diff --git a/types/rethinkdb/index.d.ts b/types/rethinkdb/index.d.ts
index c2dbf4b49b..6b4e3d0345 100644
--- a/types/rethinkdb/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/rethinkdb/index.d.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,17 @@ declare module "rethinkdb" {
         ssl?: TLSConnectionOptions;
     }
 
+    type waitFor = 'ready_for_outdated_reads' | 'ready_for_reads' | 'ready_for_writes';
+
+    interface WaitOptions {
+        waitFor?: waitFor;
+        timeout?: number;
+    }
+
+    interface WaitResult {
+        ready: number;
+    }
+
     interface NoReplyWait {
         noreplyWait: boolean;
     }
@@ -143,6 +154,7 @@ declare module "rethinkdb" {
         tableDrop(name: string): Operation<DropResult>;
         tableList(): Operation<string[]>;
         table(name: string, options?: GetTableOptions): Table;
+        wait(WaitOptions?): WaitResult;
     }
 
     interface TableOptions {
@@ -233,6 +245,7 @@ declare module "rethinkdb" {
         get(key: string): Sequence; // primary key
         getAll(key: string, index?: Index): Sequence; // without index defaults to primary key
         getAll(...keys: string[]): Sequence;
+        wait(WaitOptions?): WaitResult;
     }
 
     interface Sequence extends Operation<Cursor>, Writeable {
diff --git a/types/rethinkdb/rethinkdb-tests.ts b/types/rethinkdb/rethinkdb-tests.ts
index 644ea58516..411a306d7c 100644
--- a/types/rethinkdb/rethinkdb-tests.ts
+++ b/types/rethinkdb/rethinkdb-tests.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ r.connect({ host: "localhost", port: 28015 }, function(err: Error, conn: r.Conne
 
     testDb.tableCreate("users").run(conn, function(err, stuff) {
         const users = testDb.table("users");
-
+        users.wait({waitFor: 'ready_for_reads'});
         users.insert({ name: "bob" }).run(conn, function() {
         });
 
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ r.connect({ host: "localhost", port: 28015 }).then(function(conn: r.Connection)
     console.log("HI", conn);
 
     const testDb = r.db("test");
+    testDb.wait({timeout: 1});
 
     r.table("players").hasFields("games_won").run(conn).then(cursorCallback);
     r.table("players").hasFields({ "games_won": { "championships": true } }).run(conn).then(cursorCallback);
diff --git a/types/rethinkdb/tsconfig.json b/types/rethinkdb/tsconfig.json
index 02a4846f80..4e794abe0d 100644
--- a/types/rethinkdb/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/rethinkdb/tsconfig.json
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
         "index.d.ts",
         "rethinkdb-tests.ts"
     ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}