diff --git a/src/core/core.scale.js b/src/core/core.scale.js
index 2b4e4f235..f207ef541 100644
--- a/src/core/core.scale.js
+++ b/src/core/core.scale.js
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ defaults.set('scale', {
 		minRotation: 0,
 		maxRotation: 50,
 		mirror: false,
-		lineWidth: 0,
-		strokeStyle: '',
+		textStrokeWidth: 0,
+		textStrokeColor: '',
 		padding: 0,
 		display: true,
 		autoSkip: true,
diff --git a/types/scales/index.d.ts b/types/scales/index.d.ts
index 275c31b44..e22047044 100644
--- a/types/scales/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/scales/index.d.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ export interface TickOptions {
    * Sets the offset of the tick labels from the axis
    */
   padding: number;
+  /**
+   * The color of the stroke around the text.
+   * @default undefined
+   */
+  textStrokeColor: Color;
+  /**
+   * Stroke width around the text.
+   * @default 0
+   */
+  textStrokeWidth: number;
   /**
    * z-index of tick layer. Useful when ticks are drawn on chart area. Values <= 0 are drawn under datasets, > 0 on top.
    * @default 0