diff --git a/types/request-promise-native/index.d.ts b/types/request-promise-native/index.d.ts
index 29e0e0f72c..e4fc27a8c2 100644
--- a/types/request-promise-native/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/request-promise-native/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Type definitions for request-promise-native 1.0
 // Project: https://github.com/request/request-promise-native
 // Definitions by: Gustavo Henke <https://github.com/gustavohenke>
+//                 Matt R. Wilson <https://github.com/mastermatt>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.3
 
@@ -8,7 +9,9 @@ import request = require('request');
 import http = require('http');
 
 declare namespace requestPromise {
-    interface RequestPromise extends request.Request, Promise<any> {
+    interface RequestPromise extends request.Request {
+        then: Promise<any>["then"];
+        catch: Promise<any>["catch"];
         promise(): Promise<any>;
     }
 
diff --git a/types/request-promise-native/request-promise-native-tests.ts b/types/request-promise-native/request-promise-native-tests.ts
index 469b901143..b4c66bd2d8 100644
--- a/types/request-promise-native/request-promise-native-tests.ts
+++ b/types/request-promise-native/request-promise-native-tests.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ rpn('http://google.com').then(() => { });
 rpn('http://google.com').then(console.dir);
 rpn('http://google.com').catch(console.error);
 rpn('http://google.com').then(console.dir, console.error);
+rpn('http://google.com').promise().then(console.dir);
 
 rpn({ uri: 'http://google.com', resolveWithFullResponse: true }).then((response) => { });
 rpn({ uri: 'http://google.com', simple: false }).catch((reason) => { });
diff --git a/types/request-promise/index.d.ts b/types/request-promise/index.d.ts
index 7094d478d6..8e811a415e 100644
--- a/types/request-promise/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/request-promise/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 // Type definitions for request-promise 4.1
 // Project: https://github.com/request/request-promise
-// Definitions by: Christopher Glantschnig <https://github.com/cglantschnig>, Joe Skeen <https://github.com/joeskeen>, Aya Morisawa <https://github.com/AyaMorisawa>
+// Definitions by: Christopher Glantschnig <https://github.com/cglantschnig>
+//                 Joe Skeen <https://github.com/joeskeen>
+//                 Aya Morisawa <https://github.com/AyaMorisawa>
+//                 Matt R. Wilson <https://github.com/mastermatt>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.3
 
@@ -10,7 +13,11 @@ import errors = require('./errors');
 import Promise = require('bluebird');
 
 declare namespace requestPromise {
-    interface RequestPromise extends request.Request, Promise<any> {
+    interface RequestPromise extends request.Request {
+        then: Promise<any>["then"];
+        catch: Promise<any>["catch"];
+        finally: Promise<any>["finally"];
+        cancel: Promise<any>["cancel"];
         promise(): Promise<any>;
     }
 
diff --git a/types/request-promise/request-promise-tests.ts b/types/request-promise/request-promise-tests.ts
index e23a94dd2a..421e4ef766 100644
--- a/types/request-promise/request-promise-tests.ts
+++ b/types/request-promise/request-promise-tests.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ rp('http://google.com').finally(() => {});
 rp('http://google.com').then(console.dir);
 rp('http://google.com').catch(console.error);
 rp('http://google.com').then(console.dir, console.error);
+rp('http://google.com').cancel();
+rp('http://google.com').promise().then(console.dir);
 
 // This works as well since additional methods are only used AFTER the FIRST call in the chain: