diff --git a/types/debug/debug-tests.ts b/types/debug/debug-tests.ts
index fc8d3c5e56..73a16fe782 100644
--- a/types/debug/debug-tests.ts
+++ b/types/debug/debug-tests.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ log("Formatted test (%d arg)", 1);
 log("Formatted %s (%d args)", "test", 2);
 
 log("Enabled?: %s", debug.enabled("DefinitelyTyped:log"));
+log("Name Enabled: %s", debug.names.some(name => name.test("DefinitelyTyped:log")));
 log("Namespace: %s", log.namespace);
 
 var error:debug.IDebugger = debug("DefinitelyTyped:error");
diff --git a/types/debug/index.d.ts b/types/debug/index.d.ts
index 45d3ad02f3..8987b13a26 100644
--- a/types/debug/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/debug/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Type definitions for debug
 // Project: https://github.com/visionmedia/debug
-// Definitions by: Seon-Wook Park <https://github.com/swook>, Gal Talmor <https://github.com/galtalmor>
+// Definitions by: Seon-Wook Park <https://github.com/swook>
+//                 Gal Talmor <https://github.com/galtalmor>
+//                 John McLaughlin <https://github.com/zamb3zi>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
 declare var debug: debug.IDebug;
@@ -16,8 +18,8 @@ declare namespace debug {
         enable: (namespaces: string) => void,
         enabled: (namespaces: string) => boolean,
 
-        names: string[],
-        skips: string[],
+        names: RegExp[],
+        skips: RegExp[],
 
         formatters: IFormatters
     }