diff --git a/types/sqs-consumer/index.d.ts b/types/sqs-consumer/index.d.ts
index 73da1ff980..d333ed5fca 100644
--- a/types/sqs-consumer/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/sqs-consumer/index.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Type definitions for sqs-consumer 3.7
+// Type definitions for sqs-consumer 3.8
 // Project: https://github.com/BBC/sqs-consumer
 // Definitions by: Daniel Chao <http://dchao.co/>
 //                 Eric Byers <http://github.com/EricByers>
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ declare namespace Consumer {
         messageAttributeNames?: string[];
         batchSize?: number;
         visibilityTimeout?: number;
+        terminateVisibilityTimeout?: boolean;
         waitTimeSeconds?: number;
         authenticationErrorTimeout?: number;
         sqs?: SQS;
diff --git a/types/sqs-consumer/sqs-consumer-tests.ts b/types/sqs-consumer/sqs-consumer-tests.ts
index f22e75b523..c097ce5644 100644
--- a/types/sqs-consumer/sqs-consumer-tests.ts
+++ b/types/sqs-consumer/sqs-consumer-tests.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ const app2 = Consumer.create({
     region: "us-west-1",
     batchSize: 15,
     visibilityTimeout: 50,
-    waitTimeSeconds: 50
+    waitTimeSeconds: 50,
+    terminateVisibilityTimeout: true
 });
 
 // Test message handler.