diff --git a/types/express-handlebars/express-handlebars-tests.ts b/types/express-handlebars/express-handlebars-tests.ts
index e923542a65..1a38578d5e 100644
--- a/types/express-handlebars/express-handlebars-tests.ts
+++ b/types/express-handlebars/express-handlebars-tests.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
 import express = require('express');
 import exphbs = require('express-handlebars');
+import assert = require('assert');
 
 var app = express();
 
 app.engine('handlebars', exphbs({defaultLayout: 'main'}));
 app.set('view engine', 'handlebars');
 
+const hbs = exphbs.create({defaultLayout: 'main'});
+
+hbs.renderView('test', (err: any) => {});
+hbs.renderView('test', (err: any, content: string) => {});
+hbs.renderView('test', {
+    layout: 'main'
+}, (err: any) => {});
+hbs.renderView('test', {
+    layout: 'main'
+}, (err: any, content: string) => {});
+
 app.listen(1337);
 console.log('Test Express Handlebars app on port 1337..');
 console.log('Done');
diff --git a/types/express-handlebars/index.d.ts b/types/express-handlebars/index.d.ts
index 2c718e08b8..50eb804939 100644
--- a/types/express-handlebars/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/express-handlebars/index.d.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ interface ExphbsOptions {
     compilerOptions?: any;
 }
 
+interface ExphbsCallback {
+    (err: any, content?: string): void;
+}
+
 interface Exphbs {
     engine: Function;
     extname: string;
@@ -36,7 +40,8 @@ interface Exphbs {
     getTemplate(filePath: string, options?: PartialTemplateOptions): Promise<Function>;
     getTemplates(dirPath: string, options?: PartialTemplateOptions): Promise<Object>;
     render(filePath: string, context: Object, options?: RenderOptions): Promise<string>;
-    renderView(viewPath: string, optionsOrCallback: any, callback?: () => string): void;
+    renderView(viewPath: string, callback: ExphbsCallback): void;
+    renderView(viewPath: string, options: any, callback: ExphbsCallback): void;
 }
 
 interface ExpressHandlebars {