diff --git a/types/cheerio/cheerio-tests.ts b/types/cheerio/cheerio-tests.ts
index 719c0c70da..89ffb9e28f 100644
--- a/types/cheerio/cheerio-tests.ts
+++ b/types/cheerio/cheerio-tests.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ if ($fromElement("ul > li").length !== 3) {
   throw new Error("Expecting 3 elements when passing `CheerioElement` to `load()`");
 }
 
+$ = cheerio.load(Buffer.from(html));
+
 $ = cheerio.load(html, {
     normalizeWhitespace: true,
     xmlMode: true
diff --git a/types/cheerio/index.d.ts b/types/cheerio/index.d.ts
index 6c893021a3..f25c978ed0 100644
--- a/types/cheerio/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/cheerio/index.d.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 // Type definitions for Cheerio v0.22.0
 // Project: https://github.com/cheeriojs/cheerio
-// Definitions by: Bret Little <https://github.com/blittle>, VILIC VANE <http://vilic.info>, Wayne Maurer <https://github.com/wmaurer>, Umar Nizamani <https://github.com/umarniz>, LiJinyao <https://github.com/LiJinyao>, Chennakrishna <https://github.com/chennakrishna8>, AzSiAz <https://github.com/AzSiAz>
+// Definitions by: Bret Little <https://github.com/blittle>, VILIC VANE <http://vilic.info>, Wayne Maurer <https://github.com/wmaurer>, Umar Nizamani <https://github.com/umarniz>, LiJinyao <https://github.com/LiJinyao>, Chennakrishna <https://github.com/chennakrishna8>, AzSiAz <https://github.com/AzSiAz>, Ryo Ota <https://github.com/nwtgck>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
+/// <reference types="node" />
+
 interface Cheerio {
     // Document References
     // Cheerio https://github.com/cheeriojs/cheerio
@@ -266,7 +268,7 @@ interface CheerioElement {
 }
 
 interface CheerioAPI extends CheerioSelector, CheerioStatic {
-  load(html: string, options?: CheerioOptionsInterface): CheerioStatic;
+  load(html: string | Buffer, options?: CheerioOptionsInterface): CheerioStatic;
   load(element: CheerioElement, options?: CheerioOptionsInterface): CheerioStatic;
 }