diff --git a/src/navigation/nav-util.ts b/src/navigation/nav-util.ts
index 2a8d2bfaf1..388c874f06 100644
--- a/src/navigation/nav-util.ts
+++ b/src/navigation/nav-util.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export class DeepLinkMetadata implements IonicPageMetadata {
   loadChildren?: string;
   name?: string;
   segment?: string;
-  defaultHistory?: string[];
+  defaultHistory?: string[] | any[];
   priority?: string;
 }