diff --git a/lodash/lodash-tests.ts b/lodash/lodash-tests.ts
index cad53409a..dea01282f 100644
--- a/lodash/lodash-tests.ts
+++ b/lodash/lodash-tests.ts
@@ -4377,12 +4377,27 @@ module TestPad {
 }
 
 // _.padLeft
-result = <string>_.padLeft('abc');
-result = <string>_.padLeft('abc', 6);
-result = <string>_.padLeft('abc', 6, '_-');
-result = <string>_('abc').padLeft();
-result = <string>_('abc').padLeft(6);
-result = <string>_('abc').padLeft(6, '_-');
+module TestPadLeft {
+    {
+        let result: string;
+
+        result = _.padLeft('abc');
+        result = _.padLeft('abc', 6);
+        result = _.padLeft('abc', 6, '_-');
+
+        result = _('abc').padLeft();
+        result = _('abc').padLeft(6);
+        result = _('abc').padLeft(6, '_-');
+    }
+
+    {
+        let result: _.LoDashExplicitWrapper<string>;
+
+        result = _('abc').chain().padLeft();
+        result = _('abc').chain().padLeft(6);
+        result = _('abc').chain().padLeft(6, '_-');
+    }
+}
 
 // _.padRight
 module TestPadRight {
diff --git a/lodash/lodash.d.ts b/lodash/lodash.d.ts
index 4a4b5a9df..fe48f4982 100644
--- a/lodash/lodash.d.ts
+++ b/lodash/lodash.d.ts
@@ -9826,20 +9826,37 @@ declare module _ {
         /**
          * Pads string on the left side if it’s shorter than length. Padding characters are truncated if they exceed
          * length.
+         *
          * @param string The string to pad.
          * @param length The padding length.
          * @param chars The string used as padding.
          * @return Returns the padded string.
          */
-        padLeft(string?: string, length?: number, chars?: string): string;
+        padLeft(
+            string?: string,
+            length?: number,
+            chars?: string
+        ): string;
     }
 
-    //_.padLeft
     interface LoDashImplicitWrapper<T> {
         /**
          * @see _.padLeft
          */
-        padLeft(length?: number, chars?: string): string;
+        padLeft(
+            length?: number,
+            chars?: string
+        ): string;
+    }
+
+    interface LoDashExplicitWrapper<T> {
+        /**
+         * @see _.padLeft
+         */
+        padLeft(
+            length?: number,
+            chars?: string
+        ): LoDashExplicitWrapper<string>;
     }
 
     //_.padRight