diff --git a/types/shelljs/index.d.ts b/types/shelljs/index.d.ts
index c425ac6180..8d96561a1d 100644
--- a/types/shelljs/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/shelljs/index.d.ts
@@ -417,6 +417,12 @@ export function touch(files: string[]): void;
 export function touch(options: TouchOptionsLiteral, ...files: Array<string | string[]>): void;
 export function touch(options: TouchOptionsArray, ...files: Array<string | string[]>): void;
 
+/**
+ * Sets global configuration variables
+ * @param options Available options: `+/-e`: exit upon error (`config.fatal`), `+/-v`: verbose: show all commands (`config.verbose`), `+/-f`: disable filename expansion (globbing)
+ */
+export function set(options: string): void;
+
 // Configuration
 
 export interface ShellConfig {
diff --git a/types/shelljs/shelljs-tests.ts b/types/shelljs/shelljs-tests.ts
index 2e7c5e7e8d..f098e76f7a 100644
--- a/types/shelljs/shelljs-tests.ts
+++ b/types/shelljs/shelljs-tests.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ const childProc = shell.exec("node --version", (code: number) => {
 });
 pid = childProc.pid;
 
+shell.set('+e');
+shell.set('-e');
+shell.set('+v');
+shell.set('-v');
+shell.set('+f');
+shell.set('-f');
+
 shell.chmod(755, "/Users/brandon");
 shell.chmod("755", "/Users/brandon"); // same as above
 shell.chmod("u+x", "/Users/brandon");