diff --git a/types/jsonwebtoken/index.d.ts b/types/jsonwebtoken/index.d.ts
index 766042e627..26e223df53 100644
--- a/types/jsonwebtoken/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/jsonwebtoken/index.d.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export interface SignOptions {
 export interface VerifyOptions {
     algorithms?: string[];
     audience?: string | string[];
+    clockTimestamp?: number;
     clockTolerance?: number;
     issuer?: string | string[];
     ignoreExpiration?: boolean;
diff --git a/types/jsonwebtoken/jsonwebtoken-tests.ts b/types/jsonwebtoken/jsonwebtoken-tests.ts
index 9e495d31cb..0b04c23e63 100644
--- a/types/jsonwebtoken/jsonwebtoken-tests.ts
+++ b/types/jsonwebtoken/jsonwebtoken-tests.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ jwt.verify(token, 'shhhhh', function(err, decoded) {
   console.log(result.foo) // bar
 });
 
+// use external time for verifying
+jwt.verify(token, 'shhhhh', { clockTimestamp: 1 }, function(err, decoded) {
+  const result = decoded as ITestObject
+
+  console.log(result.foo) // bar
+});
+
 // invalid token
 jwt.verify(token, 'wrong-secret', function(err, decoded) {
   // err