diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 791273e2..5503cf8a 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /// <reference types="react" />
-import { CSSProperties } from 'react'
+import { CSSProperties, DOMAttributes } from 'react'
 import {
   Transform,
   IconProp,
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ export function FontAwesomeIcon(props: FontAwesomeIconProps): JSX.Element
  */
 export type Props = FontAwesomeIconProps
 
-export interface FontAwesomeIconProps {
+// This is identical to the version of Omit in Typescript 3.5. It is included for compatibility with older versions of Typescript.
+type BackwardCompatibleOmit<T, K extends keyof any> = Pick<T, Exclude<keyof T, K>>;
+
+export interface FontAwesomeIconProps extends BackwardCompatibleOmit<DOMAttributes<SVGSVGElement>, 'children' | 'mask'> {
   icon: IconProp
   mask?: IconProp
   className?: string