diff --git a/types/mongoose/index.d.ts b/types/mongoose/index.d.ts
index 2c58b764d3..cb20b294d2 100644
--- a/types/mongoose/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/mongoose/index.d.ts
@@ -2566,6 +2566,7 @@ declare module "mongoose" {
      * @param options.validateBeforeSave set to false to save without validating.
      * @param fn optional callback
      */
+    save(options?: SaveOptions, fn?: (err: any, product: this, numAffected: number) => void): Promise<this>;
     save(fn?: (err: any, product: this, numAffected: number) => void): Promise<this>;
 
     /**
@@ -2575,6 +2576,21 @@ declare module "mongoose" {
     __v?: number;
   }
 
+  interface SaveOptions {
+    safe?: boolean | WriteConcern;
+    validateBeforeSave?: boolean;
+  }
+
+  interface WriteConcern {
+    j?: boolean;
+    w?: number | 'majority' | TagSet;
+    wtimeout?: number;
+  }
+
+  interface TagSet {
+    [k: string]: string;
+  }
+
   interface ModelProperties {
     /** Base Mongoose instance the model uses. */
     base: typeof mongoose;
diff --git a/types/mongoose/mongoose-tests.ts b/types/mongoose/mongoose-tests.ts
index 4fb41ef3b2..7e3f815421 100644
--- a/types/mongoose/mongoose-tests.ts
+++ b/types/mongoose/mongoose-tests.ts
@@ -1234,8 +1234,20 @@ MongoModel.find({}).$where('indexOf("val") !== -1').exec(function (err, docs) {
   docs[0].__v;
 });
 MongoModel.findById(999, function (err, doc) {
+  var handleSave = function(err: Error, product: mongoose.Document, numAffected: number) {};
   doc.increment();
-  doc.save(cb).then(cb).catch(cb);
+  doc.save(handleSave).then(cb).catch(cb);
+  doc.save({ validateBeforeSave: false }, handleSave).then(cb).catch(cb);
+  doc.save({ safe: true }, handleSave).then(cb).catch(cb);
+  doc.save({ safe: { w: 2, j: true } }, handleSave).then(cb).catch(cb);
+  doc.save({ safe: { w: 'majority', wtimeout: 10000 } }, handleSave).then(cb).catch(cb);
+
+  // test if Typescript can infer the types of (err, product, numAffected)
+  doc.save(function(err, product, numAffected) { product.save(); })
+    .then(function(p) { p.save() }).catch(cb);
+  doc.save({ validateBeforeSave: false }, function(err, product, numAffected) {
+    product.save();
+  }).then(function(p) { p.save() }).catch(cb);
 });
 MongoModel = (new MongoModel()).model('MongoModel');
 var mongoModel = new MongoModel();