diff --git a/types/config/config-tests.ts b/types/config/config-tests.ts
index 507ecc463c..7952705265 100644
--- a/types/config/config-tests.ts
+++ b/types/config/config-tests.ts
@@ -34,3 +34,5 @@ var configSources: config.IConfigSource[] = config.util.getConfigSources();
 var configSource: config.IConfigSource = configSources[0];
 var configSourceName: string = configSource.name;
 var configSourceOriginal: string | undefined = configSource.original;
+
+var moduleDefaults: any = config.util.setModuleDefaults("moduleName", {});
diff --git a/types/config/index.d.ts b/types/config/index.d.ts
index 2f7ee3eaf1..ea5e5a940a 100644
--- a/types/config/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/config/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Type definitions for node-config
 // Project: https://github.com/lorenwest/node-config
 // Definitions by: Roman Korneev <https://github.com/RWander>
+//                 Forrest Bice <https://github.com/forrestbice>
+//                 James Donald <https://github.com/jndonald3>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
 
@@ -31,12 +33,19 @@ declare namespace c {
 
         // Get the current value of a config environment variable
         getEnv(varName: string): string;
-        
+
         // Return the config for the project based on directory param if not directory then return default one (config).
         loadFileConfigs(configDir: string): any;
 
         // Return the sources for the configurations
         getConfigSources(): IConfigSource[];
+
+        /**
+         * This allows module developers to attach their configurations onto
+         * the 6 years agoInitial 0.4 checkin default configuration object so
+         * they can be configured by the consumers of the module.
+         */
+        setModuleDefaults(moduleName:string, defaults:any): any;
     }
 
     interface IConfig {