diff --git a/lib/rules/function-linear-gradient-no-nonstandard-direction/__tests__/index.js b/lib/rules/function-linear-gradient-no-nonstandard-direction/__tests__/index.js
index 03c05a5368..20980f0498 100644
--- a/lib/rules/function-linear-gradient-no-nonstandard-direction/__tests__/index.js
+++ b/lib/rules/function-linear-gradient-no-nonstandard-direction/__tests__/index.js
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ testRule({
 		{
 			code: '.foo { background: url(foo.png), -o-linear-gradient(bottom, #fff, #000 ), url(bar.png); }',
 		},
+		{
+			code: '.foo { background: url(foo.png), -ms-linear-gradient(bottom, #fff, #000 ), url(bar.png); }',
+		},
 	],
 
 	reject: [
@@ -289,6 +292,14 @@ testRule({
 			endLine: 1,
 			endColumn: 62,
 		},
+		{
+			code: '.foo { background: url(foo.png), -ms-linear-gradient(to bottom, #fff, #000), url(bar.png); }',
+			message: messages.rejected,
+			line: 1,
+			column: 54,
+			endLine: 1,
+			endColumn: 63,
+		},
 	],
 });
 
diff --git a/lib/rules/function-linear-gradient-no-nonstandard-direction/index.js b/lib/rules/function-linear-gradient-no-nonstandard-direction/index.js
index 3ac175565a..bdc76c2dd7 100644
--- a/lib/rules/function-linear-gradient-no-nonstandard-direction/index.js
+++ b/lib/rules/function-linear-gradient-no-nonstandard-direction/index.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const rule = (primary) => {
 
 				functionArgumentsSearch(
 					valueParser.stringify(valueNode).toLowerCase(),
-					/^(-webkit-|-moz-|-o-)?linear-gradient$/i,
+					/^(-webkit-|-moz-|-o-|-ms-)?linear-gradient$/i,
 					(expression, expressionIndex) => {
 						const args = expression.split(',');
 						const firstArg = (args[0] || '').trim();