diff --git a/src/NodeParser/TypeofNodeParser.ts b/src/NodeParser/TypeofNodeParser.ts
index 2f77121c0..42e1bd10d 100644
--- a/src/NodeParser/TypeofNodeParser.ts
+++ b/src/NodeParser/TypeofNodeParser.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { ObjectType, ObjectProperty } from "../Type/ObjectType";
 import { ReferenceType } from "../Type/ReferenceType";
 import { getKey } from "../Utils/nodeKey";
 import { LiteralType } from "../Type/LiteralType";
+import { UnknownType } from "../Type/UnknownType";
 
 export class TypeofNodeParser implements SubNodeParser {
     public constructor(protected typeChecker: ts.TypeChecker, protected childNodeParser: NodeParser) {}
@@ -38,6 +39,14 @@ export class TypeofNodeParser implements SubNodeParser {
             return this.childNodeParser.createType(valueDec, context);
         } else if (ts.isPropertyAssignment(valueDec)) {
             return this.childNodeParser.createType(valueDec.initializer, context);
+        } else if (valueDec.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.FunctionDeclaration) {
+            // Silently ignoring Function as JSON Schema does not define them
+            // see https://github.com/vega/ts-json-schema-generator/issues/98
+            return new UnknownType(
+                `Function:(${(<ts.FunctionDeclaration>valueDec).parameters.map((p) => p.getFullText()).join(",")}): ${(<
+                    ts.FunctionDeclaration
+                >valueDec).type?.getFullText()}`
+            );
         }
 
         throw new LogicError(`Invalid type query "${valueDec.getFullText()}" (ts.SyntaxKind = ${valueDec.kind})`);
diff --git a/src/Type/UnknownType.ts b/src/Type/UnknownType.ts
index 24967695b..999888370 100644
--- a/src/Type/UnknownType.ts
+++ b/src/Type/UnknownType.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 import { BaseType } from "./BaseType";
 
 export class UnknownType extends BaseType {
+    constructor(private comment?: string) {
+        super();
+    }
     public getId(): string {
         return "unknown";
     }
+
+    public getComment(): string | undefined {
+        return this.comment;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/TypeFormatter/UnknownTypeFormatter.ts b/src/TypeFormatter/UnknownTypeFormatter.ts
index 444b9f00b..bcf52c508 100644
--- a/src/TypeFormatter/UnknownTypeFormatter.ts
+++ b/src/TypeFormatter/UnknownTypeFormatter.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ export class UnknownTypeFormatter implements SubTypeFormatter {
         return type instanceof UnknownType;
     }
     public getDefinition(type: UnknownType): Definition {
-        return {};
+        return {
+            $comment: type.getComment(),
+        };
     }
     public getChildren(type: UnknownType): BaseType[] {
         return [];
diff --git a/test/valid-data-type.test.ts b/test/valid-data-type.test.ts
index a05bc9c3d..405351784 100644
--- a/test/valid-data-type.test.ts
+++ b/test/valid-data-type.test.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ describe("valid-data-type", () => {
     it("type-typeof-class-static-property", assertValidSchema("type-typeof-class-static-property", "MyType"));
     it("type-typeof-enum", assertValidSchema("type-typeof-enum", "MyObject"));
     it("type-typeof-class", assertValidSchema("type-typeof-class", "MyObject"));
+    it("type-typeof-function", assertValidSchema("type-typeof-function", "*"));
     it("type-keys", assertValidSchema("type-typeof-keys", "MyType"));
 
     it("type-indexed-access-tuple-1", assertValidSchema("type-indexed-access-tuple-1", "MyType"));
diff --git a/test/valid-data/type-typeof-function/main.ts b/test/valid-data/type-typeof-function/main.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad56e5c8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/valid-data/type-typeof-function/main.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+function checkServerIdentity(hostname: string): Error | undefined {
+    return undefined;
+}
+export interface Test {
+    checkServerIdentity?: typeof checkServerIdentity | undefined;
+    otherProp: string;
+}
diff --git a/test/valid-data/type-typeof-function/schema.json b/test/valid-data/type-typeof-function/schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d57e1f056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/valid-data/type-typeof-function/schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "definitions": {
+    "NamedParameters<typeof checkServerIdentity>": {
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "hostname": {
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "hostname"
+      ],
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "Test": {
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "checkServerIdentity": {
+          "$comment": "Function:(hostname: string):  Error | undefined"
+        },
+        "otherProp": {
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "otherProp"
+      ],
+      "type": "object"
+    }
+  }
+}