diff --git a/types/node/fs.d.ts b/types/node/fs.d.ts
index 88eaef6b59..bb100fc831 100644
--- a/types/node/fs.d.ts
+++ b/types/node/fs.d.ts
@@ -2056,21 +2056,28 @@ declare module "fs" {
          * @param path A path to a file. If a URL is provided, it must use the `file:` protocol.
          * @param options The encoding (or an object specifying the encoding), used as the encoding of the result. If not provided, `'utf8'` is used.
          */
-        function readdir(path: PathLike, options?: { encoding?: BufferEncoding | null } | BufferEncoding | null): Promise<string[]>;
+        function readdir(path: PathLike, options?: { encoding?: BufferEncoding | null; withFileTypes?: false } | BufferEncoding | null): Promise<string[]>;
 
         /**
          * Asynchronous readdir(3) - read a directory.
          * @param path A path to a file. If a URL is provided, it must use the `file:` protocol.
          * @param options The encoding (or an object specifying the encoding), used as the encoding of the result. If not provided, `'utf8'` is used.
          */
-        function readdir(path: PathLike, options: { encoding: "buffer" } | "buffer"): Promise<Buffer[]>;
+        function readdir(path: PathLike, options: { encoding: "buffer"; withFileTypes?: false } | "buffer"): Promise<Buffer[]>;
 
         /**
          * Asynchronous readdir(3) - read a directory.
          * @param path A path to a file. If a URL is provided, it must use the `file:` protocol.
          * @param options The encoding (or an object specifying the encoding), used as the encoding of the result. If not provided, `'utf8'` is used.
          */
-        function readdir(path: PathLike, options?: { encoding?: string | null } | string | null): Promise<string[] | Buffer[]>;
+        function readdir(path: PathLike, options?: { encoding?: string | null; withFileTypes?: false } | string | null): Promise<string[] | Buffer[]>;
+
+        /**
+         * Asynchronous readdir(3) - read a directory.
+         * @param path A path to a file. If a URL is provided, it must use the `file:` protocol.
+         * @param options If called with `withFileTypes: true` the result data will be an array of Dirent.
+         */
+        function readdir(path: PathLike, options: { encoding?: string | null; withFileTypes: true }): Promise<Dirent[]>;
 
         /**
          * Asynchronous readlink(2) - read value of a symbolic link.
diff --git a/types/node/node-tests.ts b/types/node/node-tests.ts
index 06ba08771f..69981a7722 100644
--- a/types/node/node-tests.ts
+++ b/types/node/node-tests.ts
@@ -278,6 +278,18 @@ import Module = require("module");
             mode: 0o777,
         });
     }
+
+    {
+        let names: Promise<string[]>;
+        let buffers: Promise<Buffer[]>;
+        let namesOrBuffers: Promise<string[] | Buffer[]>;
+        let entries: Promise<fs.Dirent[]>;
+
+        names = fs.promises.readdir('/path/to/dir', { encoding: 'utf8', withFileTypes: false });
+        buffers = fs.promises.readdir('/path/to/dir', { encoding: 'buffer', withFileTypes: false });
+        namesOrBuffers = fs.promises.readdir('/path/to/dir', { encoding: 'SOME OTHER', withFileTypes: false });
+        entries = fs.promises.readdir('/path/to/dir', { encoding: 'utf8', withFileTypes: true });
+    }
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////