diff --git a/src/configs/all.ts b/src/configs/all.ts
index 822a2f9e4ae..33c5fd18c24 100644
--- a/src/configs/all.ts
+++ b/src/configs/all.ts
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ export const rules = {
     ],
     "return-undefined": true,
     "semicolon": [true, "always"],
+    "space-after-branch": true,
     "space-before-function-paren": [true, {
         "anonymous": "never",
         "asyncArrow": "always",
diff --git a/src/rules/spaceAfterBranchRule.ts b/src/rules/spaceAfterBranchRule.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b108f1cb979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rules/spaceAfterBranchRule.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2018 Palantir Technologies, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import * as utils from "tsutils";
+import * as ts from "typescript";
+import * as Lint from "../index";
+
+type Option = "never";
+
+/* tslint:disable:object-literal-sort-keys */
+export class Rule extends Lint.Rules.AbstractRule {
+    public static metadata: Lint.IRuleMetadata = {
+        ruleName: "space-after-branch",
+        description:
+            "Requires or restricts whitespace after branching keywords (`for`, `if`, `switch`, ...)",
+        optionsDescription: Lint.Utils.dedent`
+            By default one whitespace is allowed after branching keywords.
+            Optional argument \`'never'\` checks that branching keywords are not followed by whitespace.
+        `,
+        options: {
+            type: "array",
+            items: {
+                type: "string",
+                enum: ["never"]
+            },
+            maxLength: 1
+        },
+        optionExamples: [[true, "never"]],
+        type: "style",
+        typescriptOnly: false,
+        hasFix: true
+    };
+    /* tslint:enable:object-literal-sort-keys */
+
+    public static FAILURE_INVALID_SPACE = "invalid whitespace after keyword";
+    public static FAILURE_MISSING_SPACE = "missing whitespace after keyword";
+
+    public apply(sourceFile: ts.SourceFile): Lint.RuleFailure[] {
+        const options = this.ruleArguments[0];
+
+        return this.applyWithWalker(new SpaceAfterBranchWalker(sourceFile, this.ruleName, options));
+    }
+}
+
+class SpaceAfterBranchWalker extends Lint.AbstractWalker<Option> {
+    public walk(sourceFile: ts.SourceFile): void {
+        utils.forEachToken(sourceFile, (node: ts.Node) => {
+            switch (node.kind) {
+                case ts.SyntaxKind.CatchKeyword:
+                case ts.SyntaxKind.ForKeyword:
+                case ts.SyntaxKind.IfKeyword:
+                case ts.SyntaxKind.SwitchKeyword:
+                case ts.SyntaxKind.WhileKeyword:
+                case ts.SyntaxKind.WithKeyword:
+                    this.countSpaces(node);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    private countSpaces(node: ts.Node): void {
+        const { text } = this.sourceFile;
+        let currentIndex = node.end;
+        let currentChar = text.charCodeAt(node.end);
+
+        while (ts.isWhiteSpaceLike(currentChar)) {
+            currentChar = text.charCodeAt(++currentIndex);
+        }
+
+        return this.validateRule(node.end, currentIndex);
+    }
+
+    private validateRule(start: number, end: number): void {
+        if (this.options === "never") {
+            if (start !== end) {
+                this.addFailure(
+                    start,
+                    end,
+                    Rule.FAILURE_INVALID_SPACE,
+                    Lint.Replacement.deleteFromTo(start, end)
+                );
+            }
+        } else {
+            switch (end - start) {
+                case 0:
+                    this.addFailure(
+                        end,
+                        end,
+                        Rule.FAILURE_MISSING_SPACE,
+                        Lint.Replacement.appendText(end, " ")
+                    );
+                    break;
+                case 1:
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    this.addFailure(
+                        start + 1,
+                        end,
+                        Rule.FAILURE_INVALID_SPACE,
+                        Lint.Replacement.deleteFromTo(start + 1, end)
+                    );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/rules/space-after-branch/never-space/test.ts.lint b/test/rules/space-after-branch/never-space/test.ts.lint
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94ae6828931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/space-after-branch/never-space/test.ts.lint
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+if (x = 2) {}
+  ~ [invalid]
+
+for (;;) {
+   ~ [invalid] 
+    const x = 1;
+}
+
+switch(v) {}
+
+while   (true) {
+     ~~~ [invalid]
+    z = 1;
+}
+
+with   (z) {}
+    ~~~ [invalid]
+
+catch (error) {
+     ~ [invalid]
+}
+
+for(;;){}
+
+[_base]: %s whitespace after keyword
+[invalid]: _base % ('invalid')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/rules/space-after-branch/never-space/tslint.json b/test/rules/space-after-branch/never-space/tslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94741f3a017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/space-after-branch/never-space/tslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "rules": {
+        "space-after-branch": [true, "never"]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/rules/space-after-branch/none/test.ts.lint b/test/rules/space-after-branch/none/test.ts.lint
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ddaf63182b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/space-after-branch/none/test.ts.lint
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+if(x = 2) {}
+  ~nil [missing]
+
+for (;;) {
+    const x = 1;
+}
+
+switch   (v) {}
+       ~~ [invalid]
+
+while   (true) {
+      ~~ [invalid]
+    z = 1;
+}
+
+with (z) {}
+
+catch (error) {
+}
+
+[_base]: %s whitespace after keyword
+[missing]: _base % ('missing')
+[invalid]: _base % ('invalid')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/rules/space-after-branch/none/tslint.json b/test/rules/space-after-branch/none/tslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76c07e83ec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/space-after-branch/none/tslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "rules": {
+        "space-after-branch": true
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/rules/space-after-branch/one-space/test.ts.lint b/test/rules/space-after-branch/one-space/test.ts.lint
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ddaf63182b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/space-after-branch/one-space/test.ts.lint
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+if(x = 2) {}
+  ~nil [missing]
+
+for (;;) {
+    const x = 1;
+}
+
+switch   (v) {}
+       ~~ [invalid]
+
+while   (true) {
+      ~~ [invalid]
+    z = 1;
+}
+
+with (z) {}
+
+catch (error) {
+}
+
+[_base]: %s whitespace after keyword
+[missing]: _base % ('missing')
+[invalid]: _base % ('invalid')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/rules/space-after-branch/one-space/tslint.json b/test/rules/space-after-branch/one-space/tslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f5980f6056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/space-after-branch/one-space/tslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "rules": {
+        "space-after-branch": [true]
+    }
+}