diff --git a/types/react-native/index.d.ts b/types/react-native/index.d.ts
index 209ddff4a5..9f4fd748b5 100644
--- a/types/react-native/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-native/index.d.ts
@@ -1963,10 +1963,10 @@ export interface ViewPropsAndroid {
 }
 
 type Falsy = undefined | null | false;
-interface RecursiveArray<T> extends Array<T | RecursiveArray<T>> {}
+interface RecursiveArray<T> extends Array<T | ReadonlyArray<T> | RecursiveArray<T>> {}
 /** Keep a brand of 'T' so that calls to `StyleSheet.flatten` can take `RegisteredStyle<T>` and return `T`. */
 type RegisteredStyle<T> = number & { __registeredStyleBrand: T };
-export type StyleProp<T> = T | RegisteredStyle<T> | ReadonlyArray<T> | RecursiveArray<T | RegisteredStyle<T> | Falsy> | Falsy;
+export type StyleProp<T> = T | RegisteredStyle<T> | RecursiveArray<T | RegisteredStyle<T> | Falsy> | Falsy;
 
 /**
  * @see https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/accessibility.html#accessibility-properties
@@ -5136,7 +5136,7 @@ export namespace StyleSheet {
      * an array, saving allocations and maintaining reference equality for
      * PureComponent checks.
      */
-    export function compose<T>(style1: StyleProp<T>, style2: StyleProp<T>): StyleProp<T>;
+    export function compose<T>(style1: StyleProp<T> | Array<StyleProp<T>>, style2: StyleProp<T> | Array<StyleProp<T>>): StyleProp<T>;
 
     /**
      * WARNING: EXPERIMENTAL. Breaking changes will probably happen a lot and will
diff --git a/types/react-native/test/index.tsx b/types/react-native/test/index.tsx
index 599093c9d3..3b388a9350 100644
--- a/types/react-native/test/index.tsx
+++ b/types/react-native/test/index.tsx
@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ const textProperty = StyleSheet.flatten(textStyle).fontSize;
 const imageProperty = StyleSheet.flatten(imageStyle).resizeMode;
 const fontVariantProperty = StyleSheet.flatten(fontVariantStyle).fontVariant;
 
+// correct use of the StyleSheet.flatten
+const styleArray: StyleProp<ViewStyle>[] = [];
+const flattenStyle = StyleSheet.flatten(styleArray);
+const { top } = flattenStyle;
+
 const s = StyleSheet.create({
     shouldWork: {
         fontWeight: "900", // if we comment this line, errors gone