diff --git a/types/node-forge/index.d.ts b/types/node-forge/index.d.ts
index 0d53971843..bca6a154d5 100644
--- a/types/node-forge/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/node-forge/index.d.ts
@@ -290,5 +290,9 @@ declare module "node-forge" {
         namespace sha256 {
             function create(): MessageDigest;
         }
+
+        namespace md5 {
+            function create(): MessageDigest;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/types/node-forge/node-forge-tests.ts b/types/node-forge/node-forge-tests.ts
index 3d34df3b43..9974d0711b 100644
--- a/types/node-forge/node-forge-tests.ts
+++ b/types/node-forge/node-forge-tests.ts
@@ -96,3 +96,15 @@ if (forge.util.fillString('1', 5) !== '11111') throw Error('forge.util.fillStrin
 
     if (hex.length !== 40) throw Error('forge.md.MessageDigest.update / digest fail');
 }
+
+
+{
+    let md: forge.md.MessageDigest;
+    let hex: string;
+
+    md = forge.md.md5.create();
+    md = md.update('Test');
+    hex = md.digest().toHex();
+
+    if (hex.length !== 32) throw Error('forge.md.MessageDigest.update / digest fail');
+}