diff --git a/types/backbone.marionette/backbone.marionette-tests.ts b/types/backbone.marionette/backbone.marionette-tests.ts
index f57e9e2edc..c6400b2672 100644
--- a/types/backbone.marionette/backbone.marionette-tests.ts
+++ b/types/backbone.marionette/backbone.marionette-tests.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import * as JQuery from 'jquery';
 import * as Marionette from 'backbone.marionette';
 import * as Backbone from 'backbone';
 
@@ -9,6 +10,10 @@ class DestroyWarn extends Marionette.Behavior {
         message: 'you are destroying!'
     };
 
+    ui = {
+        destroy: '.foo'
+    };
+
     // behaviors have events that are bound to the views DOM
     events = {
         'click @ui.destroy': 'warnBeforeDestroy'
@@ -258,12 +263,18 @@ function RegionTests() {
     });
 }
 
+function BehaviorTest() {
+    const b = new DestroyWarn();
+    const uiHandle: JQuery = b.getUI('destroy');
+}
+
 function ViewTests() {
     const v = new MyView(new MyModel());
     const isDestroyed: boolean = v.isDestroyed();
     const isRendered: boolean = v.isRendered();
     const isAttached: boolean = v.isAttached();
     const vv: Marionette.View<Backbone.Model> = v.delegateEntityEvents();
+    const uiHandle: JQuery = v.getUI('destroy');
 }
 
 function CollectionViewTests() {
diff --git a/types/backbone.marionette/index.d.ts b/types/backbone.marionette/index.d.ts
index 7626d60d56..0b717c9bb1 100644
--- a/types/backbone.marionette/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/backbone.marionette/index.d.ts
@@ -1143,6 +1143,11 @@ export class View<TModel extends Backbone.Model> extends Backbone.View<TModel> i
      * throughout the view with the ui attribute.
      */
     ui: any;
+
+    /**
+     * Get handle on UI element defined in ui hash
+     */
+    getUI(ui: string): JQuery;
 }
 
 export interface CollectionViewOptions<
@@ -1561,6 +1566,11 @@ export class Behavior extends Object {
      */
     ui: any;
 
+    /**
+     * Get handle on UI element defined in ui hash
+     */
+    getUI(ui: string): JQuery;
+
     /**
      * Any triggers you define on the Behavior will be triggered in response to the appropriate event on the view.
      */