diff --git a/types/jquery/index.d.ts b/types/jquery/index.d.ts
index b03a48dc6f..0cd4c27b89 100644
--- a/types/jquery/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/jquery/index.d.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 //                 John Reilly <https://github.com/johnnyreilly>
 //                 Dick van den Brink <https://github.com/DickvdBrink>
 //                 Thomas Schulz <https://github.com/King2500>
+//                 Terry Mun <https://github.com/terrymun>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.3
 
@@ -3487,7 +3488,7 @@ interface JQuery<TElement = HTMLElement> extends Iterable<TElement> {
      * @see \`{@link https://api.jquery.com/appendTo/ }\`
      * @since 1.0
      */
-    appendTo(target: JQuery.Selector | JQuery.htmlString | JQuery.TypeOrArray<Element> | JQuery): this;
+    appendTo(target: JQuery.Selector | JQuery.htmlString | JQuery.TypeOrArray<Element | DocumentFragment> | JQuery): this;
     /**
      * Set one or more attributes for the set of matched elements.
      *
@@ -5078,7 +5079,7 @@ interface JQuery<TElement = HTMLElement> extends Iterable<TElement> {
      * @see \`{@link https://api.jquery.com/prependTo/ }\`
      * @since 1.0
      */
-    prependTo(target: JQuery.Selector | JQuery.htmlString | JQuery.TypeOrArray<Element> | JQuery): this;
+    prependTo(target: JQuery.Selector | JQuery.htmlString | JQuery.TypeOrArray<Element | DocumentFragment> | JQuery): this;
     /**
      * Get the immediately preceding sibling of each element in the set of matched elements. If a selector
      * is provided, it retrieves the previous sibling only if it matches that selector.
diff --git a/types/jquery/jquery-tests.ts b/types/jquery/jquery-tests.ts
index 417d2e7941..3d04dca165 100644
--- a/types/jquery/jquery-tests.ts
+++ b/types/jquery/jquery-tests.ts
@@ -5670,6 +5670,9 @@ function JQuery() {
 
             // $ExpectType JQuery<HTMLElement>
             $('span').appendTo($('p'));
+
+            // $ExpectType JQuery<HTMLElement>
+            $('span').appendTo(document.createDocumentFragment());
         }
 
         function insertAfter() {
@@ -5733,6 +5736,9 @@ function JQuery() {
 
             // $ExpectType JQuery<HTMLElement>
             $('span').prependTo($('p'));
+
+            // $ExpectType JQuery<HTMLElement>
+            $('span').prependTo(document.createDocumentFragment());
         }
 
         function clone() {