diff --git a/knex/index.d.ts b/knex/index.d.ts
index 660a8dfcb2..15ff365756 100644
--- a/knex/index.d.ts
+++ b/knex/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Type definitions for Knex.js
 // Project: https://github.com/tgriesser/knex
-// Definitions by: Qubo <https://github.com/tkQubo>
+// Definitions by: Qubo <https://github.com/tkQubo>, Baronfel <https://github.com/baronfel>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.1
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ interface Knex extends Knex.QueryInterface {
     transaction: <R>(transactionScope: ((trx: Knex.Transaction) => void)) => Promise<any>;
     destroy(callback: Function): void;
     destroy(): Promise<void>;
-
+    batchInsert(tableName : TableName, data: any[], chunkSize : number) : Knex.QueryBuilder;
     schema: Knex.SchemaBuilder;
 
     client: any;
diff --git a/knex/knex-tests.ts b/knex/knex-tests.ts
index 3d02a7924b..6e49702faf 100644
--- a/knex/knex-tests.ts
+++ b/knex/knex-tests.ts
@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ knex('books')
   .returning('id')
   .insert([{title: 'Great Gatsby'}, {title: 'Fahrenheit 451'}]);
 
+knex.batchInsert('books', [{title:'Great Gatsby'}, {title: 'Fahrenheit 451'}], 200);
+
 knex('books').where('published_date', '<', 2000).update({status: 'archived'});
 knex('books').where('published_date', '<', 2000).update({status: 'archived'}, 'id');
 knex('books').where('published_date', '<', 2000).update({status: 'archived'}, ['id', 'title']);