diff --git a/types/got/got-tests.ts b/types/got/got-tests.ts
index 7857bddbab..7048533295 100644
--- a/types/got/got-tests.ts
+++ b/types/got/got-tests.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,20 @@ got('todomvc.com', {
     encoding: 'utf8',
     hostname: 'todomvc'
 }).then(response => str = response.body);
+got('todomvc.com', {
+    form: true,
+    body: [{}],
+    encoding: 'utf8',
+    hostname: 'todomvc',
+    timeout: 2000
+}).then(response => str = response.body);
+got('todomvc.com', {
+    form: true,
+    body: [{}],
+    encoding: 'utf8',
+    hostname: 'todomvc',
+    timeout: {connect: 20, request: 20, socket: 20}
+}).then(response => str = response.body);
 // following must lead to type checking error: got('todomvc.com', {form: true, body: ''}).then(response => str = response.body);
 
 got('todomvc.com', {encoding: null, hostname: 'todomvc'}).then(response => buf = response.body);
diff --git a/types/got/index.d.ts b/types/got/index.d.ts
index 30a5b2c0be..5872b4f993 100644
--- a/types/got/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/got/index.d.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,11 @@ declare namespace got {
         json?: boolean;
     }
 
-    type GotOptions<E extends string | null> = http.RequestOptions & {
+    interface TimoutRequestOptions extends http.RequestOptions {
+        timeout?: any;
+    }
+
+    interface GotOptions<E extends string | null> extends TimoutRequestOptions {
         encoding?: E;
         query?: string | object;
         timeout?: number | TimeoutOptions;
@@ -106,7 +110,7 @@ declare namespace got {
         followRedirect?: boolean;
         decompress?: boolean;
         useElectronNet?: boolean;
-    };
+    }
 
     interface TimeoutOptions {
         connect?: number;