diff --git a/types/sinon/ts3.1/index.d.ts b/types/sinon/ts3.1/index.d.ts
index a27355e835..2157678aaa 100644
--- a/types/sinon/ts3.1/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/sinon/ts3.1/index.d.ts
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ declare namespace Sinon {
          * The Promise library can be overwritten using the usingPromise method.
          * Since sinon@2.0.0
          */
-        resolves(value?: TReturnValue extends Promise<infer TResolveValue> ? TResolveValue : never): SinonStub<TArgs, TReturnValue>;
+        resolves(value?: TReturnValue extends PromiseLike<infer TResolveValue> ? TResolveValue : never): SinonStub<TArgs, TReturnValue>;
         /**
          * Causes the stub to return a Promise which resolves to the argument at the provided index.
          * stub.resolvesArg(0); causes the stub to return a Promise which resolves to the first argument.
diff --git a/types/sinon/ts3.1/sinon-tests.ts b/types/sinon/ts3.1/sinon-tests.ts
index a123f560fb..0f07193704 100644
--- a/types/sinon/ts3.1/sinon-tests.ts
+++ b/types/sinon/ts3.1/sinon-tests.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import sinon = require("sinon");
+import Bluebird = require("bluebird");
 
 function testSandbox() {
     const obj = {};
@@ -426,6 +427,7 @@ function testStub() {
     const obj = class {
         foo() { }
         promiseFunc() { return Promise.resolve('foo'); }
+        promiseLikeFunc() { return {} as any as Bluebird<string>; }
     };
     const instance = new obj();
 
@@ -434,10 +436,12 @@ function testStub() {
 
     const spy: sinon.SinonSpy = stub;
 
-    function promiseFunc(n: number) { return Promise.resolve('foo'); }
     const promiseStub = sinon.stub(instance, 'promiseFunc');
     promiseStub.resolves('test');
 
+    const promiseLikeStub = sinon.stub(instance, 'promiseLikeFunc');
+    promiseLikeStub.resolves('test');
+
     sinon.stub(instance);
 
     stub.reset();