diff --git a/types/draft-js/draft-js-tests.tsx b/types/draft-js/draft-js-tests.tsx
index 952c8c213e..da438ee8a2 100644
--- a/types/draft-js/draft-js-tests.tsx
+++ b/types/draft-js/draft-js-tests.tsx
@@ -362,6 +362,11 @@ ReactDOM.render(
 );
 
 const editorState = EditorState.createEmpty();
+
+const selection = editorState.getSelection();
+const newSelection = selection.merge({ focusKey: '8ajs', focusOffset: 0, isBackward: true });
+EditorState.forceSelection(editorState, newSelection);
+
 const contentState = editorState.getCurrentContent();
 const entityMap = contentState.getEntityMap();
 const rawContentState: RawDraftContentState = convertToRaw(contentState);
diff --git a/types/draft-js/index.d.ts b/types/draft-js/index.d.ts
index 71ff5e4eb3..4fbb6a44ea 100644
--- a/types/draft-js/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/draft-js/index.d.ts
@@ -852,9 +852,21 @@ declare namespace Draft {
                 hasText(): boolean;
             }
 
+            interface SelectionStateProperties {
+                anchorKey: string
+                anchorOffset: number
+                focusKey: string
+                focusOffset: number
+                isBackward: boolean
+                hasFocus: boolean
+            }
+
             class SelectionState extends Record {
                 static createEmpty(key: string): SelectionState;
 
+                merge(...iterables: Immutable.Iterable<keyof SelectionStateProperties, SelectionStateProperties[keyof SelectionStateProperties]>[]): SelectionState
+                merge(...iterables: Partial<SelectionStateProperties>[]): SelectionState
+
                 serialize(): string;
                 getAnchorKey(): string;
                 getAnchorOffset(): number;