diff --git a/types/newrelic/index.d.ts b/types/newrelic/index.d.ts
index a5fd434d99..10700022df 100644
--- a/types/newrelic/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/newrelic/index.d.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-// Type definitions for newrelic 3.4
+// Type definitions for newrelic 4.11
 // Project: http://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic
 // Definitions by: Matt R. Wilson <https://github.com/mastermatt>
 //                 Brooks Patton <https://github.com/brookspatton>
+//                 Michael Bond <https://github.com/MichaelRBond>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
 // https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/agents/nodejs-agent/api-guides/nodejs-agent-api
@@ -321,6 +322,14 @@ export const instrumentMessages: Instrument;
 export function shutdown(cb?: (error?: Error) => void): void;
 export function shutdown(options?: { collectPendingData?: boolean, timeout?: number }, cb?: (error?: Error) => void): void;
 
+/**
+ * Wraps an AWS Lambda function with NewRelic instrumentation and returns the value of the handler
+ *
+ * @param handler a callback function whose value is returned from setLambdaHandler
+ * @returns the value returned by handler
+ */
+export function setLambdaHandler<T>(handler: (...args: any[]) => T): T;
+
 export interface Instrument {
     (opts: { moduleName: string, onRequire: () => void, onError?: (err: Error) => void }): void;
     (moduleName: string, onRequire: () => void, onError?: (err: Error) => void): void;
diff --git a/types/newrelic/newrelic-tests.ts b/types/newrelic/newrelic-tests.ts
index 29eabfeb21..9bc909d57c 100644
--- a/types/newrelic/newrelic-tests.ts
+++ b/types/newrelic/newrelic-tests.ts
@@ -104,3 +104,5 @@ newrelic.shutdown({ collectPendingData: true, timeout: 3000 }, (err) => {
 newrelic.shutdown((err) => {
     const error: Error | undefined = err;
 });
+
+newrelic.setLambdaHandler(() => void 0); // $ExpectType undefined