diff --git a/leaflet-draw/index.d.ts b/leaflet-draw/index.d.ts
index 9668940c3a..3e2963f18b 100644
--- a/leaflet-draw/index.d.ts
+++ b/leaflet-draw/index.d.ts
@@ -349,4 +349,17 @@ declare namespace L {
 			handler: string;
 		}
 	}
+
+	namespace GeometryUtil {
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns the area of a polygon drawn with leaflet.draw
+		 */
+		export function geodesicArea(coordinates: L.LatLngLiteral[]): number;
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns a readable area string in yards or metric
+		 */
+		export function readableArea(area: number, isMetric: boolean): string;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/leaflet-draw/leaflet-draw-tests.ts b/leaflet-draw/leaflet-draw-tests.ts
index 6373687a03..8ad6e2a804 100644
--- a/leaflet-draw/leaflet-draw-tests.ts
+++ b/leaflet-draw/leaflet-draw-tests.ts
@@ -42,3 +42,7 @@ map.on('draw:created', (e: any) => {
 
     drawnItems.addLayer(layer);
 });
+
+let examplePolygon: L.LatLngLiteral[] = [{lng: 0, lat: 0}, {lng: 10, lat: 0}, {lng: 10, lat: 10}, {lng: 0, lat: 10}, {lng: 0, lat: 0}];
+let examplePolygonArea: number = L.GeometryUtil.geodesicArea(examplePolygon);
+L.GeometryUtil.readableArea(examplePolygonArea, true);