diff --git a/src/configs/tslint-microsoft-contrib-override.ts b/src/configs/tslint-microsoft-contrib-override.ts
index 4067e17..431e3b1 100644
--- a/src/configs/tslint-microsoft-contrib-override.ts
+++ b/src/configs/tslint-microsoft-contrib-override.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export default {
         "no-increment-decrement": false,
         "no-relative-imports": false,
         "no-suspicious-comment": false,
-        "prefer-type-cast": false
+        "prefer-type-cast": false,
+        "no-var-self": false // Deprecated. Use 'no-this-assignment' instead
     }
 };
diff --git a/src/configs/tslint-override.ts b/src/configs/tslint-override.ts
index 2aa15ab..9934f99 100644
--- a/src/configs/tslint-override.ts
+++ b/src/configs/tslint-override.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ export default {
         "no-duplicate-switch-case": true,
         "no-for-in-array": true,
         "no-implicit-dependencies": [true, "dev"],
+        "no-this-assignment": [
+            true,
+            {
+                "allowed-names": [
+                    "^self$"
+                ]
+            }
+        ],
         "prefer-object-spread": true,
 
         // Maintainability