diff --git a/ably.d.ts b/ably.d.ts
index 75366ad609..31aaa67958 100644
--- a/ably.d.ts
+++ b/ably.d.ts
@@ -3226,6 +3226,11 @@ declare namespace Types {
    * Static utilities related to presence messages.
    */
   interface PresenceMessageStatic {
+    /**
+     * Construct an empty PresenceMessage.
+     */
+    constructor();
+
     /**
      * Decodes and decrypts a deserialized `PresenceMessage`-like object using the cipher in {@link ChannelOptions}. Any residual transforms that cannot be decoded or decrypted will be in the `encoding` property. Intended for users receiving messages from a source other than a REST or Realtime channel (for example a queue) to avoid having to parse the encoding string.
      *