diff --git a/types/http-proxy/http-proxy-tests.ts b/types/http-proxy/http-proxy-tests.ts
index 1610befc7d..b75f52056e 100644
--- a/types/http-proxy/http-proxy-tests.ts
+++ b/types/http-proxy/http-proxy-tests.ts
@@ -25,10 +25,31 @@ http.createServer((req, res) => {
   proxy.web(req, res);
 });
 
-const newProxy = HttpProxy.createProxyServer({
+const newProxyDefault = HttpProxy.createProxyServer({
     target: {
         host: 'localhost',
         port: '9015'
     },
     ws: true
 });
+
+const newProxyUrl = HttpProxy.createProxyServer({
+  target: 'http://localhost:9015'
+});
+
+const newProxyComplete = HttpProxy.createProxyServer({
+  target: {
+    protocol: 'http:',
+    host: 'localhost',
+    port: 9015,
+    pfx: Buffer.from('foobar'),
+    hostname: 'localhost.com',
+    socketPath: '/foo',
+    passphrase: 'password',
+    key: 'my-key',
+    cert: 'my-cert',
+    ca: 'my-ca',
+    ciphers: 'my-ciphers',
+    secureProtocol: 'my-secure-protocol'
+  }
+});
diff --git a/types/http-proxy/index.d.ts b/types/http-proxy/index.d.ts
index b9bd3d9b02..55b74c405b 100644
--- a/types/http-proxy/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/http-proxy/index.d.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 //                 Florian Oellerich <https://github.com/Raigen>
 //                 Daniel Schmidt <https://github.com/DanielMSchmidt>
 //                 Jordan Abreu <https://github.com/jabreu610>
+//                 Samuel Bodin <https://github.com/bodinsamuel>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.1
 
@@ -16,8 +17,25 @@ import * as events from "events";
 import * as url from "url";
 import * as stream from "stream";
 
+type ProxyTarget = ProxyTargetUrl | ProxyTargetDetailed;
+
 type ProxyTargetUrl = string | Partial<url.Url>;
 
+interface ProxyTargetDetailed {
+  host: string;
+  port: number;
+  protocol?: string;
+  hostname?: string;
+  socketPath?: string;
+  key?: string;
+  passphrase?: string;
+  pfx?: Buffer | string;
+  cert?: string;
+  ca?: string;
+  ciphers?: string;
+  secureProtocol?: string;
+}
+
 type ErrorCallback = (
   err: Error,
   req: http.IncomingMessage,
@@ -169,7 +187,7 @@ declare class Server extends events.EventEmitter {
 declare namespace Server {
   interface ServerOptions {
     /** URL string to be parsed with the url module. */
-    target?: ProxyTargetUrl;
+    target?: ProxyTarget;
     /** URL string to be parsed with the url module. */
     forward?: ProxyTargetUrl;
     /** Object to be passed to http(s).request. */