diff --git a/types/express-winston/express-winston-tests.ts b/types/express-winston/express-winston-tests.ts
index 5d48bdd897..285d6725e7 100644
--- a/types/express-winston/express-winston-tests.ts
+++ b/types/express-winston/express-winston-tests.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,19 @@ app.use(expressWinston.errorLogger({
   winstonInstance: logger,
 }));
 
+// Request and error logger with function type msg
+app.use(expressWinston.logger({
+  msg: (req, res) => `HTTP ${req.method} ${req.url} - ${res.statusCode}`,
+  transports: [
+    new winston.transports.Console({})
+  ],
+}));
+
+app.use(expressWinston.errorLogger({
+  msg: (req, res) => `HTTP ${req.method} ${req.url} - ${res.statusCode}`,
+  winstonInstance: logger,
+}));
+
 expressWinston.bodyBlacklist.push('potato');
 expressWinston.bodyWhitelist.push('apple');
 expressWinston.defaultRequestFilter = (req: expressWinston.FilterRequest, prop: string) => req[prop];
diff --git a/types/express-winston/index.d.ts b/types/express-winston/index.d.ts
index f7ae04319b..1d9c42355f 100644
--- a/types/express-winston/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/express-winston/index.d.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export type DynamicLevelFunction = (req: Request, res: Response, err: Error) =>
 export type RequestFilter = (req: FilterRequest, propName: string) => any;
 export type ResponseFilter = (res: FilterResponse, propName: string) => any;
 export type RouteFilter = (req: Request, res: Response) => boolean;
+export type MessageTemplate = string | ((req: Request, res: Response) => string);
 
 export interface BaseLoggerOptions {
   baseMeta?: object;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ export interface BaseLoggerOptions {
   level?: string | DynamicLevelFunction;
   meta?: boolean;
   metaField?: string;
-  msg?: string;
+  msg?: MessageTemplate;
   requestFilter?: RequestFilter;
   requestWhitelist?: string[];
   responseFilter?: ResponseFilter;
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ export interface BaseErrorLoggerOptions {
   dynamicMeta?: DynamicMetaFunction;
   level?: string | DynamicLevelFunction;
   metaField?: string;
-  msg?: string;
+  msg?: MessageTemplate;
   requestFilter?: RequestFilter;
   requestWhitelist?: string[];
 }