diff --git a/types/react-native-canvas/index.d.ts b/types/react-native-canvas/index.d.ts
index 5048b2c85c..06f245e23a 100644
--- a/types/react-native-canvas/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-native-canvas/index.d.ts
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ export interface CanvasRenderingContext2D {
 export default class Canvas extends React.Component<CanvasProps> {
     width: number;
     height: number;
-    toDataURL: () => string;
+    toDataURL: () => Promise<string>;
     getContext: (context: string) => CanvasRenderingContext2D;
 }
 
diff --git a/types/react-native-canvas/react-native-canvas-tests.tsx b/types/react-native-canvas/react-native-canvas-tests.tsx
index f76be132f6..493c3880b9 100644
--- a/types/react-native-canvas/react-native-canvas-tests.tsx
+++ b/types/react-native-canvas/react-native-canvas-tests.tsx
@@ -130,6 +130,20 @@ class CanvasTest extends React.Component {
         });
     }
 
+    handleToDataURL(canvas: Canvas) {
+        canvas.width = 100;
+        canvas.height = 100;
+
+        const context = canvas.getContext('2d');
+
+        context.fillStyle = 'purple';
+        context.fillRect(0, 0, 100, 100);
+
+        canvas.toDataURL().then((dataURL: string) => {
+            void dataURL;
+        });
+    }
+
     render() {
         return (
             <View>
@@ -156,6 +170,9 @@ class CanvasTest extends React.Component {
                     <Example sample={require('./images/embed-html.png')}>
                         <Canvas ref={this.handleEmbedHTML} />
                     </Example>
+                    <Example sample={require('./images/to-data-url.png')}>
+                        <Canvas ref={this.handleToDataURL} />
+                    </Example>
                 </ScrollView>
             </View>
         );