diff --git a/types/react-gateway/GatewayDest.d.ts b/types/react-gateway/GatewayDest.d.ts
index 4fd7928b2f..ad45947d4c 100644
--- a/types/react-gateway/GatewayDest.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-gateway/GatewayDest.d.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ declare namespace GatewayDest {
     interface GatewayDestProps {
         name: string;
         tagName?: string;
-        component?: string | React.Component;
+        component?: string | React.ComponentClass;
     }
 }
 declare class GatewayDest extends React.Component<GatewayDest.GatewayDestProps> { }
diff --git a/types/react-gateway/react-gateway-tests.tsx b/types/react-gateway/react-gateway-tests.tsx
index bbf24dd741..6d0642f591 100644
--- a/types/react-gateway/react-gateway-tests.tsx
+++ b/types/react-gateway/react-gateway-tests.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Gateway, GatewayProvider, GatewayDest } from 'react-gateway';
 
+class GatewayComponent extends React.Component {
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <div>{this.props.children}</div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 class ReactGateway extends React.Component<Gateway.GatewayProps> {
     render() {
         return (
@@ -17,7 +25,9 @@ class ReactGatewayProvider extends React.Component {
     render() {
         return (
             <GatewayProvider>
-                <GatewayDest name="test" />
+                <GatewayDest name="test" component={GatewayComponent} />
+                <GatewayDest name="test2" component="span" />
+                <GatewayDest name="test3" />
                 <div>
                     All the way down...
                     <div>
@@ -26,6 +36,8 @@ class ReactGatewayProvider extends React.Component {
                             Getting close...
                             <div>
                                 <ReactGateway into="test" />
+                                <ReactGateway into="test2" />
+                                <ReactGateway into="test3" />
                             </div>
                         </div>
                     </div>