diff --git a/node/node-tests.ts b/node/node-tests.ts
index bb0c5f678e..bd80329dca 100644
--- a/node/node-tests.ts
+++ b/node/node-tests.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import * as dgram from "dgram";
 import * as querystring from "querystring";
 import * as path from "path";
 import * as readline from "readline";
+import * as childProcess from "child_process";
 
 assert(1 + 1 - 2 === 0, "The universe isn't how it should.");
 
@@ -401,3 +402,10 @@ rl.prompt(true);
 rl.question("do you like typescript?", function(answer: string) {
   rl.close();
 });
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// Child Process tests: https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html ///
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+childProcess.exec("echo test");
+childProcess.spawnSync("echo test");
diff --git a/node/node.d.ts b/node/node.d.ts
index b1436e16a1..458ed27cc8 100644
--- a/node/node.d.ts
+++ b/node/node.d.ts
@@ -868,6 +868,26 @@ declare module "child_process" {
         env?: any;
         encoding?: string;
     }): ChildProcess;
+    export function spawnSync(command: string, args?: string[], options?: {
+        cwd?: string;
+        input?: string | Buffer;
+        stdio?: any;
+        env?: any;
+        uid?: number;
+        gid?: number;
+        timeout?: number;
+        maxBuffer?: number;
+        killSignal?: string;
+        encoding?: string;
+    }): {
+        pid: number;
+        output: string[];
+        stdout: string | Buffer;
+        stderr: string | Buffer;
+        status: number;
+        signal: string;
+        error: Error;
+    };
     export function execSync(command: string, options?: {
         cwd?: string;
         input?: string|Buffer;