diff --git a/types/react-textarea-autosize/index.d.ts b/types/react-textarea-autosize/index.d.ts
index 90fa858dfb..cf03a7a26a 100644
--- a/types/react-textarea-autosize/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-textarea-autosize/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Type definitions for react-textarea-autosize 4.3.0
 // Project: https://github.com/andreypopp/react-textarea-autosize
-// Definitions by: Alexey Svetliakov <https://github.com/asvetliakov>, Jerry Zou <https://github.com/zry656565>
+// Definitions by: Alexey Svetliakov <https://github.com/asvetliakov>,
+//                 Jerry Zou <https://github.com/zry656565>
+//                 Rahul Sagore <https://github.com/Rahul-Sagore>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.8
 
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ declare module "react-textarea-autosize" {
         /**
          * Allows an owner to retrieve the DOM node.
          */
-        inputRef?: (node: HTMLTextAreaElement) => void;
+        inputRef?: ((node: HTMLTextAreaElement) => void) | React.RefObject<HTMLTextAreaElement>;
     }
 
     /**