diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 336ec6b..a033019 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import TimeField from 'react-simple-timefield';
     value={time}                       // {String}   required, format '00:00' or '00:00:00'
     onChange={(event, value) => {...}} // {Function} required
     input={<MyCustomInputElement />}   // {Element}  default: <input type="text" />
+    inputRef={(ref) => {...}}          // {Function} input's ref
     colon=":"                          // {String}   default: ":"
     showSeconds                        // {Boolean}  default: false
 />
@@ -86,11 +87,15 @@ in `demo/index.tsx` file.
 ```bash
 # run development mode
 cd demo
+npm install
+npm install --only=dev
 npm run dev
 ```
 
 #### Build:
 ```bash
+npm install
+npm install --only=dev
 npm test
 npm run format
 npm run build
diff --git a/src/index.tsx b/src/index.tsx
index 5603fcd..8b711ff 100644
--- a/src/index.tsx
+++ b/src/index.tsx
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ interface Props {
   onChange?: onChangeType;
   showSeconds?: boolean;
   input: ReactElement | null;
+  inputRef?: () => HTMLInputElement | null;
   colon?: string;
   style?: CSSProperties | {};
 }
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ export default class TimeField extends React.Component<Props, State> {
 
   render(): ReactElement {
     const {value} = this.state;
-    const {onChange, style, showSeconds, input, colon, ...props} = this.props; //eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
+    const {onChange, style, showSeconds, input, inputRef, colon, ...props} = this.props; //eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
     const onChangeHandler = (event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) =>
       this.onInputChange(event, (e: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>, v: string) => onChange && onChange(e, v));
 
@@ -213,6 +214,7 @@ export default class TimeField extends React.Component<Props, State> {
       <input
         type="text"
         {...props}
+        ref={inputRef}
         value={value}
         onChange={onChangeHandler}
         style={{width: showSeconds ? 54 : 35, ...style}}