diff --git a/src/tslintMulti.ts b/src/tslintMulti.ts
index 1387b4d2864..2f028dffcc8 100644
--- a/src/tslintMulti.ts
+++ b/src/tslintMulti.ts
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ import {
 } from "./configuration";
 import { EnableDisableRulesWalker } from "./enableDisableRules";
 import { findFormatter } from "./formatterLoader";
-import { createLanguageService, wrapProgram } from "./language/languageServiceHost";
 import { IFormatter } from "./language/formatter/formatter";
+import { createLanguageService, wrapProgram } from "./language/languageServiceHost";
 import { RuleFailure } from "./language/rule/rule";
 import { TypedRule } from "./language/rule/typedRule";
 import { getSourceFile } from "./language/utils";
diff --git a/test/rules/no-unused-variable/type-checked/a.ts b/test/rules/no-unused-variable/type-checked/a.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..abfc7078006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/no-unused-variable/type-checked/a.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export class A {}
+export var a: A;
diff --git a/test/rules/no-unused-variable/type-checked/test.ts.lint b/test/rules/no-unused-variable/type-checked/test.ts.lint
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de64a5953ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/no-unused-variable/type-checked/test.ts.lint
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import {a, A} from './a';
+
+export class B {
+  static thing = a;
+}
diff --git a/test/rules/no-unused-variable/type-checked/tsconfig.json b/test/rules/no-unused-variable/type-checked/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db953a729b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/no-unused-variable/type-checked/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "declaration": true
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/rules/no-unused-variable/type-checked/tslint.json b/test/rules/no-unused-variable/type-checked/tslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e81cc662cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/no-unused-variable/type-checked/tslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "linterOptions": {
+    "typeCheck": true
+  },
+  "rules": {
+    "no-unused-variable": true
+  }
+}