diff --git a/types/web3/index.d.ts b/types/web3/index.d.ts
index c93e9c2ebd..9ddbc7a00b 100644
--- a/types/web3/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/web3/index.d.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 //                 André Vitor de Lima Matos <https://github.com/andrevmatos>
 //                 Levin Keller <https://github.com/levino>
 //                 Dmitry Radkovskiy <https://github.com/zlumer>
+//                 Konstantin Melnikov <https://github.com/archangel-irk>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.4
 import BigNumber = require("bn.js");
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ declare class Web3 {
         Shh: new (provider: Provider) => Shh;
         Bzz: new (provider: Provider) => Bzz;
     };
+    static utils: Utils;
     constructor(provider?: Provider | string);
     version: string;
     BatchRequest: new () => BatchRequest;
diff --git a/types/web3/web3-tests.ts b/types/web3/web3-tests.ts
index 85e4bc9b0a..fc4be8534a 100644
--- a/types/web3/web3-tests.ts
+++ b/types/web3/web3-tests.ts
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ myContract.options.gas = 5000000;
 
 const weiStr: string = web3.utils.toWei("100", "gwei");
 const weiBn: BigNumber = web3.utils.toWei(web3.utils.toBN("1"));
+const rndHex: string = Web3.utils.randomHex(10);