diff --git a/app/definitions/IRocketChat.ts b/app/definitions/IRocketChat.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed59b144d17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/definitions/IRocketChat.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import rocketchat from '../lib/rocketchat';
+
+type TRocketChat = typeof rocketchat;
+
+export interface IRocketChatThis extends TRocketChat {
+	sdk: any;
+}
diff --git a/app/lib/methods/canOpenRoom.ts b/app/lib/methods/canOpenRoom.ts
index 0fb5a12e87f..70a9ea579ba 100644
--- a/app/lib/methods/canOpenRoom.ts
+++ b/app/lib/methods/canOpenRoom.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import database from '../database';
+import { IRocketChatThis } from '../../definitions/IRocketChat';
 import store from '../createStore';
+import database from '../database';
 
 const restTypes = {
 	channel: 'channels',
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ enum ETypes {
 	CHANNEL = 'channel'
 }
 
-async function open(this: any, { type, rid, name }: { type: ETypes; rid: string; name: string }) {
+async function open(this: IRocketChatThis, { type, rid, name }: { type: ETypes; rid: string; name: string }) {
 	try {
 		const params = rid ? { roomId: rid } : { roomName: name };
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ async function open(this: any, { type, rid, name }: { type: ETypes; rid: string;
 }
 
 export default async function canOpenRoom(
-	this: any,
+	this: IRocketChatThis,
 	{ rid, path, isCall }: { rid: string; isCall: boolean; path: string }
 ): Promise<any> {
 	try {