diff --git a/src/rules/objectLiteralSortKeysRule.ts b/src/rules/objectLiteralSortKeysRule.ts
index 953ecc85259..961d294006b 100644
--- a/src/rules/objectLiteralSortKeysRule.ts
+++ b/src/rules/objectLiteralSortKeysRule.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import * as Lint from "../index";
 
 import { codeExamples } from "./code-examples/objectLiteralSortKeys.examples";
 
+const OPTION_IGNORE_BLANK_LINES = "ignore-blank-lines";
 const OPTION_IGNORE_CASE = "ignore-case";
 const OPTION_LOCALE_COMPARE = "locale-compare";
 const OPTION_MATCH_DECLARATION_ORDER = "match-declaration-order";
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ const OPTION_MATCH_DECLARATION_ORDER_ONLY = "match-declaration-order-only";
 const OPTION_SHORTHAND_FIRST = "shorthand-first";
 
 interface Options {
+    ignoreBlankLines: boolean;
     ignoreCase: boolean;
     localeCompare: boolean;
     matchDeclarationOrder: boolean;
@@ -52,12 +54,14 @@ export class Rule extends Lint.Rules.OptionallyTypedRule {
 
             When using the default alphabetical ordering, additional blank lines may be used to group
             object properties together while keeping the elements within each group in alphabetical order.
+            To opt out of this use ${OPTION_IGNORE_BLANK_LINES} option.
         `,
         rationale: "Useful in preventing merge conflicts",
         optionsDescription: Lint.Utils.dedent`
             By default, this rule checks that keys are in alphabetical order.
             The following may optionally be passed:
 
+            * \`${OPTION_IGNORE_BLANK_LINES}\` will enforce alphabetical ordering regardless of blank lines between each key-value pair.
             * \`${OPTION_IGNORE_CASE}\` will compare keys in a case insensitive way.
             * \`${OPTION_LOCALE_COMPARE}\` will compare keys using the expected sort order of special characters, such as accents.
             * \`${OPTION_MATCH_DECLARATION_ORDER}\` will prefer to use the key ordering of the contextual type of the object literal, as in:
@@ -83,6 +87,7 @@ export class Rule extends Lint.Rules.OptionallyTypedRule {
         options: {
             type: "string",
             enum: [
+                OPTION_IGNORE_BLANK_LINES,
                 OPTION_IGNORE_CASE,
                 OPTION_LOCALE_COMPARE,
                 OPTION_MATCH_DECLARATION_ORDER,
@@ -94,6 +99,7 @@ export class Rule extends Lint.Rules.OptionallyTypedRule {
             true,
             [
                 true,
+                OPTION_IGNORE_BLANK_LINES,
                 OPTION_IGNORE_CASE,
                 OPTION_LOCALE_COMPARE,
                 OPTION_MATCH_DECLARATION_ORDER,
@@ -162,6 +168,7 @@ export class Rule extends Lint.Rules.OptionallyTypedRule {
 
 function parseOptions(ruleArguments: any[]): Options {
     return {
+        ignoreBlankLines: has(OPTION_IGNORE_BLANK_LINES),
         ignoreCase: has(OPTION_IGNORE_CASE),
         localeCompare: has(OPTION_LOCALE_COMPARE),
         matchDeclarationOrder: has(OPTION_MATCH_DECLARATION_ORDER),
@@ -178,6 +185,7 @@ function walk(ctx: Lint.WalkContext<Options>, checker?: ts.TypeChecker): void {
     const {
         sourceFile,
         options: {
+            ignoreBlankLines,
             ignoreCase,
             localeCompare,
             matchDeclarationOrder,
@@ -266,6 +274,14 @@ function walk(ctx: Lint.WalkContext<Options>, checker?: ts.TypeChecker): void {
                                 : localeCompare
                                 ? lastKey.localeCompare(key) === 1
                                 : lastKey > key;
+
+                        if (keyOrderDescending && ignoreBlankLines) {
+                            ctx.addFailureAtNode(
+                                property.name,
+                                Rule.FAILURE_STRING_ALPHABETICAL(property.name.text),
+                            );
+                            return;
+                        }
                         if (keyOrderDescending && !hasBlankLineBefore(ctx.sourceFile, property)) {
                             ctx.addFailureAtNode(
                                 property.name,
diff --git a/test/rules/object-literal-sort-keys/ignore-blank-lines/test.ts.lint b/test/rules/object-literal-sort-keys/ignore-blank-lines/test.ts.lint
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..328b2911a5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/object-literal-sort-keys/ignore-blank-lines/test.ts.lint
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+var testPassA = {
+  a: 'a',
+
+  b: 'b',
+
+  c: 'c',
+};
+
+var testFailA = {
+  b: 'b',
+
+  a: 'a',
+  ~       [err % ('a')]
+  c: 'c',
+};
+
+var testFailB = {
+  a: 'a',
+
+  c: 'c',
+
+  b: 'b',
+  ~       [err % ('b')]
+};
+
+[err]: The key '%s' is not sorted alphabetically
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/rules/object-literal-sort-keys/ignore-blank-lines/tslint.json b/test/rules/object-literal-sort-keys/ignore-blank-lines/tslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fd1360f919a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/object-literal-sort-keys/ignore-blank-lines/tslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "rules": {
+    "object-literal-sort-keys": [true, "ignore-blank-lines"]
+  }
+}