diff --git a/types/aws-lambda/aws-lambda-tests.ts b/types/aws-lambda/aws-lambda-tests.ts
index 51f0635da1..1c90bb1c72 100644
--- a/types/aws-lambda/aws-lambda-tests.ts
+++ b/types/aws-lambda/aws-lambda-tests.ts
@@ -838,3 +838,60 @@ let customHandler: AWSLambda.Handler<CustomEvent, CustomResult> = (event, contex
 };
 
 let kinesisStreamHandler: AWSLambda.KinesisStreamHandler = (event: AWSLambda.KinesisStreamEvent, context: AWSLambda.Context, cb: AWSLambda.Callback<void>) => { };
+
+let SQSMessageHandler: AWSLambda.SQSHandler = (event: AWSLambda.SQSEvent, context: AWSLambda.Context, cb: AWSLambda.Callback<void>) => { };
+
+// See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/eventsources.html#eventsources-sqs
+const SQSEvent: AWSLambda.SQSEvent = {
+    Records: [
+        {
+            messageId: "c80e8021-a70a-42c7-a470-796e1186f753",
+            receiptHandle: "AQEBJQ+/u6NsnT5t8Q/VbVxgdUl4TMKZ5FqhksRdIQvLBhwNvADoBxYSOVeCBXdnS9P+",
+            body: "{\"foo\":\"bar\"}",
+            attributes: {
+                ApproximateReceiveCount: "3",
+                SentTimestamp: "1529104986221",
+                SenderId: "594035263019",
+                ApproximateFirstReceiveTimestamp: "1529104986230"
+            },
+            messageAttributes: {},
+            md5OfBody: "9bb58f26192e4ba00f01e2e7b136bbd8",
+            eventSource: "aws:sqs",
+            eventSourceARN: "arn:aws:sqs:us-west-2:594035263019:NOTFIFOQUEUE",
+            awsRegion: "us-west-2"
+        }
+    ]
+};
+
+let SQSMessageLegacyAsyncHandler: AWSLambda.SQSHandler = async (
+    event: AWSLambda.SQSEvent,
+    context: AWSLambda.Context,
+    cb: AWSLambda.Callback<void>,
+) => {
+    // $ExpectType SQSEvent
+    event;
+    str = event.Records[0].messageId;
+    anyObj = event.Records[0].body;
+    // $ExpectType Context
+    context;
+    str = context.functionName;
+    // $ExpectType Callback<void>
+    cb;
+    cb();
+    cb(null);
+    cb(new Error());
+};
+
+let SQSMessageNode8AsyncHandler: AWSLambda.SQSHandler = async (
+    event: AWSLambda.SQSEvent,
+    context: AWSLambda.Context
+) => {
+    // $ExpectType SQSEvent
+    event;
+    str = event.Records[0].messageId;
+    anyObj = event.Records[0].body;
+    // $ExpectType Context
+    context;
+    str = context.functionName;
+    return;
+};
diff --git a/types/aws-lambda/index.d.ts b/types/aws-lambda/index.d.ts
index 4c10da216f..aafdf4a0a0 100644
--- a/types/aws-lambda/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/aws-lambda/index.d.ts
@@ -642,6 +642,39 @@ export interface KinesisStreamEvent {
     Records: KinesisStreamRecord[];
 }
 
+// SQS
+// https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/invoking-lambda-function.html#supported-event-source-sqs
+export interface SQSRecord {
+    messageId: string;
+    receiptHandle: string;
+    body: string;
+    attributes: SQSRecordAttributes;
+    messageAttributes: SQSMessageAttributes;
+    md5OfBody: string;
+    eventSource: string;
+    eventSourceARN: string;
+    awsRegion: string;
+  }
+
+export interface SQSEvent {
+    Records: SQSRecord[];
+}
+
+export interface SQSRecordAttributes {
+    ApproximateReceiveCount: string;
+    SentTimestamp: string;
+    SenderId: string;
+    ApproximateFirstReceiveTimestamp: string;
+}
+export interface SQSMessageAttribute {
+    Name: string;
+    Type: string;
+    Value: string;
+}
+export interface SQSMessageAttributes {
+    [name: string]: SQSMessageAttribute;
+}
+
 /**
  * AWS Lambda handler function.
  * http://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/nodejs-prog-model-handler.html
@@ -686,6 +719,8 @@ export type SNSHandler = Handler<SNSEvent, void>;
 export type CognitoUserPoolTriggerHandler = Handler<CognitoUserPoolTriggerEvent>;
 // TODO: Different event/handler types for each event trigger so we can type the result?
 
+export type SQSHandler = Handler<SQSEvent, void>;
+
 // TODO: CognitoSync
 
 export type CloudFormationCustomResourceHandler = Handler<CloudFormationCustomResourceEvent, void>;