diff --git a/types/mongoose/index.d.ts b/types/mongoose/index.d.ts
index f08b8e0b5c..ad515a1806 100644
--- a/types/mongoose/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/mongoose/index.d.ts
@@ -2021,6 +2021,30 @@ declare module "mongoose" {
      */
     or(array: any[]): this;
 
+    /**
+     * Make this query throw an error if no documents match the given `filter`.
+     * This is handy for integrating with async/await, because `orFail()` saves you
+     * an extra `if` statement to check if no document was found.
+     *
+     * ####Example:
+     *
+     *     // Throws if no doc returned
+     *     await Model.findOne({ foo: 'bar' }).orFail();
+     *
+     *     // Throws if no document was updated
+     *     await Model.updateOne({ foo: 'bar' }, { name: 'test' }).orFail();
+     *
+     *     // Throws "No docs found!" error if no docs match `{ foo: 'bar' }`
+     *     await Model.find({ foo: 'bar' }).orFail(new Error('No docs found!'));
+     *
+     *     // Throws "Not found" error if no document was found
+     *     await Model.findOneAndUpdate({ foo: 'bar' }, { name: 'test' }).
+     *       orFail(() => Error('Not found'));
+     *
+     * @param err optional error to throw if no docs match `filter`
+     */
+    orFail(err?: Error | (() => Error)): this;
+
     /** Specifies a $polygon condition */
     polygon(...coordinatePairs: number[][]): this;
     polygon(path: string, ...coordinatePairs: number[][]): this;
diff --git a/types/mongoose/mongoose-tests.ts b/types/mongoose/mongoose-tests.ts
index a660ce728f..f4fec31101 100644
--- a/types/mongoose/mongoose-tests.ts
+++ b/types/mongoose/mongoose-tests.ts
@@ -1080,6 +1080,7 @@ query.find().where('age').in([20, 21]);
 query.find().in('age', [20, 21]);
 query.nor([{ color: 'green' }, { status: 'ok' }]).nor([]);
 query.or([{ color: 'red' }, { status: 'emergency' }]).or([]);
+query.find({ color: 'blue' }).orFail();
 query.where('loc').within().polygon([10,20], [13, 25], [7,15]);
 query.polygon('loc', [10,20], [13, 25], [7,15]);
 query.findOne().populate('owner').exec(function (err, kitten) {