diff --git a/types/cheerio/index.d.ts b/types/cheerio/index.d.ts
index d264f4b8da..cb8031705e 100644
--- a/types/cheerio/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/cheerio/index.d.ts
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ interface CheerioOptionsInterface {
     recognizeCDATA?: boolean;
     recognizeSelfClosing?: boolean;
     normalizeWhitespace?: boolean;
+    ignoreWhitespace?: boolean;
 }
 
 interface CheerioSelector {