diff --git a/types/connect-redis/index.d.ts b/types/connect-redis/index.d.ts
index 50787e9987..1c60800f2f 100644
--- a/types/connect-redis/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/connect-redis/index.d.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Project: https://npmjs.com/package/connect-redis
 // Definitions by: Xavier Stouder <https://github.com/xstoudi>
 //				   Seth Butler <https://github.com/sbutler2901>
+//                 Jip Sterk <https://github.com/JipSterk>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.3
 
@@ -9,21 +10,21 @@
 /// <reference types="express-session" />
 /// <reference types="redis" />
 
-declare module "connect-redis" {
-    import * as express from "express";
-    import * as session from "express-session";
-    import * as redis from "redis";
-
+declare module 'connect-redis' {
+    import * as express from 'express';
+    import * as session from 'express-session';
+    import * as ioRedis from 'ioredis';
+    import * as redis from 'redis';
 
     function s(options: (options?: session.SessionOptions) => express.RequestHandler): s.RedisStore;
 
     namespace s {
         interface RedisStore extends session.Store {
             new (options: RedisStoreOptions): RedisStore;
-            client: redis.RedisClient;
+            client: redis.RedisClient | ioRedis.Redis;
         }
         interface RedisStoreOptions {
-            client?: redis.RedisClient;
+            client?: redis.RedisClient | ioRedis.Redis;
             host?: string;
             port?: number;
             socket?: string;