diff --git a/types/react-native/index.d.ts b/types/react-native/index.d.ts
index 1aa3397a5c..72b1197b4b 100644
--- a/types/react-native/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-native/index.d.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 //                 Wojciech Tyczynski <https://github.com/tykus160>
 //                 Jake Bloom <https://github.com/jakebloom>
 //                 Ceyhun Ozugur <https://github.com/ceyhun>
+//                 Mike Martin <https://github.com/mcmar>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.8
 
@@ -3299,6 +3300,11 @@ export interface ProgressBarAndroidProps extends ViewProps {
      */
     progress?: number;
 
+    /**
+     * Whether to show the ProgressBar (true, the default) or hide it (false).
+     */
+    animating?: boolean;
+
     /**
      * Color of the progress bar.
      */
diff --git a/types/react-native/test/index.tsx b/types/react-native/test/index.tsx
index b9e9912e27..44b186322f 100644
--- a/types/react-native/test/index.tsx
+++ b/types/react-native/test/index.tsx
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ import {
     NetInfo,
     PermissionsAndroid,
     Platform,
+    ProgressBarAndroid,
     PushNotificationIOS,
 } from "react-native";
 
@@ -937,6 +938,16 @@ const PlatformTest = () => {
     }
 };
 
+// ProgressBarAndroid
+const ProgressBarAndroidTest = () => {
+    <ProgressBarAndroid
+        animating
+        color="white"
+        styleAttr="Horizontal"
+        progress={0.42}
+    />
+};
+
 // Push notification
 const PushNotificationTest = () => {
     PushNotificationIOS.scheduleLocalNotification({