diff --git a/src/operations/indexes.ts b/src/operations/indexes.ts
index 6d9bd2fa15..a3a2b91d33 100644
--- a/src/operations/indexes.ts
+++ b/src/operations/indexes.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export type IndexSpecification = OneOrMore<
 >;
 
 /** @public */
-export interface IndexDescription {
+export interface IndexDescription extends CreateIndexesOptions {
   collation?: CollationOptions;
   name?: string;
   key: Document;
diff --git a/test/types/mongodb.test-d.ts b/test/types/mongodb.test-d.ts
index 9bd8c54e70..bd2f5eb019 100644
--- a/test/types/mongodb.test-d.ts
+++ b/test/types/mongodb.test-d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { expectType, expectDeprecated } from 'tsd';
+import { expectType, expectDeprecated, expectError } from 'tsd';
 
 import { MongoClient } from '../../src/mongo_client';
 import { Collection } from '../../src/collection';
@@ -32,3 +32,8 @@ const composedMap = mappedAgg.map<string>(x => x.toString());
 expectType<AggregationCursor<string>>(composedMap);
 expectType<string | null>(await composedMap.next());
 expectType<string[]>(await composedMap.toArray());
+
+// test that VALID_INDEX_OPTIONS like expireAfterSeconds are allowed in IndexDefinitions
+coll.createIndexes([{ key: { event: 1 }, name: 'event', expireAfterSeconds: 2400 }]);
+// test that invalid options are not allowed
+expectError(coll.createIndexes([{ key: { event: 1 }, name: 'event', invalidOption: 2400 }]));