw}'`)
 			.join(', ');
-		const testFiles = `'${fromWindowsRelativePathToUnix(relativeTestsDir)}/**/*.js'`;
+		const testFiles = `'${fromWindowsRelativePathToUnix(relativeTestsDir)}/**/*${projectFilesExtension}'`;
 		const karmaConfTemplate = this.$resources.readText('test/karma.conf.js');
 		const karmaConf = _.template(karmaConfTemplate)({ frameworks, testFiles });
 
 		this.$fs.writeFile(path.join(projectDir, 'karma.conf.js'), karmaConf);
 
-		const exampleFilePath = this.$resources.resolvePath(`test/example.${frameworkToInstall}.js`);
+		const exampleFilePath = this.$resources.resolvePath(`test/example.${frameworkToInstall}${projectFilesExtension}`);
 
 		if (shouldCreateSampleTests && this.$fs.exists(exampleFilePath)) {
-			this.$fs.copyFile(exampleFilePath, path.join(testsDir, 'example.js'));
+			this.$fs.copyFile(exampleFilePath, path.join(testsDir, `example${projectFilesExtension}`));
 			this.$logger.info(`\nExample test file created in ${relativeTestsDir}`.yellow);
 		} else {
 			this.$logger.info(`\nPlace your test files under ${relativeTestsDir}`.yellow);
diff --git a/lib/common/declarations.d.ts b/lib/common/declarations.d.ts
index 5e096b0368..d07d3efd7e 100644
--- a/lib/common/declarations.d.ts
+++ b/lib/common/declarations.d.ts
@@ -1467,6 +1467,7 @@ interface IProcessService {
 interface IDependencyInformation {
 	name: string;
 	version?: string;
+	projectType?: string;
 	excludedPeerDependencies?: string[];
 }
 
diff --git a/resources/test/example.jasmine.ts b/resources/test/example.jasmine.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c31134716f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/test/example.jasmine.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// A sample Jasmine test
+describe("A suite", function() {
+  it("contains spec with an expectation", function() {
+    expect(true).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/resources/test/example.mocha.ts b/resources/test/example.mocha.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a287a2eba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/test/example.mocha.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// A sample Mocha test
+describe('Array', function () {
+	describe('#indexOf()', function () {
+		it('should return -1 when the value is not present', function () {
+			assert.equal(-1, [1, 2, 3].indexOf(5));
+			assert.equal(-1, [1, 2, 3].indexOf(0));
+		});
+	});
+});
diff --git a/resources/test/example.qunit.ts b/resources/test/example.qunit.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6933144e37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/test/example.qunit.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// A sample QUnit test
+QUnit.test("equal test", function (assert) {
+  assert.equal( 0, 0, "Zero, Zero; equal succeeds" );
+  assert.equal( "", 0, "Empty, Zero; equal succeeds" );
+  assert.equal( "", "", "Empty, Empty; equal succeeds" );
+  assert.equal( 0, false, "Zero, false; equal succeeds" );
+});
diff --git a/resources/test/karma.conf.js b/resources/test/karma.conf.js
index 1cc877d6e4..918a6cee93 100644
--- a/resources/test/karma.conf.js
+++ b/resources/test/karma.conf.js
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ module.exports = function(config) {
 
 
     // list of files / patterns to load in the browser
-    files: [
-      ${ testFiles }
-    ],
+    files: [ ${ testFiles } ],
 
 
     // list of files to exclude
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index d3eeb57049..3253e8f14e 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 		"node_modules",
 		"lib/common/node_modules",
 		"scratch",
-		"coverage"
+		"coverage",
+		"resources/test"
 	]
 }