diff --git a/types/underscore/index.d.ts b/types/underscore/index.d.ts
index 8822deca98..72498e3591 100644
--- a/types/underscore/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/underscore/index.d.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 // Type definitions for Underscore 1.8
 // Project: http://underscorejs.org/
-// Definitions by: Boris Yankov <https://github.com/borisyankov>, Josh Baldwin <https://github.com/jbaldwin>, Christopher Currens <https://github.com/ccurrens>, Cassey Lottman <https://github.com/clottman>
+// Definitions by: Boris Yankov <https://github.com/borisyankov>, Josh Baldwin <https://github.com/jbaldwin>, Christopher Currens <https://github.com/ccurrens>, Cassey Lottman <https://github.com/clottman>, Ard Timmerman <https://github.com/confususs>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
 declare var _: _.UnderscoreStatic;
 export = _;
 export as namespace _;
 
-// The DOM is not required to be present, but these definitions reference type Element for the 
+// The DOM is not required to be present, but these definitions reference type Element for the
 // isElement check. If the DOM is present, this declaration will merge.
 declare global {
     interface Element { }
@@ -3631,7 +3631,7 @@ declare module _ {
         * @param object Convert this object to a list of [key, value] pairs.
         * @return List of [key, value] pairs on `object`.
         **/
-        pairs(object: any): any[][];
+        pairs(object: any): [string, any][];
 
         /**
         * Returns a copy of the object where the keys have become the values and the values the keys.
@@ -4738,7 +4738,7 @@ declare module _ {
         * Wrapped type `object`.
         * @see _.pairs
         **/
-        pairs(): any[][];
+        pairs(): [string, any][];
 
         /**
         * Wrapped type `object`.
@@ -5692,7 +5692,7 @@ declare module _ {
         * Wrapped type `object`.
         * @see _.values
         **/
-        values(): _Chain<T>;
+        values(): _Chain<any>;
 
         /**
         * Wrapped type `object`.
@@ -5704,7 +5704,7 @@ declare module _ {
         * Wrapped type `object`.
         * @see _.pairs
         **/
-        pairs(): _Chain<T[]>;
+        pairs(): _Chain<[string, any]>;
 
         /**
         * Wrapped type `object`.
diff --git a/types/underscore/underscore-tests.ts b/types/underscore/underscore-tests.ts
index 419479f689..6175c1874b 100644
--- a/types/underscore/underscore-tests.ts
+++ b/types/underscore/underscore-tests.ts
@@ -527,6 +527,16 @@ function chain_tests() {
   	.keys()    // return ['foo', 'bar'] : string[]
   	.pairs()   // return [['foo', '0'], ['bar', '1']] : string[][]
   	.value();
+
+    interface IYears {
+        2016: number;
+        2017: number;
+    }
+
+    let yearObject: IYears = {2016: 1, 2017: 2};
+    let valuePerYear: number[] = _.chain(yearObject)
+        .values()
+        .value()
 }
 
 var obj: { [k: string] : number } = {