diff --git a/src/rules/noDuplicateImportsRule.ts b/src/rules/noDuplicateImportsRule.ts
index f662ae35de7..00238799121 100644
--- a/src/rules/noDuplicateImportsRule.ts
+++ b/src/rules/noDuplicateImportsRule.ts
@@ -15,11 +15,22 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { isImportDeclaration, isLiteralExpression, isModuleDeclaration } from "tsutils";
+import {
+    isImportDeclaration,
+    isLiteralExpression,
+    isModuleDeclaration,
+    isNamespaceImport,
+} from "tsutils";
 import * as ts from "typescript";
 
 import * as Lint from "../index";
 
+const OPTION_ALLOW_SEPARATE_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS = "allow-namespace-imports";
+
+interface RuleOptions {
+    [OPTION_ALLOW_SEPARATE_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS]?: boolean;
+}
+
 export class Rule extends Lint.Rules.AbstractRule {
     /* tslint:disable:object-literal-sort-keys */
     public static metadata: Lint.IRuleMetadata = {
@@ -29,9 +40,17 @@ export class Rule extends Lint.Rules.AbstractRule {
         rationale: Lint.Utils.dedent`
             Using a single import statement per module will make the code clearer because you can see everything being imported
             from that module on one line.`,
-        optionsDescription: "Not configurable",
-        options: null,
-        optionExamples: [true],
+        optionsDescription: Lint.Utils.dedent`
+            "${OPTION_ALLOW_SEPARATE_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS}" allows you to import namespaces on separate lines.`,
+        options: {
+            type: "object",
+            properties: {
+                [OPTION_ALLOW_SEPARATE_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS]: {
+                    type: "boolean",
+                },
+            },
+        },
+        optionExamples: [[true, { [OPTION_ALLOW_SEPARATE_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS]: true }]],
         type: "maintainability",
         typescriptOnly: false,
     };
@@ -40,27 +59,67 @@ export class Rule extends Lint.Rules.AbstractRule {
         return `Multiple imports from '${module}' can be combined into one.`;
     }
 
+    public static NAMESPACE_FAILURE_STRING(module: string) {
+        return `Multiple wildcard imports from the same module, '${module}', are prohibited.`;
+    }
+
     public apply(sourceFile: ts.SourceFile): Lint.RuleFailure[] {
-        return this.applyWithFunction(sourceFile, walk);
+        return this.applyWithFunction(sourceFile, walk, {
+            [OPTION_ALLOW_SEPARATE_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS]: !!(
+                this.ruleArguments.length > 0 &&
+                this.ruleArguments[0] !== null &&
+                (this.ruleArguments[0] as RuleOptions)[OPTION_ALLOW_SEPARATE_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS]
+            ),
+        });
     }
 }
 
-function walk(ctx: Lint.WalkContext<void>): void {
-    walkWorker(ctx, ctx.sourceFile.statements, new Set());
+function walk(ctx: Lint.WalkContext<RuleOptions>): void {
+    walkWorker(ctx, ctx.sourceFile.statements, {
+        imports: new Set(),
+        namespaceImports: new Set(),
+    });
+}
+
+function statementIsNamespaceImport(statement: ts.ImportDeclaration) {
+    return !!(
+        statement.importClause !== undefined &&
+        statement.importClause.namedBindings !== undefined &&
+        isNamespaceImport(statement.importClause.namedBindings)
+    );
 }
 
 function walkWorker(
-    ctx: Lint.WalkContext<void>,
+    ctx: Lint.WalkContext<RuleOptions>,
     statements: ReadonlyArray<ts.Statement>,
-    seen: Set<string>,
+    seen: {
+        imports: Set<string>;
+        namespaceImports: Set<string>;
+    },
 ): void {
     for (const statement of statements) {
-        if (isImportDeclaration(statement) && isLiteralExpression(statement.moduleSpecifier)) {
+        if (
+            isImportDeclaration(statement) &&
+            isLiteralExpression(statement.moduleSpecifier) &&
+            (!statementIsNamespaceImport(statement) ||
+                !ctx.options[OPTION_ALLOW_SEPARATE_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS])
+        ) {
             const { text } = statement.moduleSpecifier;
-            if (seen.has(text)) {
+            if (seen.imports.has(text)) {
                 ctx.addFailureAtNode(statement, Rule.FAILURE_STRING(text));
             }
-            seen.add(text);
+            seen.imports.add(text);
+        } else if (
+            isImportDeclaration(statement) &&
+            isLiteralExpression(statement.moduleSpecifier) &&
+            statementIsNamespaceImport(statement) &&
+            ctx.options[OPTION_ALLOW_SEPARATE_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS]
+        ) {
+            const { text } = statement.moduleSpecifier;
+            if (seen.namespaceImports.has(text)) {
+                ctx.addFailureAtNode(statement, Rule.NAMESPACE_FAILURE_STRING(text));
+            }
+            seen.namespaceImports.add(text);
         }
 
         if (
@@ -74,7 +133,12 @@ function walkWorker(
             walkWorker(
                 ctx,
                 (statement.body as ts.ModuleBlock).statements,
-                ts.isExternalModule(ctx.sourceFile) ? seen : new Set(),
+                ts.isExternalModule(ctx.sourceFile)
+                    ? seen
+                    : {
+                          imports: new Set(),
+                          namespaceImports: new Set(),
+                      },
             );
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/allow-namespace-imports/test.d.ts.lint b/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/allow-namespace-imports/test.d.ts.lint
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89d54bb9eb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/allow-namespace-imports/test.d.ts.lint
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+declare module "foo" {
+    import {readFile} from 'fs';
+}
+
+declare module "*";
diff --git a/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/allow-namespace-imports/test.ts.lint b/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/allow-namespace-imports/test.ts.lint
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7bf56979661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/allow-namespace-imports/test.ts.lint
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import {readFile} from 'fs';
+import {readFileSync} from 'fs';
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Multiple imports from 'fs' can be combined into one.]
+
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Multiple wildcard imports from the same module, 'fs', are prohibited.]
+
+import * as path from 'path';
+import {resolve} from 'path';
+
+import {Socket} from 'net'
+import {Server} from 'net';
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Multiple imports from 'net' can be combined into one.]
diff --git a/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/allow-namespace-imports/tslint.json b/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/allow-namespace-imports/tslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca35db49814
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/allow-namespace-imports/tslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+    "rules": {
+        "no-duplicate-imports": {
+            "severity": "error",
+            "options": {
+                "allow-namespace-imports": true
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/test.d.ts.lint b/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/default/test.d.ts.lint
similarity index 100%
rename from test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/test.d.ts.lint
rename to test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/default/test.d.ts.lint
diff --git a/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/test.ts.lint b/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/default/test.ts.lint
similarity index 100%
rename from test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/test.ts.lint
rename to test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/default/test.ts.lint
diff --git a/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/test2.d.ts.lint b/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/default/test2.d.ts.lint
similarity index 100%
rename from test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/test2.d.ts.lint
rename to test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/default/test2.d.ts.lint
diff --git a/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/test3.d.ts.lint b/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/default/test3.d.ts.lint
similarity index 100%
rename from test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/test3.d.ts.lint
rename to test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/default/test3.d.ts.lint
diff --git a/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/default/tslint.json b/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/default/tslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..27886316114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/default/tslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "rules": {
+        "no-duplicate-imports": true
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/tslint.json b/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/tslint.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ccf780811e3..00000000000
--- a/test/rules/no-duplicate-imports/tslint.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "rules": {
-    "no-duplicate-imports": true
-  }
-}