diff --git a/types/hapi/index.d.ts b/types/hapi/index.d.ts
index 6b8bec9961..3567e50c34 100644
--- a/types/hapi/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/hapi/index.d.ts
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ export interface RouteAuthAccessConfiguationObject {
 /**
  * For context see RouteAdditionalConfigurationOptions > cache
  */
-export interface RouteCacheOptions {
+export type RouteCacheOptions = {
     /**
      * determines the privacy flag included in client-side caching using the 'Cache-Control' header. Values are:
      *  * 'default' - no privacy flag. This is the default setting.
@@ -834,15 +834,26 @@ export interface RouteCacheOptions {
      *  * 'private' - mark the response as suitable only for private caching.
      */
     privacy?: 'default' | 'public' | 'private';
-    /** relative expiration expressed in the number of milliseconds since the item was saved in the cache. Cannot be used together with expiresAt. */
-    expiresIn?: number;
-    /** time of day expressed in 24h notation using the 'HH:MM' format, at which point all cache records for the route expire. Cannot be used together with expiresIn. */
-    expiresAt?: string;
     /** an array of HTTP response status codes (e.g. 200) which are allowed to include a valid caching directive. Defaults to [200]. */
     statuses?: number[];
     /** a string with the value of the 'Cache-Control' header when caching is disabled. Defaults to 'no-cache'. */
     otherwise?: string;
-}
+} & ({
+    /** relative expiration expressed in the number of milliseconds since the item was saved in the cache. Cannot be used together with expiresAt. */
+    expiresIn?: number;
+    /** time of day expressed in 24h notation using the 'HH:MM' format, at which point all cache records for the route expire. Cannot be used together with expiresIn. */
+    expiresAt?: undefined;
+} | {
+    /** relative expiration expressed in the number of milliseconds since the item was saved in the cache. Cannot be used together with expiresAt. */
+    expiresIn?: undefined;
+    /** time of day expressed in 24h notation using the 'HH:MM' format, at which point all cache records for the route expire. Cannot be used together with expiresIn. */
+    expiresAt?: string;
+} | {
+    /** relative expiration expressed in the number of milliseconds since the item was saved in the cache. Cannot be used together with expiresAt. */
+    expiresIn?: undefined;
+    /** time of day expressed in 24h notation using the 'HH:MM' format, at which point all cache records for the route expire. Cannot be used together with expiresIn. */
+    expiresAt?: undefined;
+});
 
 /**
  * For context see RouteAdditionalConfigurationOptions > cors
diff --git a/types/hapi/test/route/additional-options.ts b/types/hapi/test/route/additional-options.ts
index 80f2789ae0..99e818d08a 100644
--- a/types/hapi/test/route/additional-options.ts
+++ b/types/hapi/test/route/additional-options.ts
@@ -8,31 +8,32 @@ var authConfig: Hapi.RouteAdditionalConfigurationOptions = {
 
 // Handler in config
 const user: Hapi.RouteAdditionalConfigurationOptions = {
-    cache: { expiresIn: 5000 },
+    cache: { expiresIn: 5000, statuses: [200, 201] },
     handler: function (request, reply) {
 
         return reply({ name: 'John' });
     }
 };
 
-
 // Add in addition to examples in docs
 
 var cache: Hapi.RouteCacheOptions = {
     privacy: 'default',
-    statuses: [200, 201],
     expiresIn: 5000,
 };
 
 cache = {
     privacy: 'default',
-    statuses: [200, 201],
     expiresAt: '22:44',
 };
 
-// /* typings should cause this to error, but currently does not
+cache = {
+    privacy: 'default',
+};
+
+/* should error (as does!)
 var cache: Hapi.RouteCacheOptions = {
     expiresIn: 5000,
     expiresAt: '22:44',
 };
-// */
+*/