diff --git a/types/follow-redirects/follow-redirects-tests.ts b/types/follow-redirects/follow-redirects-tests.ts
index 96219ad2a8..0f74722b79 100644
--- a/types/follow-redirects/follow-redirects-tests.ts
+++ b/types/follow-redirects/follow-redirects-tests.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ http.request({
     path: '/a/b',
     port: 8000,
     maxRedirects: 12,
+    beforeRedirect: (options) => {
+        options.followRedirects = false;
+    }
 }, (response) => {
     console.log(response.responseUrl, response.redirects);
     response.on('data', (chunk) => {
diff --git a/types/follow-redirects/index.d.ts b/types/follow-redirects/index.d.ts
index e7144e1f7f..9a935478c8 100644
--- a/types/follow-redirects/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/follow-redirects/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-// Type definitions for follow-redirects 1.5
+// Type definitions for follow-redirects 1.8
 // Project: https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects
-// Definitions by: Emily Klassen <https://github.com/forivall>
+// Definitions by: Emily Klassen <https://github.com/forivall>, Claas Ahlrichs <https://github.com/claasahl>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.8
 
@@ -70,19 +70,26 @@ export interface RedirectableRequest<Request extends WrappableRequest, Response>
 
 export interface RedirectScheme<Options, Request extends WrappableRequest, Response> {
     request(
-        options: string | Options & FollowOptions,
+        options: string | Options & FollowOptions<Options>,
         callback?: (res: Response & FollowResponse) => void
     ): RedirectableRequest<Request, Response>;
     get(
-        options: string | Options & FollowOptions,
+        options: string | Options & FollowOptions<Options>,
         callback?: (res: Response & FollowResponse) => void
     ): RedirectableRequest<Request, Response>;
 }
 
 export type Override<T, U> = Pick<T, Exclude<keyof T, keyof U>> & U;
-export interface FollowOptions {
+export interface FollowOptions<Options> {
+    followRedirects?: boolean;
     maxRedirects?: number;
     maxBodyLength?: number;
+    beforeRedirect?: (options: Options & FollowOptions<Options>) => void;
+    agents?: {
+        http?: coreHttp.Agent;
+        https?: coreHttps.Agent;
+    };
+    trackRedirects?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface FollowResponse {