diff --git a/types/polylabel/index.d.ts b/types/polylabel/index.d.ts
index f43724741a..82c91d6819 100644
--- a/types/polylabel/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/polylabel/index.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Type definitions for polylabel 1.0
+// Type definitions for polylabel 1.1
 // Project: https://github.com/mapbox/polylabel
 // Definitions by: Denis Carriere <https://github.com/DenisCarriere>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
  * @example
  * var p = polylabel(polygon, 1.0);
  */
-declare function polylabel(polygon: number[][][], precision?: number, debug?: boolean): number[];
+declare function polylabel(polygon: number[][][], precision?: number, debug?: boolean): number[] & {distance: number};
 declare namespace polylabel {}
 export default polylabel;
diff --git a/types/polylabel/polylabel-tests.ts b/types/polylabel/polylabel-tests.ts
index 1eb57821fd..e7c79bde1b 100644
--- a/types/polylabel/polylabel-tests.ts
+++ b/types/polylabel/polylabel-tests.ts
@@ -5,3 +5,16 @@ polylabel(polygon);
 polylabel(polygon, 1.0);
 polylabel(polygon, 1.0, true);
 polylabel(polygon, 1.0, false);
+
+// $ExpectType number
+polylabel(polygon)[0];
+// $ExpectType number
+polylabel(polygon)[1];
+// $ExpectType number
+polylabel(polygon).distance;
+
+const [x, y] = polylabel(polygon);
+// $ExpectType number
+x;
+// $ExpectType number
+y;