diff --git a/types/carbon-components-react/carbon-components-react-tests.tsx b/types/carbon-components-react/carbon-components-react-tests.tsx
index cc94951b29..93db8196f7 100644
--- a/types/carbon-components-react/carbon-components-react-tests.tsx
+++ b/types/carbon-components-react/carbon-components-react-tests.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
     TableHeader,
     TableRow,
 } from 'carbon-components-react';
+import Link from 'carbon-components-react/lib/components/UIShell/Link';
 
 interface Row1 extends DataTableRow {
     rowProp: string;
@@ -138,3 +139,29 @@ const t4 = (
         }}
     />
 );
+
+// UIShell - Link
+interface TestCompProps {
+    someProp: number,
+}
+
+class TestComp1 extends React.Component<TestCompProps> {
+    render() {
+        return (<div/>);
+    }
+}
+
+const TestComp2 = (props: TestCompProps) => (<div/>);
+
+const uisLinkT1 = (
+    <Link href="#test">Test</Link>
+);
+const uisLinkT2 = (
+    <Link<React.ImgHTMLAttributes<HTMLElement>> element="img" src="src"/>
+);
+const uisLinkT3 = (
+    <Link<TestCompProps> element={TestComp1} someProp={2}>ASDF</Link>
+);
+const uisLinkT4 = (
+    <Link<TestCompProps> element={TestComp2} someProp={2}>ASDF</Link>
+);
diff --git a/types/carbon-components-react/lib/components/UIShell/HeaderMenu.d.ts b/types/carbon-components-react/lib/components/UIShell/HeaderMenu.d.ts
index 6a59d6846c..23a7ae36ca 100644
--- a/types/carbon-components-react/lib/components/UIShell/HeaderMenu.d.ts
+++ b/types/carbon-components-react/lib/components/UIShell/HeaderMenu.d.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ interface InheritedProps {
 }
 
 export interface HeaderMenuProps extends InheritedProps {
-    menuLinkName: string,
+    menuLinkName?: string,
     renderMenuContent?: React.FC,
 }
 
diff --git a/types/carbon-components-react/lib/components/UIShell/Link.d.ts b/types/carbon-components-react/lib/components/UIShell/Link.d.ts
index 583366f7e6..b542d40fc3 100644
--- a/types/carbon-components-react/lib/components/UIShell/Link.d.ts
+++ b/types/carbon-components-react/lib/components/UIShell/Link.d.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 import * as React from "react";
 import { ReactAnchorAttr, ShapeOf } from "../../../typings/shared";
 
-export interface LinkPropsBase {
-    element?: string, // required but has default value
+type InnerElementProps<P> = Omit<P, "element">;
+export interface LinkPropsBase<P = ReactAnchorAttr> {
+    element?: string | React.JSXElementConstructor<InnerElementProps<P>>, // required but has default value
 }
 
-export type LinkProps<E extends object = ReactAnchorAttr> = ShapeOf<LinkPropsBase, E>;
+export type LinkProps<P extends object = ReactAnchorAttr, IP = P> = ShapeOf<LinkPropsBase<IP>, P>;
 
-declare function Link<E extends object = ReactAnchorAttr>(props: React.PropsWithChildren<LinkProps<E>>, ref: React.Ref<HTMLElement>): React.ReactElement;
+declare function Link<P extends object = ReactAnchorAttr>(
+    props: React.PropsWithChildren<LinkProps<P>>,
+    ref: React.Ref<HTMLElement>
+): React.ReactElement;
 
 export default Link;