diff --git a/react-leaflet/index.d.ts b/react-leaflet/index.d.ts
index 2399947c7d..eff286623a 100644
--- a/react-leaflet/index.d.ts
+++ b/react-leaflet/index.d.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ interface LayerProps extends LeafletInteractionEvents {
 interface MarkerProps extends LayerProps, LeafletDraggingEvents {
     position: Leaflet.LatLngExpression;
     draggable?: boolean;
-    icon?: Leaflet.Icon;
+    icon?: Leaflet.BaseIcon;
     zIndexOffset?: number;
     opacity?: number;
 }
diff --git a/react-leaflet/react-leaflet-tests.tsx b/react-leaflet/react-leaflet-tests.tsx
index bb78ac7264..763e719de1 100644
--- a/react-leaflet/react-leaflet-tests.tsx
+++ b/react-leaflet/react-leaflet-tests.tsx
@@ -179,6 +179,18 @@ export class CustomComponent extends Component<any, any> {
     }
 }
 
+export class MarkerWithDivIconExample extends Component<any, any> {
+    render() {
+        return (
+            <Map>
+                <Marker position={[0, 0]} icon={
+                        new Leaflet.DivIcon({})
+                    }/>
+            </Map>
+        )
+    }
+}
+
 // draggable-marker.js
 export class DraggableExample extends Component<any, any> {
     state = {