diff --git a/types/connect-busboy/connect-busboy-tests.ts b/types/connect-busboy/connect-busboy-tests.ts
index 2db8cd45d7..69f8a76d49 100644
--- a/types/connect-busboy/connect-busboy-tests.ts
+++ b/types/connect-busboy/connect-busboy-tests.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,10 @@ import * as express from 'express';
 
 const options: connectBusboy.ConnectBusboyOptions = { immediate: true };
 const result: express.RequestHandler = connectBusboy(options);
+
+const app = express();
+
+app.use(connectBusboy());
+app.use((req: express.Request, res: express.Response, next: express.NextFunction) => {
+    req.busboy.on('file', () => {});
+});
diff --git a/types/connect-busboy/index.d.ts b/types/connect-busboy/index.d.ts
index cb6a3e8702..4085c8d83b 100644
--- a/types/connect-busboy/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/connect-busboy/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Type definitions for connect-busboy 0.0
 // Project: https://github.com/mscdex/connect-busboy
 // Definitions by: Pinguet62 <https://github.com/pinguet62>
+//                 Chris Gedrim <https://github.com/chrisgedrim>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.2
 
@@ -15,4 +16,12 @@ declare namespace connectBusboy {
     }
 }
 
+declare global {
+    namespace Express {
+        interface Request {
+            busboy: busboy.Busboy;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 export = connectBusboy;
diff --git a/types/connect-busboy/tslint.json b/types/connect-busboy/tslint.json
index 3db14f85ea..f93cf8562a 100644
--- a/types/connect-busboy/tslint.json
+++ b/types/connect-busboy/tslint.json
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }
+{
+    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json"
+}