diff --git a/types/ejs/index.d.ts b/types/ejs/index.d.ts
index fc921cffb5..90fcd949a5 100644
--- a/types/ejs/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/ejs/index.d.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Project: http://ejs.co/, https://github.com/mde/ejs
 // Definitions by: Ben Liddicott <https://github.com/benliddicott>
 //                 ExE Boss <https://github.com/ExE-Boss>
+//                 Piotr Błażejewicz <https://github.com/peterblazejewicz>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.4
 
@@ -415,6 +416,9 @@ export interface Options {
 	 * @default ejs.localsName
 	 */
 	localsName?: string;
+
+	/** Set to a string (e.g., 'echo' or 'print') for a function to print output inside scriptlet tags. */
+	outputFunctionName?: string;
 }
 
 export interface Cache {
diff --git a/types/ejs/test/ejs.cjs.test.ts b/types/ejs/test/ejs.cjs.test.ts
index e7ea26bdc4..6a163e12ec 100644
--- a/types/ejs/test/ejs.cjs.test.ts
+++ b/types/ejs/test/ejs.cjs.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const SimpleCallback = (err: any, html: string) => {
 result = ejs.render(template);
 result = ejs.render(template, data);
 result = ejs.render(template, data, options);
+ejs.render('<% echo(\'foo\'); %>', {}, { outputFunctionName: 'echo' });
 
 result = ejs.renderFile(fileName, SimpleCallback);
 result = ejs.renderFile(fileName, data, SimpleCallback);