diff --git a/types/fetch-mock/fetch-mock-tests.ts b/types/fetch-mock/fetch-mock-tests.ts
index 4593933aef..63381591b9 100644
--- a/types/fetch-mock/fetch-mock-tests.ts
+++ b/types/fetch-mock/fetch-mock-tests.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ fetchMock.get("http://test.com", 200, {method: "GET"});
 fetchMock.get("http://test.com", 200, {method: "GET", overwriteRoutes: true});
 fetchMock.get("http://test.com", 200, {overwriteRoutes: true});
 fetchMock.post("http://test.com", 200, {method: "POST"});
+fetchMock.post("http://test.com", 200, {method: "POST", body: "abc"});
+fetchMock.post("http://test.com", 200, {method: "POST", body: {foo: "bar"}});
+fetchMock.post("http://test.com", 200, {method: "POST", body: ["foo", "bar"]});
 fetchMock.put("http://test.com", 200, {method: "PUT"});
 fetchMock.delete("http://test.com", 200, {method: "DELETE"});
 fetchMock.head("http://test.com", 200, {method: "HEAD"});
diff --git a/types/fetch-mock/index.d.ts b/types/fetch-mock/index.d.ts
index aa73960ca5..5900068e59 100644
--- a/types/fetch-mock/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/fetch-mock/index.d.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ declare namespace fetchMock {
          */
         headers?: { [key: string]: string | number };
 
+        /**
+         * body to match
+         */
+        body?: string | {};
+
         /**
          * key/value map of query strings to match, in any order
          */