diff --git a/src/components/connect.tsx b/src/components/connect.tsx
index 963d72de9..a946a70db 100644
--- a/src/components/connect.tsx
+++ b/src/components/connect.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 /* eslint-disable valid-jsdoc, @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
 import hoistStatics from 'hoist-non-react-statics'
-import React, { useContext, useMemo, useRef } from 'react'
+import React, { ComponentType, useContext, useMemo, useRef } from 'react'
 import { isValidElementType, isContextConsumer } from 'react-is'
 
 import type { Store } from 'redux'
 
 import type {
-  AdvancedComponentDecorator,
   ConnectedComponent,
   InferableComponentEnhancer,
   InferableComponentEnhancerWithProps,
   ResolveThunks,
   DispatchProp,
+  ConnectPropsMaybeWithoutContext,
 } from '../types'
 
 import defaultSelectorFactory, {
@@ -470,18 +470,18 @@ function connect<
 
   const Context = context
 
-  type WrappedComponentProps = TOwnProps & ConnectProps
-
   const initMapStateToProps = mapStateToPropsFactory(mapStateToProps)
   const initMapDispatchToProps = mapDispatchToPropsFactory(mapDispatchToProps)
   const initMergeProps = mergePropsFactory(mergeProps)
 
   const shouldHandleStateChanges = Boolean(mapStateToProps)
 
-  const wrapWithConnect: AdvancedComponentDecorator<
-    TOwnProps,
-    WrappedComponentProps
-  > = (WrappedComponent) => {
+  const wrapWithConnect = <TProps,>(
+    WrappedComponent: ComponentType<TProps>
+  ) => {
+    type WrappedComponentProps = TProps &
+      ConnectPropsMaybeWithoutContext<TProps>
+
     if (
       process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' &&
       !isValidElementType(WrappedComponent)
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 63d6d521c..5a8017d1e 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ export interface DispatchProp<A extends Action = AnyAction> {
   dispatch: Dispatch<A>
 }
 
-export type AdvancedComponentDecorator<TProps, TOwnProps> = (
-  component: ComponentType<TProps>
-) => ComponentType<TOwnProps>
-
 /**
  * A property P will be present if:
  * - it is present in DecorationTargetProps
@@ -94,22 +90,34 @@ export type ConnectedComponent<
     WrappedComponent: C
   }
 
+export type ConnectPropsMaybeWithoutContext<TActualOwnProps> =
+  TActualOwnProps extends { context: any }
+    ? Omit<ConnectProps, 'context'>
+    : ConnectProps
+
+type Identity<T> = T
+export type Mapped<T> = Identity<{ [k in keyof T]: T[k] }>
+
 // Injects props and removes them from the prop requirements.
 // Will not pass through the injected props if they are passed in during
 // render. Also adds new prop requirements from TNeedsProps.
-// Uses distributive omit to preserve discriminated unions part of original prop type
+// Uses distributive omit to preserve discriminated unions part of original prop type.
+// Note> Most of the time TNeedsProps is empty, because the overloads in `Connect`
+// just pass in `{}`.  The real props we need come from the component.
 export type InferableComponentEnhancerWithProps<TInjectedProps, TNeedsProps> = <
   C extends ComponentType<Matching<TInjectedProps, GetProps<C>>>
 >(
   component: C
 ) => ConnectedComponent<
   C,
-  DistributiveOmit<
-    GetLibraryManagedProps<C>,
-    keyof Shared<TInjectedProps, GetLibraryManagedProps<C>>
-  > &
-    TNeedsProps &
-    ConnectProps
+  Mapped<
+    DistributiveOmit<
+      GetLibraryManagedProps<C>,
+      keyof Shared<TInjectedProps, GetLibraryManagedProps<C>>
+    > &
+      TNeedsProps &
+      ConnectPropsMaybeWithoutContext<TNeedsProps & GetProps<C>>
+  >
 >
 
 // Injects props and removes them from the prop requirements.
diff --git a/test/typetests/connect-options-and-issues.tsx b/test/typetests/connect-options-and-issues.tsx
index 1f05c77d6..9e1260e8f 100644
--- a/test/typetests/connect-options-and-issues.tsx
+++ b/test/typetests/connect-options-and-issues.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import {
   createStoreHook,
   TypedUseSelectorHook,
 } from '../../src/index'
+import { ConnectPropsMaybeWithoutContext } from '../../src/types'
 
 import { expectType } from '../typeTestHelpers'
 
@@ -464,7 +465,7 @@ function TestOptionalPropsMergedCorrectly() {
     }
   }
 
-  connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(Component)
+  const Connected = connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(Component)
 }
 
 function TestMoreGeneralDecorationProps() {
@@ -881,3 +882,39 @@ function testPreserveDiscriminatedUnions() {
   ;<ConnectedMyText type="localized" color="red" />
   ;<ConnectedMyText type="localized" color="red" params={someParams} />
 }
+
+function issue1187ConnectAcceptsPropNamedContext() {
+  const mapStateToProps = (state: { name: string }) => {
+    return {
+      name: state.name,
+    }
+  }
+
+  const connector = connect(mapStateToProps)
+
+  type PropsFromRedux = ConnectedProps<typeof connector>
+
+  interface IButtonOwnProps {
+    label: string
+    context: 'LIST' | 'CARD'
+  }
+  type IButtonProps = IButtonOwnProps & PropsFromRedux
+
+  function Button(props: IButtonProps) {
+    const { name, label, context } = props
+    return (
+      <button>
+        {name} - {label} - {context}
+      </button>
+    )
+  }
+
+  const ConnectedButton = connector(Button)
+
+  // Since `IButtonOwnProps` includes a field named `context`, the final
+  // connected component _should_ use exactly that type, and omit the
+  // built-in `context: ReactReduxContext` field definition.
+  // If the types are broken, then `context` will have an error like:
+  // Type '"LIST"' is not assignable to type '("LIST" | "CARD") & (Context<ReactReduxContextValue<any, AnyAction>> | undefined)'
+  return <ConnectedButton label="a" context="LIST" />
+}