diff --git a/tools/gulp/tasks/lint.ts b/tools/gulp/tasks/lint.ts
index b81ce409387..b51b84ba654 100644
--- a/tools/gulp/tasks/lint.ts
+++ b/tools/gulp/tasks/lint.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {red} from 'chalk';
 
 // These types lack of type definitions
 const madge = require('madge');
-const resolveBin = require('resolve-bin');
 
 /** Glob that matches all SCSS or CSS files that should be linted. */
 const stylesGlob = '+(tools|src)/**/!(*.bundle).+(css|scss)';
@@ -28,10 +27,10 @@ task('stylelint', execNodeTask(
 ));
 
 /** Task to run TSLint against the e2e/ and src/ directories. */
-task('tslint', execTsLintTask());
+task('tslint', execNodeTask('tslint', tsLintBaseFlags));
 
 /** Task that automatically fixes TSLint warnings. */
-task('tslint:fix', execTsLintTask('--fix'));
+task('tslint:fix', execNodeTask('tslint', [...tsLintBaseFlags, '--fix']));
 
 /** Task that runs madge to detect circular dependencies. */
 task('madge', ['material:clean-build'], () => {
@@ -51,13 +50,3 @@ task('madge', ['material:clean-build'], () => {
 function formatMadgeCircularModules(circularModules: string[][]): string {
   return circularModules.map((modulePaths: string[]) => `\n - ${modulePaths.join(' > ')}`).join('');
 }
-
-/** Creates a gulp task function that will run TSLint together with ts-node. */
-function execTsLintTask(...flags: string[]) {
-  const tslintBinPath = resolveBin.sync('tslint');
-  const tsNodeOptions = ['-O', '{"module": "commonjs"}'];
-
-  // TS-Node needs the module compiler option to be set to `commonjs` because the transpiled
-  // TypeScript files will be running inside of NodeJS.
-  return execNodeTask('ts-node', [...tsNodeOptions, tslintBinPath, ...tsLintBaseFlags, ...flags]);
-}
diff --git a/tools/tslint-rules/noViewEncapsulationRule.ts b/tools/tslint-rules/noViewEncapsulationRule.ts
index 9b130174d50..196aa37ae34 100644
--- a/tools/tslint-rules/noViewEncapsulationRule.ts
+++ b/tools/tslint-rules/noViewEncapsulationRule.ts
@@ -35,17 +35,17 @@ class Walker extends Lint.RuleWalker {
     this._enabled = fileGlobs.some(p => minimatch(relativeFilePath, p));
   }
 
-  visitClassDeclaration(node) {
+  visitClassDeclaration(node: ts.ClassDeclaration) {
     if (!this._enabled || !node.decorators) {
       return;
     }
 
     node.decorators
-      .map(decorator => decorator.expression)
+      .map(decorator => decorator.expression as any)
       .filter(expression => expression.expression.getText() === 'Component')
       .filter(expression => expression.arguments.length && expression.arguments[0].properties)
       .forEach(expression => {
-        const hasTurnedOffEncapsulation = expression.arguments[0].properties.some(prop => {
+        const hasTurnedOffEncapsulation = expression.arguments[0].properties.some((prop: any) => {
           const value = prop.initializer.getText();
           return prop.name.getText() === 'encapsulation' && value.endsWith('.None');
         });
diff --git a/tools/tslint-rules/tsLoaderRule.js b/tools/tslint-rules/tsLoaderRule.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ba565f1b9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tslint-rules/tsLoaderRule.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+const path = require('path');
+const Lint = require('tslint');
+
+// Custom rule that registers all of the custom rules, written in TypeScript, with ts-node.
+// This is necessary, because `tslint` and IDEs won't execute any rules that aren't in a .js file.
+require('ts-node').register({
+  project: path.join(__dirname, '../gulp/tsconfig.json')
+});
+
+// Add a noop rule so tslint doesn't complain.
+exports.Rule = class Rule extends Lint.Rules.AbstractRule {
+  apply() {}
+}
diff --git a/tslint.json b/tslint.json
index 911ffe3cf7a..af2c655674a 100644
--- a/tslint.json
+++ b/tslint.json
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     "linebreak-style": [true, "LF"],
 
     // Custom Rules
-
+    "ts-loader": true,
     "no-exposed-todo": true,
     "no-view-encapsulation": [
       true,