diff --git a/pg-pool/pg-pool-tests.ts b/pg-pool/pg-pool-tests.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96de93d667
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pg-pool/pg-pool-tests.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/// <reference path="pg-pool.d.ts" />
+import {Pool} from "pg-pool";
+
+let pool = new Pool()
+
+//you can pass properties to the pool
+//these properties are passed unchanged to both the node-postgres Client constructor
+//and the node-pool (https://github.com/coopernurse/node-pool) constructor
+//allowing you to fully configure the behavior of both
+let pool2 = new Pool({
+  database: 'postgres',
+  user: 'brianc',
+  password: 'secret!',
+  port: 5432,
+  ssl: true,
+  max: 20, //set pool max size to 20
+  min: 4, //set min pool size to 4
+  idleTimeoutMillis: 1000 //close idle clients after 1 second
+})
+
+pool.connect().then(client => {
+  client.query('select $1::text as name', ['pg-pool']).then(res => {
+    client.release()
+    console.log('hello from', res.rows[0].name)
+  })
+  .catch(e => {
+    client.release()
+    console.error('query error', e.message, e.stack)
+  })
+})
+
+async function helperTest() {
+    const time = await pool.query('SELECT NOW()');
+    const name = await pool.query('select $1::text as name', ['brianc']);
+    console.log(name.rows[0].name, 'says hello at', time.rows[0].name);
+}
+
+pool.query('SELECT $1::text as name', ['brianc'], function (err, res) {
+  console.log(res.rows[0].name) // brianc
+})
+
+pool.end();
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diff --git a/pg-pool/pg-pool.d.ts b/pg-pool/pg-pool.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d25f5a9bb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pg-pool/pg-pool.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// Type definitions for pg-pool
+// Project: https://github.com/brianc/node-pg-pool
+// Definitions by: Leo Liang <https://github.com/aleung>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/// <reference path="../pg/pg.d.ts" />
+
+declare module "pg-pool" {
+    export {Pool, PoolConfig} from "pg";
+}
diff --git a/pg/pg-tests.ts b/pg/pg-tests.ts
index 559c6183fc..6c919bd132 100644
--- a/pg/pg-tests.ts
+++ b/pg/pg-tests.ts
@@ -42,3 +42,33 @@ client.connect((err) => {
     });
     return null;
 });
+
+// client pooling
+
+var config = {
+  user: 'foo', //env var: PGUSER
+  database: 'my_db', //env var: PGDATABASE
+  password: 'secret', //env var: PGPASSWORD
+  port: 5432, //env var: PGPORT
+  max: 10, // max number of clients in the pool
+  idleTimeoutMillis: 30000, // how long a client is allowed to remain idle before being closed
+};
+var pool = new pg.Pool(config);
+
+pool.connect(function(err, client, done) {
+  if(err) {
+    return console.error('error fetching client from pool', err);
+  }
+  client.query('SELECT $1::int AS number', ['1'], function(err, result) {
+    done();
+
+    if(err) {
+      return console.error('error running query', err);
+    }
+    console.log(result.rows[0].number);
+  });
+});
+
+pool.on('error', function (err, client) {
+  console.error('idle client error', err.message, err.stack)
+})
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diff --git a/pg/pg.d.ts b/pg/pg.d.ts
index 592d782610..bd15066beb 100644
--- a/pg/pg.d.ts
+++ b/pg/pg.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Type definitions for pg
+// Type definitions for pg 6.1.0
 // Project: https://github.com/brianc/node-postgres
 // Definitions by: Phips Peter <http://pspeter3.com>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ declare module "pg" {
         ssl?: boolean;
     }
 
+    export interface PoolConfig extends ClientConfig {
+      // properties from module 'node-pool'
+      max?: number;
+      min?: number;
+      refreshIdle?: boolean;
+      idleTimeoutMillis?: number;
+      reapIntervalMillis?: number;
+      returnToHead?: boolean;
+    }
+
     export interface QueryConfig {
         name?: string;
         text: string;
@@ -50,12 +60,42 @@ declare module "pg" {
         addRow(row: any): void;
     }
 
+    export class Pool extends events.EventEmitter {
+
+        constructor();
+
+        // `new Pool('pg://user@localhost/mydb')` is not allowed.
+        // But it passes type check because of issue:
+        // https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/7485
+        constructor(config: PoolConfig);
+
+        connect(): Promise<Client>;
+        connect(callback: (err: Error, client: Client, done: () => void) => void): void;
+
+        end(): Promise<void>;
+
+        query(queryText: string): Promise<QueryResult>;
+        query(queryText: string, values: any[]): Promise<QueryResult>;
+
+        query(queryText: string, callback: (err: Error, result: QueryResult) => void): void;
+        query(queryText: string, values: any[], callback: (err: Error, result: QueryResult) => void): void;
+
+        public on(event: "error", listener: (err: Error, client: Client) => void): this;
+        public on(event: "connect", listener: (client: Client) => void): this;
+        public on(event: "acquire", listener: (client: Client) => void): this;
+        public on(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+    }
+
     export class Client extends events.EventEmitter {
         constructor(connection: string);
         constructor(config: ClientConfig);
 
         connect(callback?: (err:Error) => void): void;
         end(): void;
+        release(): void;
+
+        query(queryText: string): Promise<QueryResult>;
+        query(queryText: string, values: any[]): Promise<QueryResult>;
 
         query(queryText: string, callback?: (err: Error, result: QueryResult) => void): Query;
         query(config: QueryConfig, callback?: (err: Error, result: QueryResult) => void): Query;
@@ -86,7 +126,7 @@ declare module "pg" {
         public on(event: string, listener: Function): this;
     }
 
-    namespace types {
+    export namespace types {
         function setTypeParser<T>(typeId: number, parser: (value: string) => T): void;
     }
 }