diff --git a/types/react-native/test/globals.tsx b/types/react-native/test/globals.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6488cef82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/react-native/test/globals.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+const fetchCopy: GlobalFetch['fetch'] = fetch;
+
+const requestInfoAsString: RequestInfo = 'request';
diff --git a/types/react-native/tsconfig.json b/types/react-native/tsconfig.json
index 16c6bf9275..c577fb0d8b 100644
--- a/types/react-native/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/react-native/tsconfig.json
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@
     "files": [
         "index.d.ts",
         "test/index.tsx",
+        "test/globals.tsx",
         "test/animated.tsx",
         "test/init-example.tsx",
         "test/ART.tsx",
         "test/legacy-properties.tsx"
     ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}