diff --git a/request/request-tests.ts b/request/request-tests.ts
index 9fd6437cd..6efeb63c5 100644
--- a/request/request-tests.ts
+++ b/request/request-tests.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ var options: request.Options = {
 	qs: obj,
 	json: value,
 	multipart: value,
+	agent: new http.Agent(),  
 	agentOptions: value,
 	agentClass: value,
 	forever: value,
@@ -660,4 +661,4 @@ request(
   .on('response', function(resp: http.IncomingMessage) { })
   .on('data', function(data: Buffer | string) { })
   .on('error', function(e: Error) { })
-  .on('complete', function(resp: http.IncomingMessage, body?: string | Buffer) { });
\ No newline at end of file
+  .on('complete', function(resp: http.IncomingMessage, body?: string | Buffer) { });
diff --git a/request/request.d.ts b/request/request.d.ts
index b8506aceb..192c3fe69 100644
--- a/request/request.d.ts
+++ b/request/request.d.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 declare module 'request' {
 	import stream = require('stream');
 	import http = require('http');
+	import https = require('https');
 	import FormData = require('form-data');
 	import url = require('url');
 	import fs = require('fs');
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ declare module 'request' {
 			qs?: any;
 			json?: any;
 			multipart?: RequestPart[] | Multipart;
+			agent?: http.Agent | https.Agent;
 			agentOptions?: any;
 			agentClass?: any;
 			forever?: any;