diff --git a/types/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-tests.ts b/types/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-tests.ts
index 3043a1f473..2e90389126 100644
--- a/types/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-tests.ts
+++ b/types/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-tests.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ client.create({
 }, (err, repsonse, status) => {
 });
 
+client.create({
+  id: '123',
+  index: 'index',
+  type: 'type',
+  routing: 'parent_123',
+}, (err, repsonse, status) => {
+});
+
 client.cluster.getSettings({
   masterTimeout: '100s'
 }, (err, response) => {
diff --git a/types/elasticsearch/index.d.ts b/types/elasticsearch/index.d.ts
index dbf836c6ae..4d53575749 100644
--- a/types/elasticsearch/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/elasticsearch/index.d.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 //                 Margus Lamp <https://github.com/mlamp>
 //                 Ahmad Ferdous Bin Alam <https://github.com/ahmadferdous>
 //                 Simon Schick <https://github.com/SimonSchick>
+//                 Paul Brabban <https://github.com/brabster>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.2
 
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ export interface CreateDocumentParams extends GenericParams {
     waitForActiveShards?: string;
     parent?: string;
     refresh?: Refresh;
+    routing?: string;
     timeout?: TimeSpan;
     timestamp?: Date | number;
     ttl?: TimeSpan;