diff --git a/types/request/index.d.ts b/types/request/index.d.ts
index a0d0706605..ea666a033b 100644
--- a/types/request/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/request/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Type definitions for request 2.0
 // Project: https://github.com/request/request
-// Definitions by: Carlos Ballesteros Velasco <https://github.com/soywiz>, bonnici <https://github.com/bonnici>, Bart van der Schoor <https://github.com/Bartvds>, Joe Skeen <https://github.com/joeskeen>, Christopher Currens <https://github.com/ccurrens>
+// Definitions by: Carlos Ballesteros Velasco <https://github.com/soywiz>, bonnici <https://github.com/bonnici>, Bart van der Schoor <https://github.com/Bartvds>, Joe Skeen <https://github.com/joeskeen>, Christopher Currens <https://github.com/ccurrens>, Jon Stevens <https://github.com/lookfirst>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
 // Imported from: https://github.com/soywiz/typescript-node-definitions/d.ts
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ declare namespace request {
         timeout?: number;
         localAddress?: string;
         proxy?: any;
+        tunnel?: boolean;
         strictSSL?: boolean;
         rejectUnauthorized?: boolean;
         time?: boolean;
diff --git a/types/request/request-tests.ts b/types/request/request-tests.ts
index 27856d40b6..f6a8dff9f8 100644
--- a/types/request/request-tests.ts
+++ b/types/request/request-tests.ts
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ var options: request.Options = {
 	pool: value,
 	timeout: num,
 	proxy: value,
+	tunnel: bool,
 	strictSSL: bool,
 	rejectUnauthorized: false
 };