diff --git a/src/app/app.ts b/src/app/app.ts
index a4e8f84d..ff8d9d13 100644
--- a/src/app/app.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component } from "../component/component";
+import { Component, ComponentConstructor } from "../component/component";
 import { ComponentNode } from "../component/component_node";
 import { MountOptions } from "../component/fibers";
 import { Scheduler } from "../component/scheduler";
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ export interface Env {
   [key: string]: any;
 }
 
-export interface AppConfig extends TemplateSetConfig {
-  env?: Env;
-  props?: any;
+export interface AppConfig<P, E> extends TemplateSetConfig {
+  props?: P;
+  env?: E;
 }
 
 export const DEV_MSG = `Owl is running in 'dev' mode.
@@ -21,25 +21,29 @@ export const DEV_MSG = `Owl is running in 'dev' mode.
 This is not suitable for production use.
 See https://github.com/odoo/owl/blob/master/doc/reference/config.md#mode for more information.`;
 
-export class App<T extends typeof Component = any> extends TemplateSet {
-  Root: T;
-  props: any;
-  env: Env;
+export class App<
+  T extends abstract new (...args: any) => any = any,
+  P = any,
+  E = any
+> extends TemplateSet {
+  Root: ComponentConstructor<P, E>;
+  props: P;
+  env: E;
   scheduler = new Scheduler();
-  root: ComponentNode | null = null;
+  root: ComponentNode<P, E> | null = null;
 
-  constructor(Root: T, config: AppConfig = {}) {
+  constructor(Root: ComponentConstructor<P, E>, config: AppConfig<P, E> = {}) {
     super(config);
     this.Root = Root;
     if (config.dev) {
       console.info(DEV_MSG);
     }
     const descrs = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptors(config.env || {});
-    this.env = Object.freeze(Object.defineProperties({}, descrs));
-    this.props = config.props || {};
+    this.env = Object.freeze(Object.defineProperties({}, descrs)) as E;
+    this.props = config.props || ({} as P);
   }
 
-  mount(target: HTMLElement, options?: MountOptions): Promise<InstanceType<T>> {
+  mount(target: HTMLElement, options?: MountOptions): Promise<Component<P, E> & InstanceType<T>> {
     this.checkTarget(target);
     const node = this.makeNode(this.Root, this.props);
     const prom = this.mountNode(node, target, options);
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ export class App<T extends typeof Component = any> extends TemplateSet {
     }
   }
 
-  makeNode(Component: T, props: any): ComponentNode {
+  makeNode(Component: ComponentConstructor, props: any): ComponentNode {
     return new ComponentNode(Component, props, this);
   }
 
@@ -96,10 +100,10 @@ export class App<T extends typeof Component = any> extends TemplateSet {
   }
 }
 
-export async function mount<T extends typeof Component>(
-  C: T,
+export async function mount<T extends abstract new (...args: any) => any = any, P = any, E = any>(
+  C: T & ComponentConstructor<P, E>,
   target: HTMLElement,
-  config: AppConfig & MountOptions = {}
-): Promise<InstanceType<T>> {
+  config: AppConfig<P, E> & MountOptions = {}
+): Promise<Component<P, E> & InstanceType<T>> {
   return new App(C, config).mount(target, config);
 }
diff --git a/src/component/component.ts b/src/component/component.ts
index 36bfbe82..f1fbe001 100644
--- a/src/component/component.ts
+++ b/src/component/component.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,25 @@ import type { ComponentNode } from "./component_node";
 //  Component Class
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+type Props = { [key: string]: any };
+
+interface StaticComponentProperties {
+  template: string;
+  defaultProps?: any;
+  props?: any;
+}
+
+export type ComponentConstructor<P extends Props = any, E = any> = (new (
+  props: P,
+  env: E,
+  node: ComponentNode
+) => Component<P, E>) &
+  StaticComponentProperties;
+
 export class Component<Props = any, Env = any> {
   static template: string = "";
   static props?: any;
+  static defaultProps?: any;
 
   props: Props;
   env: Env;
diff --git a/src/component/component_node.ts b/src/component/component_node.ts
index b0c97864..6e1da229 100644
--- a/src/component/component_node.ts
+++ b/src/component/component_node.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { App, Env } from "../app/app";
 import { BDom, VNode } from "../blockdom";
-import { Component } from "./component";
+import { Component, ComponentConstructor } from "./component";
 import {
   Fiber,
   makeChildFiber,
@@ -74,13 +74,11 @@ export function component(
 
 type LifecycleHook = Function;
 
-export class ComponentNode<T extends typeof Component = typeof Component>
-  implements VNode<ComponentNode>
-{
+export class ComponentNode<P = any, E = any> implements VNode<ComponentNode<P, E>> {
   el?: HTMLElement | Text | undefined;
   app: App;
   fiber: Fiber | null = null;
-  component: InstanceType<T>;
+  component: Component<P, E>;
   bdom: BDom | null = null;
   status: STATUS = STATUS.NEW;
 
@@ -99,7 +97,7 @@ export class ComponentNode<T extends typeof Component = typeof Component>
   patched: LifecycleHook[] = [];
   willDestroy: LifecycleHook[] = [];
 
-  constructor(C: T, props: any, app: App, parent?: ComponentNode) {
+  constructor(C: ComponentConstructor<P, E>, props: P, app: App, parent?: ComponentNode) {
     currentNode = this;
     this.app = app;
     this.parent = parent || null;
diff --git a/src/component/props_validation.ts b/src/component/props_validation.ts
index 015d0345..0e7b5594 100644
--- a/src/component/props_validation.ts
+++ b/src/component/props_validation.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-import { Component } from "./component";
+import { ComponentConstructor } from "./component";
 
 /**
  * Apply default props (only top level).
  *
  * Note that this method does modify in place the props
  */
-export function applyDefaultProps(props: { [key: string]: any }, ComponentClass: typeof Component) {
-  const defaultProps = (ComponentClass as any).defaultProps;
+export function applyDefaultProps<P>(props: P, ComponentClass: ComponentConstructor<P>) {
+  const defaultProps = ComponentClass.defaultProps;
   if (defaultProps) {
     for (let propName in defaultProps) {
-      if (props![propName] === undefined) {
-        props![propName] = defaultProps[propName];
+      if ((props as any)[propName] === undefined) {
+        (props as any)[propName] = defaultProps[propName];
       }
     }
   }
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@ function getPropDescription(staticProps: any) {
  * visit recursively the props and all the children to check if they are valid.
  * This is why it is only done in 'dev' mode.
  */
-export const validateProps = function (name: string | typeof Component, props: any, parent?: any) {
-  const ComponentClass = (
-    typeof name !== "string" ? name : parent.constructor.components[name]
-  ) as typeof Component;
+export function validateProps<P>(name: string | ComponentConstructor<P>, props: P, parent?: any) {
+  const ComponentClass =
+    typeof name !== "string"
+      ? name
+      : (parent.constructor.components[name] as ComponentConstructor<P> | undefined);
 
   if (!ComponentClass) {
     // this is an error, wrong component. We silently return here instead so the
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ export const validateProps = function (name: string | typeof Component, props: a
     if (propName === "*") {
       continue;
     }
-    if (props[propName] === undefined) {
+    if ((props as any)[propName] === undefined) {
       if (propsDef[propName] && !propsDef[propName].optional) {
         throw new Error(`Missing props '${propName}' (component '${ComponentClass.name}')`);
       } else {
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ export const validateProps = function (name: string | typeof Component, props: a
     }
     let isValid;
     try {
-      isValid = isValidProp(props[propName], propsDef[propName]);
+      isValid = isValidProp((props as any)[propName], propsDef[propName]);
     } catch (e) {
       (e as Error).message = `Invalid prop '${propName}' in component ${ComponentClass.name} (${
         (e as Error).message
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ export const validateProps = function (name: string | typeof Component, props: a
       }
     }
   }
-};
+}
 
 /**
  * Check if an invidual prop value matches its (static) prop definition