diff --git a/types/ioredis/index.d.ts b/types/ioredis/index.d.ts
index d44278cad6..017fc04505 100644
--- a/types/ioredis/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/ioredis/index.d.ts
@@ -841,6 +841,17 @@ declare namespace IORedis {
          * Fixed in: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/pull/15858
          */
         retryStrategy?(times: number): number | false;
+        /**
+         * By default, all pending commands will be flushed with an error every
+         * 20 retry attempts. That makes sure commands won't wait forever when
+         * the connection is down. You can change this behavior by setting
+         * `maxRetriesPerRequest`.
+         *
+         * Set maxRetriesPerRequest to `null` to disable this behavior, and
+         * every command will wait forever until the connection is alive again
+         * (which is the default behavior before ioredis v4).
+         */
+        maxRetriesPerRequest?: number | null;
         /**
          * 1/true means reconnect, 2 means reconnect and resend failed command. Returning false will ignore
          * the error and do nothing.
diff --git a/types/ioredis/ioredis-tests.ts b/types/ioredis/ioredis-tests.ts
index f39edffa0a..848f0b2841 100644
--- a/types/ioredis/ioredis-tests.ts
+++ b/types/ioredis/ioredis-tests.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ new Redis({
     password: 'auth',
     db: 0,
     retryStrategy() { return false; },
+    maxRetriesPerRequest: 20,
     showFriendlyErrorStack: true,
     tls: {
         servername: 'tlsservername'