diff --git a/types/react-leaflet/index.d.ts b/types/react-leaflet/index.d.ts
index 3ad07b7dda..565af4bfaf 100644
--- a/types/react-leaflet/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-leaflet/index.d.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 // All events need to be lowercase so they don't collide with React.DOMAttributes<T>
 // which already declares things with some of the same names
 
+type Children = React.ReactNode | React.ReactNode[];
+
 interface LeafletLayerEvents {
     onbaselayerchange?(event: Leaflet.LayersControlEvent): void;
     onoverlayadd?(event: Leaflet.LayersControlEvent): void;