diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 74feacf05d0..8c236195f7b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## [`master`](https://github.com/elastic/eui/tree/master)
 
 - Added `onBlur` prop to `EuiComboBox` ([#1400](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1400))
+- Added `initialFocus` prop typedefs to `EuiModal` and `EuiPopover` ([#1410](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1410))
 
 ## [`6.2.0`](https://github.com/elastic/eui/tree/v6.2.0)
 
diff --git a/src/components/modal/index.d.ts b/src/components/modal/index.d.ts
index 076c848cd5d..d73cb177d3e 100644
--- a/src/components/modal/index.d.ts
+++ b/src/components/modal/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { CommonProps, Omit } from '../common';
 /// <reference path="../button/index.d.ts" />
 
+import { FocusTarget } from 'focus-trap';
 import { ReactNode, SFC, HTMLAttributes } from 'react';
 
 declare module '@elastic/eui' {
@@ -20,6 +21,12 @@ declare module '@elastic/eui' {
      * set to a string for a custom width in custom measurement.
      */
     maxWidth?: boolean | number | string;
+
+    /** 
+     * Specifies what element should initially have focus; 
+     * Can be a DOM node, or a selector string (which will be passed to document.querySelector() to find the DOM node), or a function that returns a DOM node. 
+     */
+    initialFocus?: FocusTarget;
   }
 
   export const EuiModal: SFC<
diff --git a/src/components/popover/index.d.ts b/src/components/popover/index.d.ts
index 65e5bd57008..1a691f20f2e 100644
--- a/src/components/popover/index.d.ts
+++ b/src/components/popover/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { CommonProps, NoArgCallback } from '../common';
 /// <reference path="../panel/index.d.ts" />
 
+import { FocusTarget } from 'focus-trap';
 import { SFC, ReactNode, HTMLAttributes } from 'react';
 
 declare module '@elastic/eui' {
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ declare module '@elastic/eui' {
     withTitle?: boolean;
     isOpen?: boolean;
     ownFocus?: boolean;
+    initialFocus?: FocusTarget;
     hasArrow?: boolean;
     anchorClassName?: string;
     anchorPosition?: PopoverAnchorPosition;