diff --git a/types/gulp-watch/gulp-watch-tests.ts b/types/gulp-watch/gulp-watch-tests.ts
index 56a676bc65..0260a24bb6 100644
--- a/types/gulp-watch/gulp-watch-tests.ts
+++ b/types/gulp-watch/gulp-watch-tests.ts
@@ -25,3 +25,15 @@ gulp.task('build', () => {
     gulp.src(files, { base: '..' })
         .pipe(watch(files, { base: '..' }));
 });
+
+gulp.task('build', () => {
+    var files = [
+        'app/**/*.ts',
+        'lib/**/*.ts',
+        'components/**/*.ts',
+    ];
+
+    gulp.src(files, { cwd: '..' })
+        .pipe(watch(files, { base: '..' }));
+});
+
diff --git a/types/gulp-watch/index.d.ts b/types/gulp-watch/index.d.ts
index de56633491..f9855f09a6 100644
--- a/types/gulp-watch/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/gulp-watch/index.d.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 
 /// <reference types="node" />
 
+import {SrcOptions} from "vinyl-fs";
 
-interface IOptions {
+interface IOptions extends SrcOptions {
     ignoreInitial?: boolean;
     events?: Array<string>;
     base?: string;