diff --git a/eventemitter2/eventemitter2-tests.ts b/eventemitter2/eventemitter2-tests.ts
index 747f2e87b6..840944675c 100644
--- a/eventemitter2/eventemitter2-tests.ts
+++ b/eventemitter2/eventemitter2-tests.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ function testConfiguration() {
         wildcard: true,
         delimiter: '::',
         newListener: false,
-        maxListeners: 20
+        maxListeners: 20,
+        verboseMemoryLeak: true
     });
     var bar = new EventEmitter2({});
     var bazz = new EventEmitter2();
diff --git a/eventemitter2/eventemitter2.d.ts b/eventemitter2/eventemitter2.d.ts
index de1be0d064..d0b0b545b1 100644
--- a/eventemitter2/eventemitter2.d.ts
+++ b/eventemitter2/eventemitter2.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Type definitions for EventEmitter2 v0.14.4
+// Type definitions for EventEmitter2 v2.2.0
 // Project: https://github.com/asyncly/EventEmitter2
 // Definitions by: ryiwamoto <https://github.com/ryiwamoto/>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ interface EventEmitter2Configuration {
      * max listeners that can be assigned to an event, default 10.
      */
     maxListeners?: number;
+    /**
+     * show event name in memory leak message when more than maximum amount of listeners is assigned, default false
+    */
+    verboseMemoryLeak?: boolean;
 }
 
 declare class EventEmitter2 {