diff --git a/less/less-tests.ts b/less/less-tests.ts
index 71dfbae762..589250d0bb 100644
--- a/less/less-tests.ts
+++ b/less/less-tests.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ less.render(".class { width: (1 + 1) }").then((output) => {
 
 less.render("fail").then((output) => {
     throw new Error("promise should have been rejected");
-}, () => {
-    console.log("rejected as expected");
+}, (error: Less.RenderError) => {
+    console.log("rejected as expected on line number " + error.line);
 });
diff --git a/less/less.d.ts b/less/less.d.ts
index 2c10ce50e1..f329dd48ef 100644
--- a/less/less.d.ts
+++ b/less/less.d.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ declare module Less {
         rootFileInfo?: RootFileInfo;
     }
 
+    interface RenderError {
+        column: number;
+        extract: string[];
+        filename: string;
+        index: number;
+        line: number;
+        message: string;
+        type: string;
+    }
+
     interface RenderOutput {
         css: string;
         map: string;
@@ -59,8 +69,8 @@ declare module Less {
 }
 
 interface LessStatic {
-    render(input: string, callback: (output: Less.RenderOutput) => void): void;
-    render(input: string, options: Less.Options, callback: (output: Less.RenderOutput) => void): void;
+    render(input: string, callback: (error: Less.RenderError, output: Less.RenderOutput) => void): void;
+    render(input: string, options: Less.Options, callback: (error: Less.RenderError, output: Less.RenderOutput) => void): void;
 
     render(input: string): Less.Promise<Less.RenderOutput>;
     render(input: string, options: Less.Options): Less.Promise<Less.RenderOutput>;