diff --git a/types/node/index.d.ts b/types/node/index.d.ts
index c63b6c892b..417782b2f3 100644
--- a/types/node/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/node/index.d.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 //                 Zane Hannan AU <https://github.com/ZaneHannanAU>
 //                 Jeremie Rodriguez <https://github.com/jeremiergz>
 //                 Samuel Ainsworth <https://github.com/samuela>
+//                 Kyle Uehlein <https://github.com/kuehlein>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
 /** inspector module types */
@@ -2886,6 +2887,7 @@ declare module "child_process" {
         gid?: number;
         windowsHide?: boolean;
         windowsVerbatimArguments?: boolean;
+        shell?: boolean | string;
     }
     interface ExecFileOptionsWithStringEncoding extends ExecFileOptions {
         encoding: BufferEncoding;