diff --git a/types/jquery.colorpicker/index.d.ts b/types/jquery.colorpicker/index.d.ts
index 05ee2cf5d2..1ece8a3c66 100644
--- a/types/jquery.colorpicker/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/jquery.colorpicker/index.d.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ interface JQueryColorpickerOptions {
     closeOnOutside?: boolean;
     color?: string;
     colorFormat?: string;
-    disabled: boolean;
+    disabled?: boolean;
     draggable?: boolean;
     duration?: string;
     format?: string;
diff --git a/types/jquery.colorpicker/jquery.colorpicker-tests.ts b/types/jquery.colorpicker/jquery.colorpicker-tests.ts
index 4d2adfb69b..7d6e5c7ce3 100644
--- a/types/jquery.colorpicker/jquery.colorpicker-tests.ts
+++ b/types/jquery.colorpicker/jquery.colorpicker-tests.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ colorpicker.colorpicker("destroy");
 colorpicker.colorpicker("setColor", "#deadbeef");
 colorpicker.colorpicker("option", "disabled", true);
 
+// check if all options are optional
+let defaultColorpicker = $("<input type=\"text\"/>").colorpicker({});
+
 // example plugins provided
 
 $.colorpicker.parts["memory"] = function (inst) {