diff --git a/types/cypress-axe/index.d.ts b/types/cypress-axe/index.d.ts
index 507a5f773d..3ba776e14f 100644
--- a/types/cypress-axe/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/cypress-axe/index.d.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
-// Type definitions for cypress-axe 0.3
+// Type definitions for cypress-axe 0.4
 // Project: https://github.com/avanslaars/cypress-axe#readme
 // Definitions by: Justin Hall <https://github.com/wKovacs64>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.3
 
-declare namespace Cypress {
-    interface Chainable<Subject = any> {
-        injectAxe(): void;
-        checkA11y(): void;
+import { ElementContext, RunOptions } from 'axe-core';
+
+declare module 'axe-core' {
+    interface Node {}
+}
+
+declare global {
+    namespace Cypress {
+        interface Chainable<Subject = any> {
+            injectAxe(): void;
+            checkA11y(context?: ElementContext, options?: RunOptions): void;
+            configureAxe(options?: RunOptions): void;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/types/cypress-axe/package.json b/types/cypress-axe/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71df6dd355
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/cypress-axe/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "private": true,
+    "dependencies": {
+        "axe-core": "^3.1.2"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/types/cypress-axe/tslint.json b/types/cypress-axe/tslint.json
index 3db14f85ea..4f44991c3c 100644
--- a/types/cypress-axe/tslint.json
+++ b/types/cypress-axe/tslint.json
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }
+{
+    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json",
+    "rules": {
+        "no-empty-interface": false
+    }
+}