diff --git a/types/react-native/globals.d.ts b/types/react-native/globals.d.ts
index 92ae988ecb..2110ab7278 100644
--- a/types/react-native/globals.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-native/globals.d.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ declare function fetchBundle(bundleId: number, callback: (error?: Error | null)
 // Fetch API
 //
 
-declare function fetch(input: Request | string, init?: RequestInit): Promise<Response>;
+declare interface GlobalFetch {
+  fetch(input: RequestInfo, init?: RequestInit): Promise<Response>;
+}
+
+declare function fetch(input: RequestInfo, init?: RequestInit): Promise<Response>;
 
 interface Blob {}
 
@@ -85,6 +89,8 @@ declare var Request: {
   new(input: Request | string, init?: RequestInit): Request;
 };
 
+declare type RequestInfo = Request | string;
+
 declare interface ResponseInit {
   headers?: HeadersInit_;
   status?: number;
diff --git a/types/react-native/test/globals.tsx b/types/react-native/test/globals.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5eae800b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/react-native/test/globals.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+const fetchCopy: GlobalFetch['fetch'] = fetch;
+
+const myHeaders = new Headers();
+myHeaders.append('Content-Type', 'image/jpeg');
+
+const myInit: RequestInit = {
+  method: 'GET',
+  headers: myHeaders,
+  mode: 'cors',
+};
+
+const myRequest = new Request('flowers.jpg');
+
+fetch(myRequest, myInit).then((response) => {
+  console.log(response.type);
+  console.log(response.url);
+  console.log(response.status);
+  console.log(response.ok);
+  console.log(response.statusText);
+  console.log(response.headers);
+
+  return response.blob();
+}).then((blob) => {
+  const init = { status: 200, statusText: 'SuperSmashingGreat!' }
+  const myResponse = new Response(blob, init);
+})
diff --git a/types/react-native/tsconfig.json b/types/react-native/tsconfig.json
index 16c6bf9275..c577fb0d8b 100644
--- a/types/react-native/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/react-native/tsconfig.json
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@
     "files": [
         "index.d.ts",
         "test/index.tsx",
+        "test/globals.tsx",
         "test/animated.tsx",
         "test/init-example.tsx",
         "test/ART.tsx",
         "test/legacy-properties.tsx"
     ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}