diff --git a/types/ramda/es/includes.d.ts b/types/ramda/es/includes.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6b04d949f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/ramda/es/includes.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import { includes } from '../index';
+export default includes;
diff --git a/types/ramda/index.d.ts b/types/ramda/index.d.ts
index 48888c6ee5..3b4fc67711 100644
--- a/types/ramda/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/ramda/index.d.ts
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@
 /// <reference path="./es/zip.d.ts" />
 /// <reference path="./es/zipObj.d.ts" />
 /// <reference path="./es/zipWith.d.ts" />
+/// <reference path="./es/includes.d.ts" />
 
 declare let R: R.Static;
 
@@ -1129,6 +1130,12 @@ declare namespace R {
          */
         inc(n: number): number;
 
+        /**
+         * Given a target, this function checks a list for a target and returns a boolean.
+         */
+        includes<T>(target: T, list: ReadonlyArray<T>): boolean;
+        includes<T>(target: T): (list: ReadonlyArray<T>) => boolean;
+
         /**
          * Given a function that generates a key, turns a list of objects into an object indexing the objects
          * by the given key.
diff --git a/types/ramda/ramda-tests.ts b/types/ramda/ramda-tests.ts
index 2bd9a55d2f..e02f5605e8 100644
--- a/types/ramda/ramda-tests.ts
+++ b/types/ramda/ramda-tests.ts
@@ -971,6 +971,11 @@ interface Obj {
     )(list);
 });
 
+() => {
+    R.includes(8, [1, 8]); // => true
+    R.includes(10)([1, 2, 3, 4]); // => false
+};
+
 () => {
     R.indexOf(3, [1, 2, 3, 4]); // => 2
     R.indexOf(10)([1, 2, 3, 4]); // => -1