diff --git a/types/compression/compression-tests.ts b/types/compression/compression-tests.ts
index dc284ce2df..192ec309e8 100644
--- a/types/compression/compression-tests.ts
+++ b/types/compression/compression-tests.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 import express = require('express');
 import compress = require('compression');
 
@@ -7,3 +6,15 @@ app.use(compress());
 app.use(compress({
     threshold: 512
 }));
+app.use(compress({
+    threshold: 512,
+    filter: (req, res) => {
+        if (req.headers['x-no-compression']) {
+            // don't compress responses with this request header
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // fallback to standard filter function
+        return compress.filter(req, res);
+    }
+}));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/types/compression/index.d.ts b/types/compression/index.d.ts
index 68d687a9c4..813a823a96 100644
--- a/types/compression/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/compression/index.d.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,26 @@
 // Type definitions for compression
 // Project: https://github.com/expressjs/compression
 // Definitions by: Santi Albo <https://github.com/santialbo>
+//                 Rob van der Burgt <https://github.com/rburgt>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.2
 
 import * as express from 'express';
 
+declare function e(options?: e.CompressionOptions): express.RequestHandler;
+
 declare namespace e {
-    interface CompressionOptions  {
+    /**
+     * Default filter, used for extending filter given in CompressionOptions
+     * See https://github.com/expressjs/compression#filter-1 regarding the usage
+     */
+    export function filter(req: express.Request, res: express.Response): boolean;
+
+    interface CompressionFilter {
+        (req: express.Request, res: express.Response): boolean;
+    }
+
+    interface CompressionOptions {
         /**
          * See https://github.com/expressjs/compression#chunksize regarding the usage.
          */
@@ -31,7 +44,7 @@ declare namespace e {
         /**
          * See https://github.com/expressjs/compression#threshold regarding the usage.
          */
-        threshold?: number|string;
+        threshold?: number | string;
 
         /**
          * See https://github.com/expressjs/compression#windowbits regarding the usage.
@@ -41,8 +54,8 @@ declare namespace e {
         /**
          * See https://github.com/expressjs/compression#filter regarding the usage.
          */
-        filter?: Function;
-        
+        filter?: CompressionFilter;
+
         /**
          * See https://nodejs.org/api/zlib.html#zlib_class_options regarding the usage.
          */
@@ -55,5 +68,4 @@ declare namespace e {
     }
 }
 
-declare function e(options?: e.CompressionOptions): express.RequestHandler;
 export = e;