diff --git a/types/express-paginate/express-paginate-tests.ts b/types/express-paginate/express-paginate-tests.ts
index 5847bf2b1b..d31c70362c 100644
--- a/types/express-paginate/express-paginate-tests.ts
+++ b/types/express-paginate/express-paginate-tests.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const app = express();
 
 app.use(paginate.middleware(10, 50))
 
-app.get('/users', async (req: paginate.PaginatedRequest, res, next) => {
+app.get('/users', async (req, res, next) => {
     // req.skip should be available
     return findAndCountAll({limit: req.query.limit, offset: req.skip})
         .then(results => {
diff --git a/types/express-paginate/index.d.ts b/types/express-paginate/index.d.ts
index 7352dbee95..94411c2fe4 100644
--- a/types/express-paginate/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/express-paginate/index.d.ts
@@ -5,16 +5,20 @@
 
 import * as express from 'express';
 
+declare global {
+    namespace Express {
+        export interface Request {
+            skip?: number,
+            offset?: number,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 interface PageElement {
     number: number;
     url: typeof href;
 }
 
-export interface PaginatedRequest extends express.Request {
-    skip: number;
-    offset: number;
-}
-
 export function middleware(limit: number, maxLimit: number): (req: express.Request, res: express.Response, next: express.NextFunction) => void;
 export function hasNextPages(req: express.Request): (pageCount: number) => boolean;
 export function href(req: express.Request): (prev: object | boolean, params: object) => string;
diff --git a/types/express-paginate/tsconfig.json b/types/express-paginate/tsconfig.json
index 61a6c089fc..9370f2106b 100644
--- a/types/express-paginate/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/express-paginate/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
         "noImplicitAny": true,
         "noImplicitThis": true,
         "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
         "baseUrl": "../",
         "typeRoots": [
             "../"