diff --git a/types/react-flatpickr/index.d.ts b/types/react-flatpickr/index.d.ts
index 0ec95e5159..9d070494b4 100644
--- a/types/react-flatpickr/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-flatpickr/index.d.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@
 // Project: https://github.com/coderhaoxin/react-flatpickr
 // Definitions by: begincalendar <https://github.com/begincalendar>
 //                 snaveevans <https://github.com/snaveevans>
+//                 rigothedev <https://github.com/rigothedev>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.8
 
 import { Component } from "react";
 import flatpickr from "flatpickr";
 
-export interface DateTimePickerProps {
+export type Omit<T, K extends keyof T> = Pick<T, Exclude<keyof T, K>>;
+
+export interface DateTimePickerProps extends Omit<Partial<HTMLInputElement>, 'value'> {
     defaultValue?: string;
     options?: flatpickr.Options.Options;
     onChange?: flatpickr.Options.Hook;
diff --git a/types/react-flatpickr/react-flatpickr-tests.tsx b/types/react-flatpickr/react-flatpickr-tests.tsx
index b80fd83888..cbad38fd58 100644
--- a/types/react-flatpickr/react-flatpickr-tests.tsx
+++ b/types/react-flatpickr/react-flatpickr-tests.tsx
@@ -42,3 +42,5 @@ const valueDateArrayElement = (
 const valueNumberArrayElement = (
     <DatePicker value={[1543516477474, 1544549477474]} />
 );
+
+const extraInputPropertiesElement = <DatePicker placeholder="Enter a date..." id="datepicker-1" />;