diff --git a/types/material-ui/index.d.ts b/types/material-ui/index.d.ts
index 2a45ae9d02..d648005f86 100644
--- a/types/material-ui/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/material-ui/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 // Type definitions for material-ui v0.17.51
 // Project: https://github.com/callemall/material-ui
-// Definitions by: Nathan Brown <https://github.com/ngbrown>, Igor Beagorudsky <https://github.com/theigor>, Ali Taheri Moghaddar <https://github.com/alitaheri>, Oliver Herrmann <https://github.com/herrmanno>, Daniel Roth <https://github.com/DaIgeb>, Aurelién Allienne <https://github.com/allienna>, Matthias Schlesinger <https://github.com/schlesingermatthias>
+// Definitions by: Nathan Brown <https://github.com/ngbrown>
+//                 Igor Beagorudsky <https://github.com/theigor>
+//                 Ali Taheri Moghaddar <https://github.com/alitaheri>
+//                 Oliver Herrmann <https://github.com/herrmanno>
+//                 Daniel Roth <https://github.com/DaIgeb>
+//                 Aurelién Allienne <https://github.com/allienna>
+//                 Matthias Schlesinger <https://github.com/schlesingermatthias>
+//                 Jonathon Kelly <https://github.com/InsidersByte>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.2
 
@@ -1815,6 +1822,7 @@ declare namespace __MaterialUI {
         onKeyDown?: React.KeyboardEventHandler<{}>;
         onKeyUp?: React.KeyboardEventHandler<{}>;
         onKeyPress?: React.KeyboardEventHandler<{}>;
+        required?: boolean;
         rows?: number,
         rowsMax?: number,
         style?: React.CSSProperties;
diff --git a/types/material-ui/material-ui-tests.tsx b/types/material-ui/material-ui-tests.tsx
index d81155dfcc..77a0445fb2 100644
--- a/types/material-ui/material-ui-tests.tsx
+++ b/types/material-ui/material-ui-tests.tsx
@@ -4854,6 +4854,11 @@ const TextFieldExampleSimple = () => (
       min={5}
       max={50}
       step={5}
+    /><br />
+    <TextField
+        hintText="Hint Text"
+        errorText="This field is required"
+        required
     />
   </div>
 );