diff --git a/jsonwebtoken/jsonwebtoken-tests.ts b/jsonwebtoken/jsonwebtoken-tests.ts
index 6aadaa82c6..f4f63a12cd 100644
--- a/jsonwebtoken/jsonwebtoken-tests.ts
+++ b/jsonwebtoken/jsonwebtoken-tests.ts
@@ -74,3 +74,9 @@ jwt.verify(token, cert, { ignoreExpiration: true }, function(err, decoded) {
  * https://github.com/auth0/node-jsonwebtoken#jwtdecodetoken
  */
 var decoded = jwt.decode(token);
+
+decoded = jwt.decode(token, { complete: false });
+
+decoded = jwt.decode(token, { json: false });
+
+decoded = jwt.decode(token, { complete: false, json: false });
diff --git a/jsonwebtoken/jsonwebtoken.d.ts b/jsonwebtoken/jsonwebtoken.d.ts
index a616027e99..b5a2708d2f 100644
--- a/jsonwebtoken/jsonwebtoken.d.ts
+++ b/jsonwebtoken/jsonwebtoken.d.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ declare module "jsonwebtoken" {
         maxAge?: string;
     }
 
+    export interface DecodeOptions {
+      complete?: boolean;
+      json?: boolean;
+    }
+
     export interface VerifyCallback {
         (err: Error, decoded: any): void;
     }
@@ -93,7 +98,8 @@ declare module "jsonwebtoken" {
     /**
      * Returns the decoded payload without verifying if the signature is valid.
      * @param {String} token - JWT string to decode
+     * @param {DecodeOptions} [options] - Options for decoding
      * @returns {Object} The decoded Token
      */
-    function decode(token: string): any;
+    function decode(token: string, options?: DecodeOptions): any;
 }