diff --git a/types/react-router-dom/index.d.ts b/types/react-router-dom/index.d.ts
index c16a334a08..22688beb66 100644
--- a/types/react-router-dom/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-router-dom/index.d.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 //                 Huy Nguyen <https://github.com/huy-nguyen>
 //                 Philip Jackson <https://github.com/p-jackson>
 //                 John Reilly <https://github.com/johnnyreilly>
+//                 Sebastian Silbermann <https://github.com/eps1lon>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.8
 
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ export class HashRouter extends React.Component<HashRouterProps, any> {}
 export interface LinkProps extends React.AnchorHTMLAttributes<HTMLAnchorElement> {
     to: H.LocationDescriptor;
     replace?: boolean;
-    innerRef?: (node: HTMLAnchorElement | null) => void;
+    innerRef?: React.Ref<HTMLAnchorElement>;
 }
 export class Link extends React.Component<LinkProps, any> {}
 
diff --git a/types/react-router-dom/react-router-dom-tests.tsx b/types/react-router-dom/react-router-dom-tests.tsx
index a7715e9ea1..9a524e88df 100644
--- a/types/react-router-dom/react-router-dom-tests.tsx
+++ b/types/react-router-dom/react-router-dom-tests.tsx
@@ -39,5 +39,7 @@ const Component: React.SFC<OtherProps> = props => {
 
 <Link to="/url" />;
 
-const acceptRef = (node: HTMLAnchorElement | null) => {};
-<Link to="/url" replace={true} innerRef={acceptRef} />;
+const refCallback: React.Ref<HTMLAnchorElement> = node => {};
+<Link to="/url" replace={true} innerRef={refCallback} />;
+const ref = React.createRef<HTMLAnchorElement>();
+<Link to="/url" replace={true} innerRef={ref} />;