diff --git a/types/chart.js/chart.js-tests.ts b/types/chart.js/chart.js-tests.ts
index 36f25643d9..41ab453e0f 100644
--- a/types/chart.js/chart.js-tests.ts
+++ b/types/chart.js/chart.js-tests.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import { Chart, ChartData, Point } from "chart.js";
 // => chartjs.Chart
 
 const plugin = {
-  afterDraw: (chartInstance: Chart, easing: string, options?: any) => {
-  }
+    afterDraw: (chartInstance: Chart, easing: string, options?: any) => {
+    }
 };
 
 const chart: Chart = new Chart(new CanvasRenderingContext2D(), {
@@ -82,6 +82,18 @@ if (chart.chartArea) {
     console.log(chart.chartArea.left);
 }
 
+// Testing custom legends
+chart.config.options = {
+    ...chart.config.options,
+    legend: {
+        display: false,
+    },
+    legendCallback: () => 'legend replacement'
+};
+chart.update();
+const customLegend = chart.generateLegend();
+console.log(customLegend === 'legend replacement');
+
 // Testing radial chart
 const tickOptions: Chart.LinearTickOptions = {
     max: 100,
@@ -107,14 +119,14 @@ const chartConfig: Chart.ChartConfiguration = {
     data: {
         labels: ['#apples', '#pears', '#apricots', '#acorns', '#amigas', "#orics"],
         datasets: [{
-			label: "test",
-			lineTension: 0.15,
-			data: [1, 1, 2, 3, 5],
-			backgroundColor: '#37738353',
-			borderColor: '#37738353',
-			borderWidth: 3,
-			fill: true
-		}]
+            label: "test",
+            lineTension: 0.15,
+            data: [1, 1, 2, 3, 5],
+            backgroundColor: '#37738353',
+            borderColor: '#37738353',
+            borderWidth: 3,
+            fill: true
+        }]
     },
     options: radarChartOptions
 };
diff --git a/types/chart.js/index.d.ts b/types/chart.js/index.d.ts
index 8160c001a0..854d4557ed 100644
--- a/types/chart.js/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/chart.js/index.d.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 //                 Francesco Benedetto <https://github.com/frabnt>
 //                 Alexandros Dorodoulis <https://github.com/alexdor>
 //                 Manuel Heidrich <https://github.com/mahnuh>
+//                 Conrad Holtzhausen <https://github.com/Conrad777>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.3
 
@@ -264,6 +265,7 @@ declare namespace Chart {
         aspectRatio?: number;
         maintainAspectRatio?: boolean;
         events?: string[];
+        legendCallback?(chart: Chart): string;
         onHover?(this: Chart, event: MouseEvent, activeElements: Array<{}>): any;
         onClick?(event?: MouseEvent, activeElements?: Array<{}>): any;
         onResize?(this: Chart, newSize: ChartSize): void;