diff --git a/types/test/options-test.ts b/types/test/options-test.ts
index 166d8806108..2c67efe0665 100644
--- a/types/test/options-test.ts
+++ b/types/test/options-test.ts
@@ -323,6 +323,10 @@ Vue.component('component-with-scoped-slot', {
           item: (props: ScopedSlotProps) => [h('span', [props.msg])]
         }
       }),
+      h('child', [
+        // return single VNode (will be normalized to an array)
+        (props: ScopedSlotProps) => h('span', [props.msg])
+      ]),
       h('child', {
         // Passing down all slots from parent
         scopedSlots: this.$scopedSlots
diff --git a/types/vnode.d.ts b/types/vnode.d.ts
index d296ee2e396..62afcfeb7b9 100644
--- a/types/vnode.d.ts
+++ b/types/vnode.d.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import { Vue } from "./vue";
 
+export type ScopedSlot = (props: any) => ScopedSlotReturnValue;
+type ScopedSlotReturnValue = VNode | string | boolean | null | undefined | ScopedSlotReturnArray;
+interface ScopedSlotReturnArray extends Array<ScopedSlotReturnValue> {}
+
 // Scoped slots are guaranteed to return Array of VNodes starting in 2.6
-export type ScopedSlot = (props: any) => ScopedSlotChildren;
+export type NormalizedScopedSlot = (props: any) => ScopedSlotChildren;
 export type ScopedSlotChildren = VNode[] | undefined;
 
 // Relaxed type compatible with $createElement
diff --git a/types/vue.d.ts b/types/vue.d.ts
index 55e44657430..156c31b7c27 100644
--- a/types/vue.d.ts
+++ b/types/vue.d.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   ThisTypedComponentOptionsWithRecordProps,
   WatchOptions,
 } from "./options";
-import { VNode, VNodeData, VNodeChildren, ScopedSlot } from "./vnode";
+import { VNode, VNodeData, VNodeChildren, ScopedSlot, NormalizedScopedSlot } from "./vnode";
 import { PluginFunction, PluginObject } from "./plugin";
 
 export interface CreateElement {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export interface Vue {
   readonly $children: Vue[];
   readonly $refs: { [key: string]: Vue | Element | Vue[] | Element[] };
   readonly $slots: { [key: string]: VNode[] | undefined };
-  readonly $scopedSlots: { [key: string]: ScopedSlot | undefined };
+  readonly $scopedSlots: { [key: string]: NormalizedScopedSlot | undefined };
   readonly $isServer: boolean;
   readonly $data: Record<string, any>;
   readonly $props: Record<string, any>;