diff --git a/types/jsonwebtoken/index.d.ts b/types/jsonwebtoken/index.d.ts
index d1c3aeee5f..33d4f7b999 100644
--- a/types/jsonwebtoken/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/jsonwebtoken/index.d.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export interface SignOptions {
 
 export interface VerifyOptions {
     algorithms?: string[];
-    audience?: string | string[];
+    audience?: string | RegExp | Array<string | RegExp>;
     clockTimestamp?: number;
     clockTolerance?: number;
     issuer?: string | string[];
diff --git a/types/jsonwebtoken/jsonwebtoken-tests.ts b/types/jsonwebtoken/jsonwebtoken-tests.ts
index 5884ff6d63..924f95e2d4 100644
--- a/types/jsonwebtoken/jsonwebtoken-tests.ts
+++ b/types/jsonwebtoken/jsonwebtoken-tests.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ cert = fs.readFileSync("public.pem"); // get public key
 jwt.verify(token, cert, { audience: "urn:foo" }, (err, decoded) => {
     // if audience mismatch, err == invalid audience
 });
+jwt.verify(token, cert, { audience: /urn:f[o]{2}/ }, (err, decoded) => {
+    // if audience mismatch, err == invalid audience
+});
+jwt.verify(token, cert, { audience: [/urn:f[o]{2}/, "urn:bar"] }, (err, decoded) => {
+    // if audience mismatch, err == invalid audience
+});
 
 // verify issuer
 cert = fs.readFileSync("public.pem"); // get public key