diff --git a/types/index.d.ts b/types/index.d.ts
index a74a371484b..b0e24d767e9 100644
--- a/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/index.d.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export {
   ComponentOptions,
   FunctionalComponentOptions,
   RenderContext,
+  PropType,
   PropOptions,
   ComputedOptions,
   WatchHandler,
diff --git a/types/options.d.ts b/types/options.d.ts
index f6d92b97a16..dc37fa016bb 100644
--- a/types/options.d.ts
+++ b/types/options.d.ts
@@ -130,12 +130,14 @@ export interface RenderContext<Props=DefaultProps> {
   injections: any
 }
 
-export type Prop<T> = { (): T } | { new (...args: any[]): T & object }
+export type Prop<T> = { (): T } | { new(...args: any[]): T & object }
 
-export type PropValidator<T> = PropOptions<T> | Prop<T> | Prop<T>[];
+export type PropType<T> = Prop<T> | Prop<T>[];
+
+export type PropValidator<T> = PropOptions<T> | PropType<T>;
 
 export interface PropOptions<T=any> {
-  type?: Prop<T> | Prop<T>[];
+  type?: PropType<T>;
   required?: boolean;
   default?: T | null | undefined | (() => T | null | undefined);
   validator?(value: T): boolean;
diff --git a/types/test/options-test.ts b/types/test/options-test.ts
index ec06f9b8252..602be72d334 100644
--- a/types/test/options-test.ts
+++ b/types/test/options-test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import Vue, { VNode } from "../index";
+import Vue, { PropType, VNode } from "../index";
 import { ComponentOptions, Component } from "../index";
 import { CreateElement } from "../vue";
 
@@ -59,20 +59,36 @@ class Cat {
   private u = 1
 }
 
+interface IUser {
+  foo: string,
+  bar: number
+}
+
+interface ICat {
+  foo: any,
+  bar: object
+}
+
 Vue.component('union-prop', {
   props: {
-    primitive: [String, Number],
+    cat: Object as PropType<ICat>,
+    complexUnion: { type: [User, Number] as PropType<User | number> },
+    kittyUser: Object as PropType<ICat & IUser>,
+    mixed: [RegExp, Array],
     object: [Cat, User],
+    primitive: [String, Number],
     regex: RegExp,
-    mixed: [RegExp, Array],
-    union: [User, Number] as {new(): User | Number}[] // requires annotation
+    union: [User, Number] as PropType<User | number>
   },
   data() {
-    this.primitive;
+    this.cat;
+    this.complexUnion;
+    this.kittyUser;
+    this.mixed;
     this.object;
-    this.union;
+    this.primitive;
     this.regex.compile;
-    this.mixed;
+    this.union;
     return {
       fixedSize: this.union,
     }