diff --git a/src/configs/all.ts b/src/configs/all.ts
index 822a2f9e4ae..f10234898c3 100644
--- a/src/configs/all.ts
+++ b/src/configs/all.ts
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ export const rules = {
     "encoding": true,
     "file-name-casing": [true, "camel-case"],
     "import-spacing": true,
+    "increment-decrement": true,
     "interface-name": true,
     "interface-over-type-literal": true,
     "jsdoc-format": [true, "check-multiline-start"],
diff --git a/src/rules/incrementDecrementRule.ts b/src/rules/incrementDecrementRule.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1baed03122e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rules/incrementDecrementRule.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2013 Palantir Technologies, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import * as tsutils from "tsutils";
+import * as ts from "typescript";
+
+import * as Lint from "../index";
+
+interface Options {
+    allowPost: boolean;
+}
+
+const OPTION_ALLOW_POST = "allow-post";
+
+export class Rule extends Lint.Rules.AbstractRule {
+    public static metadata: Lint.IRuleMetadata = {
+        description: "Enforces using explicit += 1 or -= 1 operators.",
+        optionExamples: [
+            true,
+            [true, OPTION_ALLOW_POST],
+        ],
+        options: {
+            items: {
+                enum: [OPTION_ALLOW_POST],
+                type: "string",
+            },
+            maxLength: 1,
+            minLength: 0,
+            type: "array",
+        },
+        optionsDescription: Lint.Utils.dedent`
+            If no arguments are provided, both pre- and post-unary operators are banned.
+            If \`"${OPTION_ALLOW_POST}"\` is provided, post-unary operators will be allowed.
+        `,
+        rationale: Lint.Utils.dedent`
+            It's easy to type +i or -i instead of --i or ++i, and won't always result in invalid code.
+            Prefer standardizing small arithmetic operations with the explicit += and -= operators.
+        `,
+        ruleName: "increment-decrement",
+        type: "style",
+        typescriptOnly: false,
+    };
+
+    public static FAILURE_STRING_FACTORY = (newOperatorText: string) =>
+        `Use an explicit ${newOperatorText} operator.`
+
+    public apply(sourceFile: ts.SourceFile): Lint.RuleFailure[] {
+        const options: Options = {
+            allowPost: this.ruleArguments.indexOf(OPTION_ALLOW_POST) !== -1,
+        };
+
+        return this.applyWithFunction(sourceFile, walk, options);
+    }
+}
+
+function walk(context: Lint.WalkContext<Options>) {
+    function createReplacement(node: ts.PostfixUnaryExpression | ts.PrefixUnaryExpression, newOperatorText: string): Lint.Replacement {
+        let text = `${node.operand.getText(context.sourceFile)} ${newOperatorText}`;
+
+        if (node.parent !== undefined && tsutils.isBinaryExpression(node.parent)) {
+            text = `(${text})`;
+        }
+
+        return Lint.Replacement.replaceNode(node, text);
+    }
+
+    function complainOnNode(node: ts.PostfixUnaryExpression | ts.PrefixUnaryExpression) {
+        const newOperatorText = node.operator === ts.SyntaxKind.PlusPlusToken
+            ? "+= 1"
+            : "-= 1";
+        const replacement = createReplacement(node, newOperatorText);
+
+        const failure = Rule.FAILURE_STRING_FACTORY(newOperatorText);
+
+        context.addFailureAtNode(node, failure, replacement);
+    }
+
+    function checkPostfixUnaryExpression(node: ts.PostfixUnaryExpression): void {
+        if (!context.options.allowPost && isIncrementOrDecrementOperator(node.operator)) {
+            complainOnNode(node);
+        }
+    }
+
+    function checkPrefixUnaryExpression(node: ts.PrefixUnaryExpression): void {
+        if (isIncrementOrDecrementOperator(node.operator)) {
+            complainOnNode(node);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return ts.forEachChild(context.sourceFile, function callback(node: ts.Node): void {
+        if (tsutils.isPostfixUnaryExpression(node)) {
+            checkPostfixUnaryExpression(node);
+        } else if (tsutils.isPrefixUnaryExpression(node)) {
+            checkPrefixUnaryExpression(node);
+        }
+
+        return ts.forEachChild(node, callback);
+    });
+}
+
+function isIncrementOrDecrementOperator(operator: ts.PostfixUnaryOperator | ts.PrefixUnaryOperator) {
+    return operator === ts.SyntaxKind.PlusPlusToken || operator === ts.SyntaxKind.MinusMinusToken;
+}
diff --git a/test/rules/increment-decrement/allow-post/test.ts.fix b/test/rules/increment-decrement/allow-post/test.ts.fix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ebac59985d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/increment-decrement/allow-post/test.ts.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+let x = 7;
+
+x += 1;
+x++;
+
+x -= 1;
+x--;
+
++x;
+-x;
+x + 1;
+x - 1;
+1 + x;
+1 - x;
+
+x + (x += 1);
+x + x++;
+
+x - (x -= 1);
+x - x--;
diff --git a/test/rules/increment-decrement/allow-post/test.ts.lint b/test/rules/increment-decrement/allow-post/test.ts.lint
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c27629a2cdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/increment-decrement/allow-post/test.ts.lint
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+let x = 7;
+
+++x;
+~~~       [plus]
+x++;
+
+--x;
+~~~       [minus]
+x--;
+
++x;
+-x;
+x + 1;
+x - 1;
+1 + x;
+1 - x;
+
+x + ++x;
+    ~~~       [plus]
+x + x++;
+
+x - --x;
+    ~~~       [minus]
+x - x--;
+[plus]:       Use an explicit += 1 operator.
+[minus]:       Use an explicit -= 1 operator.
diff --git a/test/rules/increment-decrement/allow-post/tslint.json b/test/rules/increment-decrement/allow-post/tslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b0964670126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/increment-decrement/allow-post/tslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "rules": {
+    "increment-decrement": [true, "allow-post"]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/rules/increment-decrement/default/test.ts.fix b/test/rules/increment-decrement/default/test.ts.fix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f69f47c9056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/increment-decrement/default/test.ts.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+let x = 7;
+
+x += 1;
+x += 1;
+
+x -= 1;
+x -= 1;
+
++x;
+-x;
+x + 1;
+x - 1;
+1 + x;
+1 - x;
+
+x + (x += 1);
+x + (x += 1);
+
+x - (x -= 1);
+x - (x -= 1);
+
+(x += 1) + x;
+(x += 1) + x;
+
+(x -= 1) - x;
+(x -= 1) - x;
diff --git a/test/rules/increment-decrement/default/test.ts.lint b/test/rules/increment-decrement/default/test.ts.lint
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..203f22a705f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/increment-decrement/default/test.ts.lint
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+let x = 7;
+
+++x;
+~~~       [plus]
+x++;
+~~~       [plus]
+
+--x;
+~~~       [minus]
+x--;
+~~~       [minus]
+
++x;
+-x;
+x + 1;
+x - 1;
+1 + x;
+1 - x;
+
+x + ++x;
+    ~~~       [plus]
+x + x++;
+    ~~~       [plus]
+
+x - --x;
+    ~~~       [minus]
+x - x--;
+    ~~~       [minus]
+
+++x + x;
+~~~       [plus]
+x++ + x;
+~~~       [plus]
+
+--x - x;
+~~~       [minus]
+x-- - x;
+~~~       [minus]
+[plus]:       Use an explicit += 1 operator.
+[minus]:       Use an explicit -= 1 operator.
diff --git a/test/rules/increment-decrement/default/tslint.json b/test/rules/increment-decrement/default/tslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..42c70f0b7ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/increment-decrement/default/tslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "rules": {
+    "increment-decrement": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tslint.json b/tslint.json
index 59d34f6574c..3b2ce4e7f04 100644
--- a/tslint.json
+++ b/tslint.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   "rules": {
     // Don't want these
     "cyclomatic-complexity": false,
+    "increment-decrement": false,
     "newline-before-return": false,
     "no-parameter-properties": false,
     "no-parameter-reassignment": false,