diff --git a/underscore/underscore.d.ts b/underscore/underscore.d.ts
index b6336074d6..511eb3e71c 100644
--- a/underscore/underscore.d.ts
+++ b/underscore/underscore.d.ts
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ interface UnderscoreStatic {
 	* @param settings Settings to use while compiling.
 	* @return Returns the compiled Underscore HTML template.
 	**/
-	template(templateString: string): (...data: any[]) => string;
+	template(templateString: string, settings?: _.TemplateSettings): (...data: any[]) => string;
     	template(templateString: string, data: any, settings?: _.TemplateSettings): string;
     	
 	/**