diff --git a/types/accept/accept-tests.ts b/types/accept/accept-tests.ts
index 011216ede4..659d05c174 100644
--- a/types/accept/accept-tests.ts
+++ b/types/accept/accept-tests.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ accept.language("en;q=0.7, en-GB;q=0.8", ["en-gb"]); // language === "en-GB"
 const languages = accept.languages("da, en;q=0.7, en-GB;q=0.8"); // languages === ["da", "en-GB", "en"]
 languages.lastIndexOf('');
 
+accept.mediaType("text/plain, application/json;q=0.5, text/html, */*;q=0.1");
+accept.mediaType("text/plain, application/json;q=0.5, text/html, */*;q=0.1", ["application/json", "text/html"]);
 const mediaTypes = accept.mediaTypes("text/plain, application/json;q=0.5, text/html, */*;q=0.1");
 // mediaTypes === ["text/plain", "text/html", "application/json", "*/*"]
 mediaTypes.lastIndexOf('');
diff --git a/types/accept/index.d.ts b/types/accept/index.d.ts
index b067ea4306..886193a01e 100644
--- a/types/accept/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/accept/index.d.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export function encoding(encodingHeader?: string, preferences?: string[]): strin
 export function encodings(encodingHeader?: string): string[];
 export function language(languageHeader?: string, preferences?: string[]): string;
 export function languages(languageHeader?: string): string[];
+export function mediaType(mediaTypeHeader?: string, preferences?: string[]): string;
 export function mediaTypes(mediaTypeHeader?: string): string[];
 export function parseAll(
     headers: Record<string, string | string[] | undefined>