diff --git a/types/dotenv/dotenv-tests.ts b/types/dotenv/dotenv-tests.ts
index df05475c17..613da3b056 100644
--- a/types/dotenv/dotenv-tests.ts
+++ b/types/dotenv/dotenv-tests.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ dotenv.config({
     encoding: 'utf8'
 });
 
+dotenv.load();
+
 const parsed = dotenv.parse("ENVIRONMENT=production\nDEBUG=no\n");
 const debug: string = parsed['DEBUG'];
 
diff --git a/types/dotenv/index.d.ts b/types/dotenv/index.d.ts
index 831790138c..4dd67b15c0 100644
--- a/types/dotenv/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/dotenv/index.d.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export function parse(src: string | Buffer): {[name: string]: string};
  * Example: 'KEY=value' becomes { parsed: { KEY: 'value' } }
  */
 export function config(options?: DotenvOptions): DotenvResult;
+export const load: typeof config;
 
 export interface DotenvOptions {
     /**