diff --git a/src/rules/terNewlineAfterVarRule.ts b/src/rules/terNewlineAfterVarRule.ts
index f5a1757..e5fdf0d 100644
--- a/src/rules/terNewlineAfterVarRule.ts
+++ b/src/rules/terNewlineAfterVarRule.ts
@@ -93,8 +93,12 @@ class RuleWalker extends Lint.AbstractWalker<ITerNewlineAfterVarOptions> {
         const nextSibling: ts.Node|void = getNextSiblingNode(node);
         const nextSiblingKind: number|void = nextSibling && nextSibling.kind;
 
-        // prevent a conflict with "eofline" rule
-        if (!nextSibling || nextSiblingKind !== ts.SyntaxKind.EndOfFileToken) {
+        if (
+          !(isNewLineAlwaysRequired && nextSiblingKind === ts.SyntaxKind.VariableStatement) &&
+
+          // prevent a conflict with "eofline" rule
+          !(nextSibling && nextSiblingKind === ts.SyntaxKind.EndOfFileToken)
+        ) {
           const isNewLineRequired: boolean = isNewLineAlwaysRequired && nextSiblingKind !== ts.SyntaxKind.VariableStatement;
           const unexpectedLineFixes: Lint.Replacement[] = [];
           const expectedLineFixes: Lint.Replacement[] = [];
diff --git a/src/test/rules/terNewlineAfterVarRuleTests.ts b/src/test/rules/terNewlineAfterVarRuleTests.ts
index 75792d9..6eb8c11 100644
--- a/src/test/rules/terNewlineAfterVarRuleTests.ts
+++ b/src/test/rules/terNewlineAfterVarRuleTests.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,29 @@ function expecting (errors: ['expectedBlankLine' | 'unexpectedBlankLine', number
 }
 
 ruleTester.addTestGroup('always', 'should always require an empty line after variable declarations ', [
+  {
+    code: dedent`
+      const foo1 = 1;
+
+      const bar1 = 2; // Inline comment
+
+      const foo2 = 3; /* Multiline
+      comment */
+
+      const bar2 = 4;
+      `,
+    output: dedent`
+      const foo1 = 1;
+
+      const bar1 = 2; // Inline comment
+
+      const foo2 = 3; /* Multiline
+      comment */
+
+      const bar2 = 4;
+      `,
+    options: []
+  },
   {
     code: dedent`
       var greet = "hello,",
@@ -227,6 +250,31 @@ ruleTester.addTestGroup('always', 'should always require an empty line after var
 ]);
 
 ruleTester.addTestGroup('never', 'should disallow empty lines after variable declarations ', [
+  {
+    code: dedent`
+      const foo1 = 1;
+
+      const bar1 = 2; // Inline comment
+
+      const foo2 = 3; /* Multiline
+      comment */
+
+      const bar2 = 4;
+      `,
+    output: dedent`
+      const foo1 = 1;
+      const bar1 = 2; // Inline comment
+      const foo2 = 3; /* Multiline
+      comment */
+      const bar2 = 4;
+      `,
+    options: ['never'],
+    errors: expecting([
+      ['unexpectedBlankLine', 1],
+      ['unexpectedBlankLine', 3],
+      ['unexpectedBlankLine', 5]
+    ])
+  },
   {
     code: dedent`
       var greet = "hello,",