diff --git a/types/passport-github/index.d.ts b/types/passport-github/index.d.ts
index 99c84bd391..4eaa13e359 100644
--- a/types/passport-github/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/passport-github/index.d.ts
@@ -1,33 +1,50 @@
 // Type definitions for passport-github 1.1
 // Project: https://github.com/jaredhanson/passport-github
-// Definitions by: Yasunori Ohoka <https://github.com/yasupeke>
+// Definitions by:  Yasunori Ohoka <https://github.com/yasupeke>
+//                  Manuel Ruck <https://github.com/reggaepanda>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
-// TypeScript Version: 2.3
+// TypeScript Version: 2.8
 
 import passport = require('passport');
 import express = require('express');
+import OAuth2 = require('passport-oauth2');
+import { OutgoingHttpHeaders } from 'http';
 
 export interface Profile extends passport.Profile {
     profileUrl: string;
 }
 
-export interface StrategyOption {
+export interface StrategyOptionBase {
     clientID: string;
     clientSecret: string;
     callbackURL: string;
 
     scope?: string[];
     userAgent?: string;
+    state?: string;
 
     authorizationURL?: string;
     tokenURL?: string;
     scopeSeparator?: string;
-    customHeaders?: string;
+    customHeaders?: OutgoingHttpHeaders;
     userProfileURL?: string;
 }
 
+export type OAuth2StrategyOptionsWithoutRequiredURLs = Pick<
+    OAuth2._StrategyOptionsBase,
+    Exclude<keyof OAuth2._StrategyOptionsBase, 'authorizationURL' | 'tokenURL'>
+>;
+
+export interface StrategyOption extends StrategyOptionBase {
+    passReqToCallback?: false;
+}
+export interface StrategyOptionWithRequest extends StrategyOptionBase {
+    passReqToCallback: true;
+}
+
 export class Strategy extends passport.Strategy {
     constructor(options: StrategyOption, verify: (accessToken: string, refreshToken: string, profile: Profile, done: (error: any, user?: any) => void) => void);
+    constructor(options: StrategyOptionWithRequest, verify: (req: express.Request, accessToken: string, refreshToken: string, profile: Profile, done: (error: any, user?: any) => void) => void);
     userProfile: (accessToken: string, done?: (error: any, profile: Profile) => void) => void;
 
     name: string;
diff --git a/types/passport-github/passport-github-tests.ts b/types/passport-github/passport-github-tests.ts
index fb8dc73d76..11a7a8f328 100644
--- a/types/passport-github/passport-github-tests.ts
+++ b/types/passport-github/passport-github-tests.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  */
 import passport = require('passport');
 import github = require('passport-github');
+import express = require('express');
 
 // just some test model
 const User = {
@@ -16,15 +17,15 @@ const clientID = process.env.PASSPORT_GITHUB_CONSUMER_KEY;
 const clientSecret = process.env.PASSPORT_GITHUB_CONSUMER_SECRET;
 
 if (typeof callbackURL === "undefined") {
-  throw new Error("callbackURL is undefined");
+    throw new Error("callbackURL is undefined");
 }
 
 if (typeof clientID === "undefined") {
-  throw new Error("clientID is undefined");
+    throw new Error("clientID is undefined");
 }
 
 if (typeof clientSecret === "undefined") {
-  throw new Error("clientSecret is undefined");
+    throw new Error("clientSecret is undefined");
 }
 
 passport.use(new github.Strategy(
@@ -40,3 +41,18 @@ passport.use(new github.Strategy(
         });
     })
 );
+
+passport.use(new github.Strategy(
+    {
+        callbackURL,
+        clientID,
+        clientSecret,
+        passReqToCallback: true
+    },
+    (request: express.Request, accessToken: string, refreshToken: string, profile: github.Profile, done: (error: any, user?: any) => void) => {
+        User.findOrCreate(profile.id, profile.provider, (err, user) => {
+            if (err) { done(err); return; }
+            done(null, user);
+        });
+    })
+);