diff --git a/types/mongoose-simple-random/index.d.ts b/types/mongoose-simple-random/index.d.ts
index cf41c64241..16b1c21483 100644
--- a/types/mongoose-simple-random/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/mongoose-simple-random/index.d.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,17 @@
 // Project: https://github.com/larryprice/mongoose-simple-random
 // Definitions by: My Self <https://github.com/me>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
-/// <reference types="mongoose" />
 
-// tslint:disable-next-line no-single-declare-module
+declare module 'mongoose-simple-random' {
+  import mongoose = require('mongoose');
+  // Dummy function allows to avoid hard to kill or fix tslint warning
+  // (exporting pluginFunc will make this a non-importable module)
+  function pluginFunc(schema: mongoose.Schema): void;
+  // Let allows typescript to still use ES2015 style imports
+  let plugin: typeof pluginFunc;
+  export = plugin;
+}
+
 declare module "mongoose" {
     interface Model<T extends Document> extends NodeJS.EventEmitter, ModelProperties {
         findRandom(conditions: Object, projection?: Object | null, options?: Object | null, callback?: (err: any, res: T[]) => void)
diff --git a/types/mongoose-simple-random/mongoose-simple-random-tests.ts b/types/mongoose-simple-random/mongoose-simple-random-tests.ts
index 2aa9e18296..f5b26dbebb 100644
--- a/types/mongoose-simple-random/mongoose-simple-random-tests.ts
+++ b/types/mongoose-simple-random/mongoose-simple-random-tests.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as mongoose from 'mongoose';
+import * as mongoose_simple_random from "mongoose-simple-random";
 
 // test compatibility with other libraries - from @types/mongoose
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
@@ -13,3 +14,5 @@ mongoose.Model.findRandom({
 }, {}, { limit: 1 }, (error, data) => {
     if (error) { console.error("Error!"); } else { console.log("Success!"); }
 });
+
+mongoose.plugin(mongoose_simple_random);