diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ecfa7a493c1..61fde8e0541 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ### vNEXT
 
 - `apollo-server-koa`: Support OPTIONS requests [PR #2288](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/pull/2288)
+- Add `req` and `res` typings to the `ContextFunction` argument for apollo-server and apollo-server-express. Update `ContextFunction` return type to allow returning a value syncronously. [PR #2330](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/pull/2330)
 
 ### v2.4.2
 
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/types.ts b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/types.ts
index 88358a7696a..b0d79611dd3 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/types.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export { KeyValueCache } from 'apollo-server-caching';
 export type Context<T = any> = T;
 export type ContextFunction<T = any> = (
   context: Context<T>,
-) => Promise<Context<T>>;
+) => Context<T> | Promise<Context<T>>;
 
 // A plugin can return an interface that matches `ApolloServerPlugin`, or a
 // factory function that returns `ApolloServerPlugin`.
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-express/src/ApolloServer.ts b/packages/apollo-server-express/src/ApolloServer.ts
index dae1b59dbad..b432ec45672 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-express/src/ApolloServer.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-express/src/ApolloServer.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import express from 'express';
-import corsMiddleware from 'cors';
+import corsMiddleware, { CorsOptions } from 'cors';
 import { json, OptionsJson } from 'body-parser';
 import {
   renderPlaygroundPage,
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import {
   ApolloServerBase,
   formatApolloErrors,
   processFileUploads,
+  ContextFunction,
+  Context,
+  Config,
 } from 'apollo-server-core';
 import accepts from 'accepts';
 import typeis from 'type-is';
@@ -67,7 +70,21 @@ const fileUploadMiddleware = (
   }
 };
 
+interface ExpressContext {
+  req: express.Request;
+  res: express.Response;
+}
+
+export interface ApolloServerExpressConfig extends Config {
+  cors?: CorsOptions | boolean;
+  context?: ContextFunction<ExpressContext> | Context<ExpressContext>;
+}
+
 export class ApolloServer extends ApolloServerBase {
+  constructor(config: ApolloServerExpressConfig) {
+    super(config);
+  }
+
   // This translates the arguments from the middleware into graphQL options It
   // provides typings for the integration specific behavior, ideally this would
   // be propagated with a generic to the super class
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-express/src/index.ts b/packages/apollo-server-express/src/index.ts
index 22a3b9e8d76..dca6d3bd9e2 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-express/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-express/src/index.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export {
   ApolloServer,
   registerServer,
   ServerRegistration,
+  ApolloServerExpressConfig,
 } from './ApolloServer';
 
 export { CorsOptions } from 'cors';
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server/src/index.ts b/packages/apollo-server/src/index.ts
index e92623fb9ee..6b9308eb279 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server/src/index.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import net from 'net';
 import {
   ApolloServer as ApolloServerBase,
   CorsOptions,
+  ApolloServerExpressConfig,
 } from 'apollo-server-express';
-import { Config } from 'apollo-server-core';
 
 export * from './exports';
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export class ApolloServer extends ApolloServerBase {
   private httpServer?: http.Server;
   private cors?: CorsOptions | boolean;
 
-  constructor(config: Config & { cors?: CorsOptions | boolean }) {
+  constructor(config: ApolloServerExpressConfig) {
     super(config);
     this.cors = config && config.cors;
   }