diff --git a/types/react-native-navigation/index.d.ts b/types/react-native-navigation/index.d.ts
index 3edf071e98..cf2225a0a3 100644
--- a/types/react-native-navigation/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-native-navigation/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Type definitions for react-native-navigation 1.1
 // Project: https://github.com/wix/react-native-navigation
 // Definitions by: Egor Shulga <https://github.com/egorshulga>
+//                 Jason Merino <https://github.com/jasonmerino>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.6
 
@@ -119,7 +120,8 @@ export interface LightBox {
 }
 
 export interface NavigatorEvent {
-    id: 'willAppear' | 'didAppear' | 'willDisappear' | 'didDisappear' | 'willCommitPreview' | 'backPress';
+    id: 'willAppear' | 'didAppear' | 'willDisappear' | 'didDisappear' | 'willCommitPreview' | 'backPress' | 'bottomTabSelected' | 'bottomTabReselected' | string;
+    type: 'NavBarButtonPress' | 'DeepLink';
 }
 
 export class Navigator {
diff --git a/types/react-native-navigation/react-native-navigation-tests.tsx b/types/react-native-navigation/react-native-navigation-tests.tsx
index e99bfd47dc..91ab4088e8 100644
--- a/types/react-native-navigation/react-native-navigation-tests.tsx
+++ b/types/react-native-navigation/react-native-navigation-tests.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ class Screen1 extends React.Component<Props> {
     onNavigatorEvent = (event: NavigatorEvent) => {
         if (event.id === 'willAppear') {
             console.log('will appear');
+        } else if (event.type === 'NavBarButtonPress' && event.id === 'sideMenu') {
+            console.log('side menu pressed');
         }
     }