diff --git a/types/node-zookeeper-client/index.d.ts b/types/node-zookeeper-client/index.d.ts
index 0e095cd822..1dcc8eca2a 100644
--- a/types/node-zookeeper-client/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/node-zookeeper-client/index.d.ts
@@ -172,7 +172,13 @@ export class Exception {
     code: number;
     name: string;
     path?: string;
-    constructor(code: number, name: string, path?: string);
+
+    // tslint:disable-next-line ban-types
+    constructor(code: number, name: string, path: string, ctor: Function);
+
+    // tslint:disable-next-line ban-types
+    constructor(code: number, name: string, ctor: Function);
+
     toString(): string;
     getCode(): number;
     getName(): string;
diff --git a/types/node-zookeeper-client/node-zookeeper-client-tests.ts b/types/node-zookeeper-client/node-zookeeper-client-tests.ts
index 554077e5af..ec8727ae4e 100644
--- a/types/node-zookeeper-client/node-zookeeper-client-tests.ts
+++ b/types/node-zookeeper-client/node-zookeeper-client-tests.ts
@@ -257,6 +257,6 @@ const client = zookeeper.createClient(
 }
 
 {
-    new zookeeper.Exception(zookeeper.Exception.NO_NODE, 'test');
-    new zookeeper.Exception(zookeeper.Exception.NO_NODE, 'test', '/test');
+    new zookeeper.Exception(zookeeper.Exception.NO_NODE, 'test', zookeeper.Exception);
+    new zookeeper.Exception(zookeeper.Exception.NO_NODE, 'test', '/test', zookeeper.Exception);
 }