diff --git a/packages/core/jsx.d.ts b/packages/core/jsx.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7110a11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/jsx.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+declare namespace JSX {
+  interface Element {}
+  interface ElementClass {
+    render(props: any, slots: any, attrs: any): any
+  }
+  interface ElementAttributesProperty {
+    $props: {}
+  }
+  interface IntrinsicElements {
+    [name: string]: any
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/component.ts b/packages/core/src/component.ts
index 394bf984..984693d1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/component.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/component.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ import { nextTick } from '@vue/scheduler'
 import { ErrorTypes } from './errorHandling'
 import { initializeComponentInstance } from './componentUtils'
 
-export interface ComponentClass<P = {}> extends ComponentClassOptions {
+export interface ComponentClass extends ComponentClassOptions {
   options?: ComponentOptions
-  new <P = {}, D = {}>(props?: P): MergedComponent<P, D>
+  new <P = {}, D = {}>(): MergedComponent<P, D>
 }
 
 export type MergedComponent<P, D> = D & P & ComponentInstance<P, D>
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ class InternalComponent {
   public _events: { [event: string]: Function[] | null } | null = null
   public _updateHandle: Autorun | null = null
   public _queueJob: ((fn: () => void) => void) | null = null
-  public _revokeProxy: () => void
   public _isVue: boolean = true
   public _inactiveRoot: boolean = false
 
diff --git a/packages/renderer-dom/jsx.d.ts b/packages/renderer-dom/jsx.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c66a0166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/renderer-dom/jsx.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,763 @@
+// This code is based on https://github.com/wonderful-panda/vue-tsx-support
+// published under the MIT license.
+// Copyright by @wonderful-panda
+//
+// which is in turn based on the react definition in DefinitelyTyped
+// published under the MIT license.
+//      Repository: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+//      Path in the repository: types/react/v15/index.d.ts
+//
+// Copyrights of original definition are:
+//      Asana <https://asana.com>
+//      AssureSign <http://www.assuresign.com>
+//      Microsoft <https://microsoft.com>
+//      John Reilly <https://github.com/johnnyreilly/>
+//      Benoit Benezech <https://github.com/bbenezech>
+//      Patricio Zavolinsky <https://github.com/pzavolinsky>
+//      Digiguru <https://github.com/digiguru>
+//      Eric Anderson <https://github.com/ericanderson>
+//      Albert Kurniawan <https://github.com/morcerf>
+//      Tanguy Krotoff <https://github.com/tkrotoff>
+//      Dovydas Navickas <https://github.com/DovydasNavickas>
+//      Stéphane Goetz <https://github.com/onigoetz>
+
+interface HTMLAttributes {
+  class?: any
+  style?: string | { [key: string]: string | number }
+  accesskey?: string
+  contenteditable?: boolean
+  contextmenu?: string
+  dir?: string
+  disabled?: boolean
+  draggable?: boolean
+  hidden?: boolean
+  id?: string
+  lang?: string
+  spellcheck?: boolean
+  tabindex?: number
+  title?: string
+
+  role?: string
+}
+
+interface AnchorHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  download?: any
+  href?: string
+  hreflang?: string
+  media?: string
+  rel?: string
+  target?: string
+}
+
+interface AreaHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  alt?: string
+  coord?: string
+  download?: any
+  href?: string
+  hreflang?: string
+  media?: string
+  rel?: string
+  shape?: string
+  target?: string
+}
+
+interface AudioHTMLAttributes extends MediaHTMLAttributes {}
+
+interface BaseHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  href?: string
+  target?: string
+}
+
+interface BlockquoteHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  cite?: string
+}
+
+interface ButtonHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  autofocus?: boolean
+  disabled?: boolean
+  form?: string
+  formaction?: string
+  formenctype?: string
+  formmethod?: string
+  formnovalidate?: boolean
+  formtarget?: string
+  name?: string
+  type?: string
+  value?: string | string[] | number
+}
+
+interface CanvasHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  height?: number | string
+  width?: number | string
+}
+
+interface ColHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  span?: number
+}
+
+interface ColgroupHTMLAttributes extends ColHTMLAttributes {}
+
+interface DetailsHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  open?: boolean
+}
+
+interface DelHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  cite?: string
+  datetime?: string
+}
+
+interface EmbedHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  height?: number | string
+  src?: string
+  type?: string
+  width?: number | string
+}
+
+interface FieldsetHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  disabled?: boolean
+  form?: string
+  name?: string
+}
+
+interface FormHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  acceptcharset?: string
+  action?: string
+  autocomplete?: string
+  enctype?: string
+  method?: string
+  name?: string
+  novalidate?: boolean
+  target?: string
+}
+
+interface HtmlHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  manifest?: string
+}
+
+interface IframeHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  allowfullscreen?: boolean
+  allowtransparency?: boolean
+  frameborder?: number | string
+  height?: number | string
+  marginheight?: number
+  marginwidth?: number
+  name?: string
+  sandbox?: string
+  scrolling?: string
+  seamless?: boolean
+  src?: string
+  srcdoc?: string
+  width?: number | string
+}
+
+interface ImgHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  alt?: string
+  height?: number | string
+  sizes?: string
+  src?: string
+  srcset?: string
+  usemap?: string
+  width?: number | string
+}
+
+interface InsHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  cite?: string
+  datetime?: string
+}
+
+interface InputHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  accept?: string
+  alt?: string
+  autocomplete?: string
+  autofocus?: boolean
+  capture?: boolean // https://www.w3.org/tr/html-media-capture/#the-capture-attribute
+  checked?: boolean
+  crossorigin?: string
+  disabled?: boolean
+  form?: string
+  formaction?: string
+  formenctype?: string
+  formmethod?: string
+  formnovalidate?: boolean
+  formtarget?: string
+  height?: number | string
+  list?: string
+  max?: number | string
+  maxlength?: number
+  min?: number | string
+  minlength?: number
+  multiple?: boolean
+  name?: string
+  pattern?: string
+  placeholder?: string
+  readonly?: boolean
+  required?: boolean
+  size?: number
+  src?: string
+  step?: number | string
+  type?: string
+  value?: string | string[] | number
+  width?: number | string
+}
+
+interface KeygenHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  autofocus?: boolean
+  challenge?: string
+  disabled?: boolean
+  form?: string
+  keytype?: string
+  keyparams?: string
+  name?: string
+}
+
+interface LabelHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  form?: string
+  htmlfor?: string
+}
+
+interface LiHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  value?: string | string[] | number
+}
+
+interface LinkHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  href?: string
+  hreflang?: string
+  integrity?: string
+  media?: string
+  rel?: string
+  sizes?: string
+  type?: string
+}
+
+interface MapHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  name?: string
+}
+
+interface MenuHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  type?: string
+}
+
+interface MediaHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  autoplay?: boolean
+  controls?: boolean
+  crossorigin?: string
+  loop?: boolean
+  mediagroup?: string
+  muted?: boolean
+  preload?: string
+  src?: string
+}
+
+interface MetaHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  charset?: string
+  content?: string
+  httpequiv?: string
+  name?: string
+}
+
+interface MeterHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  form?: string
+  high?: number
+  low?: number
+  max?: number | string
+  min?: number | string
+  optimum?: number
+  value?: string | string[] | number
+}
+
+interface QuoteHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  cite?: string
+}
+
+interface ObjectHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  classid?: string
+  data?: string
+  form?: string
+  height?: number | string
+  name?: string
+  type?: string
+  usemap?: string
+  width?: number | string
+  wmode?: string
+}
+
+interface OlHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  reversed?: boolean
+  start?: number
+}
+
+interface OptgroupHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  disabled?: boolean
+  label?: string
+}
+
+interface OptionHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  disabled?: boolean
+  label?: string
+  selected?: boolean
+  value?: string | string[] | number
+}
+
+interface OutputHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  form?: string
+  htmlfor?: string
+  name?: string
+}
+
+interface ParamHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  name?: string
+  value?: string | string[] | number
+}
+
+interface ProgressHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  max?: number | string
+  value?: string | string[] | number
+}
+
+interface ScriptHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  async?: boolean
+  charset?: string
+  crossorigin?: string
+  defer?: boolean
+  integrity?: string
+  nonce?: string
+  src?: string
+  type?: string
+}
+
+interface SelectHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  autofocus?: boolean
+  disabled?: boolean
+  form?: string
+  multiple?: boolean
+  name?: string
+  required?: boolean
+  size?: number
+  value?: string | string[] | number
+}
+
+interface SourceHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  media?: string
+  sizes?: string
+  src?: string
+  srcset?: string
+  type?: string
+}
+
+interface StyleHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  media?: string
+  nonce?: string
+  scoped?: boolean
+  type?: string
+}
+
+interface TableHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  cellpadding?: number | string
+  cellspacing?: number | string
+  summary?: string
+}
+
+interface TextareaHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  autocomplete?: string
+  autofocus?: boolean
+  cols?: number
+  dirname?: string
+  disabled?: boolean
+  form?: string
+  maxlength?: number
+  minlength?: number
+  name?: string
+  placeholder?: string
+  readonly?: boolean
+  required?: boolean
+  rows?: number
+  value?: string | string[] | number
+  wrap?: string
+}
+
+interface TdHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  colspan?: number
+  headers?: string
+  rowspan?: number
+}
+
+interface ThHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  colspan?: number
+  headers?: string
+  rowspan?: number
+  scope?: string
+}
+
+interface TimeHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  datetime?: string
+}
+
+interface TrackHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  default?: boolean
+  kind?: string
+  label?: string
+  src?: string
+  srclang?: string
+}
+
+interface VideoHTMLAttributes extends MediaHTMLAttributes {
+  height?: number | string
+  playsinline?: boolean
+  poster?: string
+  width?: number | string
+}
+
+interface AllHTMLAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+  accept?: string
+  acceptcharset?: string
+  action?: boolean
+  allowfullscreen?: boolean
+  allowtransparency?: boolean
+  alt?: string
+  async?: boolean
+  autocomplete?: string
+  autofocus?: boolean
+  autoplay?: boolean
+  capture?: boolean // https://www.w3.org/tr/html-media-capture/#the-capture-attribute
+  cellpadding?: number | string
+  cellspacing?: number | string
+  challenge?: string
+  charset?: string
+  checked?: boolean
+  cite?: string
+  classid?: string
+  cols?: number
+  colspan?: number
+  content?: string
+  controls?: boolean
+  coord?: string
+  crossorigin?: string
+  data?: string
+  datetime?: string
+  default?: boolean
+  defer?: boolean
+  dirname?: string
+  disabled?: boolean
+  download?: any
+  enctype?: string
+  form?: string
+  formaction?: string
+  formenctype?: string
+  formmethod?: string
+  formnovalidate?: boolean
+  formtarget?: string
+  frameborder?: number | string
+  headers?: string
+  height?: number | string
+  high?: number
+  href?: string
+  hreflang?: string
+  htmlfor?: string
+  httpequiv?: string
+  integrity?: string
+  keyparams?: string
+  keytype?: string
+  kind?: string
+  label?: string
+  list?: string
+  loop?: boolean
+  low?: number
+  manifest?: string
+  marginheight?: number
+  marginwidth?: number
+  max?: number | string
+  maxlength?: number
+  media?: string
+  mediagroup?: string
+  method?: string
+  min?: number | string
+  minlength?: number
+  multiple?: boolean
+  muted?: boolean
+  name?: string
+  nonce?: string
+  novalidate?: boolean
+  open?: boolean
+  optimum?: number
+  pattern?: string
+  placeholder?: string
+  playsinline?: boolean
+  poster?: string
+  preload?: string
+  readonly?: boolean
+  rel?: string
+  required?: boolean
+  reversed?: boolean
+  rows?: number
+  rowspan?: number
+  sandbox?: string
+  scope?: string
+  scoped?: boolean
+  scrolling?: string
+  seamless?: boolean
+  selected?: boolean
+  shape?: string
+  size?: number
+  sizes?: string
+  span?: number
+  src?: string
+  srcdoc?: string
+  srclang?: string
+  srcset?: string
+  start?: number
+  step?: number | string
+  summary?: string
+  target?: string
+  type?: string
+  usemap?: string
+  value?: string | string[] | number
+  width?: number | string
+  wmode?: string
+  wrap?: string
+}
+
+interface IntrinsicElementAttributes {
+  a: AnchorHTMLAttributes
+  abbr: HTMLAttributes
+  address: HTMLAttributes
+  area: AreaHTMLAttributes
+  article: HTMLAttributes
+  aside: HTMLAttributes
+  audio: AudioHTMLAttributes
+  b: HTMLAttributes
+  base: BaseHTMLAttributes
+  bdi: HTMLAttributes
+  bdo: HTMLAttributes
+  big: HTMLAttributes
+  blockquote: BlockquoteHTMLAttributes
+  body: HTMLAttributes
+  br: HTMLAttributes
+  button: ButtonHTMLAttributes
+  canvas: CanvasHTMLAttributes
+  caption: HTMLAttributes
+  cite: HTMLAttributes
+  code: HTMLAttributes
+  col: ColHTMLAttributes
+  colgroup: ColgroupHTMLAttributes
+  data: HTMLAttributes
+  datalist: HTMLAttributes
+  dd: HTMLAttributes
+  del: DelHTMLAttributes
+  details: DetailsHTMLAttributes
+  dfn: HTMLAttributes
+  dialog: HTMLAttributes
+  div: HTMLAttributes
+  dl: HTMLAttributes
+  dt: HTMLAttributes
+  em: HTMLAttributes
+  embed: EmbedHTMLAttributes
+  fieldset: FieldsetHTMLAttributes
+  figcaption: HTMLAttributes
+  figure: HTMLAttributes
+  footer: HTMLAttributes
+  form: FormHTMLAttributes
+  h1: HTMLAttributes
+  h2: HTMLAttributes
+  h3: HTMLAttributes
+  h4: HTMLAttributes
+  h5: HTMLAttributes
+  h6: HTMLAttributes
+  head: HTMLAttributes
+  header: HTMLAttributes
+  hgroup: HTMLAttributes
+  hr: HTMLAttributes
+  html: HtmlHTMLAttributes
+  i: HTMLAttributes
+  iframe: IframeHTMLAttributes
+  img: ImgHTMLAttributes
+  input: InputHTMLAttributes
+  ins: InsHTMLAttributes
+  kbd: HTMLAttributes
+  keygen: KeygenHTMLAttributes
+  label: LabelHTMLAttributes
+  legend: HTMLAttributes
+  li: LiHTMLAttributes
+  link: LinkHTMLAttributes
+  main: HTMLAttributes
+  map: MapHTMLAttributes
+  mark: HTMLAttributes
+  menu: MenuHTMLAttributes
+  menuitem: HTMLAttributes
+  meta: MetaHTMLAttributes
+  meter: MeterHTMLAttributes
+  nav: HTMLAttributes
+  noscript: HTMLAttributes
+  object: ObjectHTMLAttributes
+  ol: OlHTMLAttributes
+  optgroup: OptgroupHTMLAttributes
+  option: OptionHTMLAttributes
+  output: OutputHTMLAttributes
+  p: HTMLAttributes
+  param: ParamHTMLAttributes
+  picture: HTMLAttributes
+  pre: HTMLAttributes
+  progress: ProgressHTMLAttributes
+  q: QuoteHTMLAttributes
+  rp: HTMLAttributes
+  rt: HTMLAttributes
+  ruby: HTMLAttributes
+  s: HTMLAttributes
+  samp: HTMLAttributes
+  script: ScriptHTMLAttributes
+  section: HTMLAttributes
+  select: SelectHTMLAttributes
+  small: HTMLAttributes
+  source: SourceHTMLAttributes
+  span: HTMLAttributes
+  strong: HTMLAttributes
+  style: StyleHTMLAttributes
+  sub: HTMLAttributes
+  summary: HTMLAttributes
+  sup: HTMLAttributes
+  table: TableHTMLAttributes
+  tbody: HTMLAttributes
+  td: TdHTMLAttributes
+  textarea: TextareaHTMLAttributes
+  tfoot: HTMLAttributes
+  th: ThHTMLAttributes
+  thead: HTMLAttributes
+  time: TimeHTMLAttributes
+  title: HTMLAttributes
+  tr: HTMLAttributes
+  track: TrackHTMLAttributes
+  u: HTMLAttributes
+  ul: HTMLAttributes
+  var: HTMLAttributes
+  video: VideoHTMLAttributes
+  wbr: HTMLAttributes
+}
+
+interface Events {
+  // clipboard events
+  onCopy: ClipboardEvent
+  onCut: ClipboardEvent
+  onPaste: ClipboardEvent
+
+  // composition events
+  onCompositionend: CompositionEvent
+  onCompositionstart: CompositionEvent
+  onCompositionupdate: CompositionEvent
+
+  // drag drop events
+  onDrag: DragEvent
+  onDragend: DragEvent
+  onDragenter: DragEvent
+  onDragexit: DragEvent
+  onDragleave: DragEvent
+  onDragover: DragEvent
+  onDragstart: DragEvent
+  onDrop: DragEvent
+
+  // focus events
+  onFocus: FocusEvent
+  onBlur: FocusEvent
+
+  // form events
+  onChange: Event
+  onInput: Event
+  onReset: Event
+  onSubmit: Event
+  onInvalid: Event
+
+  // image events
+  onLoad: Event
+  onError: Event
+
+  // keyboard events
+  onKeydown: KeyboardEvent
+  onKeypress: KeyboardEvent
+  onKeyup: KeyboardEvent
+
+  // mouse events
+  onClick: MouseEvent
+  onContextmenu: MouseEvent
+  onDblclick: MouseEvent
+  onMousedown: MouseEvent
+  onMouseenter: MouseEvent
+  onMouseleave: MouseEvent
+  onMousemove: MouseEvent
+  onMouseout: MouseEvent
+  onMouseover: MouseEvent
+  onMouseup: MouseEvent
+
+  // media events
+  onAbort: Event
+  onCanplay: Event
+  onCanplaythrough: Event
+  onDurationchange: Event
+  onEmptied: Event
+  onEncrypted: Event
+  onEnded: Event
+  onLoadeddata: Event
+  onLoadedmetadata: Event
+  onLoadstart: Event
+  onPause: Event
+  onPlay: Event
+  onPlaying: Event
+  onProgress: Event
+  onRatechange: Event
+  onSeeked: Event
+  onSeeking: Event
+  onStalled: Event
+  onSuspend: Event
+  onTimeupdate: Event
+  onVolumechange: Event
+  onWaiting: Event
+
+  // selection events
+  onSelect: Event
+
+  // UI events
+  onScroll: UIEvent
+
+  // touch events
+  onTouchcancel: TouchEvent
+  onTouchend: TouchEvent
+  onTouchmove: TouchEvent
+  onTouchstart: TouchEvent
+
+  // wheel events
+  onWheel: WheelEvent
+
+  // animation events
+  onAnimationstart: AnimationEvent
+  onAnimationend: AnimationEvent
+  onAnimationiteration: AnimationEvent
+
+  // transition events
+  onTransitionend: TransitionEvent
+  onTransitionstart: TransitionEvent
+}
+
+type StringKeyOf<T> = Extract<keyof T, string>
+
+type EventHandlers<E> = {
+  [K in StringKeyOf<E>]?: E[K] extends Function ? E[K] : (payload: E[K]) => void
+}
+
+type ElementAttrs<T> = T & EventHandlers<Events>
+
+type NativeElements = {
+  [K in StringKeyOf<IntrinsicElementAttributes>]: ElementAttrs<
+    IntrinsicElementAttributes[K]
+  >
+}
+
+declare namespace JSX {
+  interface Element {}
+  interface ElementClass {
+    render(props: any, slots: any, attrs: any): any
+  }
+  interface ElementAttributesProperty {
+    $props: {}
+  }
+  interface IntrinsicElements extends NativeElements {
+    // allow arbitrary elements
+    [name: string]: any
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 15b2076a..42ef9176 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "noImplicitAny": true,
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
     "removeComments": false,
+    "jsx": "preserve",
     "lib": [
       "esnext",
       "dom"
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
   },
   "include": [
     "packages/global.d.ts",
+    "packages/renderer-dom/jsx.d.ts",
     "packages/*/src",
     "packages/*/__tests__"
   ]