diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
index 2cbf5c811..604f307fe 100644
--- a/.babelrc
+++ b/.babelrc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "presets": [ "es2015-argon" ],
   "sourceMaps": "inline",
+  "retainLines": true,
   "env": {
     "test": {
       "plugins": [
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ef8bffd8a..8dbb5376f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ This change log adheres to standards from [Keep a CHANGELOG](http://keepachangel
 - [`no-unused-modules`]: consider exported TypeScript interfaces, types and enums ([#1819], thanks [@nicolashenry])
 
 ### Fixed
+- [`order`]/TypeScript: properly support `import = object` expressions ([#1823], thanks [@manuth])
 - [`no-extraneous-dependencies`]/TypeScript: do not error when importing type from dev dependencies ([#1820], thanks [@fernandopasik])
 - [`default`]: avoid crash with `export =` ([#1822], thanks [@AndrewLeedham])
 
@@ -712,6 +713,7 @@ for info on changes for earlier releases.
 [`memo-parser`]: ./memo-parser/README.md
 
 [#1824]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/pull/1824
+[#1823]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/pull/1823
 [#1822]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/pull/1822
 [#1820]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/pull/1820
 [#1819]: https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/pull/1819
diff --git a/docs/rules/order.md b/docs/rules/order.md
index 3aa41bbf5..7d91efd6f 100644
--- a/docs/rules/order.md
+++ b/docs/rules/order.md
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import bar from './bar';
 import baz from './bar/baz';
 // 6. "index" of the current directory
 import main from './';
+// 7. "object"-imports (only available in TypeScript)
+import log = console.log;
 ```
 
 Unassigned imports are ignored, as the order they are imported in may be important.
@@ -77,12 +79,15 @@ This rule supports the following options:
 
 ### `groups: [array]`:
 
-How groups are defined, and the order to respect. `groups` must be an array of `string` or [`string`]. The only allowed `string`s are: `"builtin"`, `"external"`, `"internal"`, `"unknown"`, `"parent"`, `"sibling"`, `"index"`. The enforced order is the same as the order of each element in a group. Omitted types are implicitly grouped together as the last element. Example:
+How groups are defined, and the order to respect. `groups` must be an array of `string` or [`string`]. The only allowed `string`s are:
+`"builtin"`, `"external"`, `"internal"`, `"unknown"`, `"parent"`, `"sibling"`, `"index"`, `"object"`.
+The enforced order is the same as the order of each element in a group. Omitted types are implicitly grouped together as the last element. Example:
 ```js
 [
   'builtin', // Built-in types are first
   ['sibling', 'parent'], // Then sibling and parent types. They can be mingled together
   'index', // Then the index file
+  'object',
   // Then the rest: internal and external type
 ]
 ```
@@ -91,7 +96,7 @@ The default value is `["builtin", "external", "parent", "sibling", "index"]`.
 You can set the options like this:
 
 ```js
-"import/order": ["error", {"groups": ["index", "sibling", "parent", "internal", "external", "builtin"]}]
+"import/order": ["error", {"groups": ["index", "sibling", "parent", "internal", "external", "builtin", "object"]}]
 ```
 
 ### `pathGroups: [array of objects]`:
diff --git a/src/rules/order.js b/src/rules/order.js
index b40714540..7f0160fe1 100644
--- a/src/rules/order.js
+++ b/src/rules/order.js
@@ -248,14 +248,14 @@ function makeOutOfOrderReport(context, imported) {
 }
 
 function getSorter(ascending) {
-  let multiplier = (ascending ? 1 : -1)
+  const multiplier = ascending ? 1 : -1
 
   return function importsSorter(importA, importB) {
     let result
 
-    if ((importA < importB) || importB === null) {
+    if (importA < importB) {
       result = -1
-    } else if ((importA > importB) || importA === null) {
+    } else if (importA > importB) {
       result = 1
     } else {
       result = 0
@@ -310,8 +310,13 @@ function computePathRank(ranks, pathGroups, path, maxPosition) {
   }
 }
 
-function computeRank(context, ranks, name, type, excludedImportTypes) {
-  const impType = importType(name, context)
+function computeRank(context, node, ranks, name, type, excludedImportTypes) {
+  let impType
+  if (type === 'import:object') {
+    impType = 'object'
+  } else {
+    impType = importType(name, context)
+  }
   let rank
   if (!excludedImportTypes.has(impType)) {
     rank = computePathRank(ranks.groups, ranks.pathGroups, name, ranks.maxPosition)
@@ -319,7 +324,7 @@ function computeRank(context, ranks, name, type, excludedImportTypes) {
   if (typeof rank === 'undefined') {
     rank = ranks.groups[impType]
   }
-  if (type !== 'import') {
+  if (type !== 'import' && !type.startsWith('import:')) {
     rank += 100
   }
 
@@ -327,7 +332,7 @@ function computeRank(context, ranks, name, type, excludedImportTypes) {
 }
 
 function registerNode(context, node, name, type, ranks, imported, excludedImportTypes) {
-  const rank = computeRank(context, ranks, name, type, excludedImportTypes)
+  const rank = computeRank(context, node, ranks, name, type, excludedImportTypes)
   if (rank !== -1) {
     imported.push({name, rank, node})
   }
@@ -338,7 +343,7 @@ function isInVariableDeclarator(node) {
     (node.type === 'VariableDeclarator' || isInVariableDeclarator(node.parent))
 }
 
-const types = ['builtin', 'external', 'internal', 'unknown', 'parent', 'sibling', 'index']
+const types = ['builtin', 'external', 'internal', 'unknown', 'parent', 'sibling', 'index', 'object']
 
 // Creates an object with type-rank pairs.
 // Example: { index: 0, sibling: 1, parent: 1, external: 1, builtin: 2, internal: 2 }
@@ -563,7 +568,7 @@ module.exports = {
   create: function importOrderRule (context) {
     const options = context.options[0] || {}
     const newlinesBetweenImports = options['newlines-between'] || 'ignore'
-    const pathGroupsExcludedImportTypes = new Set(options['pathGroupsExcludedImportTypes'] || ['builtin', 'external'])
+    const pathGroupsExcludedImportTypes = new Set(options['pathGroupsExcludedImportTypes'] || ['builtin', 'external', 'object'])
     const alphabetize = getAlphabetizeConfig(options)
     let ranks
 
@@ -609,18 +614,19 @@ module.exports = {
       },
       TSImportEqualsDeclaration: function handleImports(node) {
         let name
+        let type
         if (node.moduleReference.type === 'TSExternalModuleReference') {
           name = node.moduleReference.expression.value
-        } else if (node.isExport) {
-          name = node.moduleReference.name
+          type = 'import'
         } else {
-          name = null
+          name = context.getSourceCode().getText(node.moduleReference)
+          type = 'import:object'
         }
         registerNode(
           context,
           node,
           name,
-          'import',
+          type,
           ranks,
           imported,
           pathGroupsExcludedImportTypes
diff --git a/tests/src/cli.js b/tests/src/cli.js
index 5e0a74e36..9a2d796ad 100644
--- a/tests/src/cli.js
+++ b/tests/src/cli.js
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ describe('CLI regression tests', function () {
                 nodeType: results.results[0].messages[0].nodeType, // we don't care about this one
                 ruleId: 'json/*',
                 severity: 2,
-                source: '\n',
+                source: results.results[0].messages[0].source, // NewLine-characters might differ depending on git-settings
               },
             ],
             errorCount: 1,
             warningCount: 0,
             fixableErrorCount: 0,
             fixableWarningCount: 0,
-            source: ',\n',
+            source: results.results[0].source, // NewLine-characters might differ depending on git-settings
           },
         ],
         errorCount: 1,
diff --git a/tests/src/rules/order.js b/tests/src/rules/order.js
index e8ee82ec6..281baa2c9 100644
--- a/tests/src/rules/order.js
+++ b/tests/src/rules/order.js
@@ -711,6 +711,49 @@ ruleTester.run('order', rule, {
         },
       ],
     }),
+    ...flatMap(getTSParsers, parser => [
+      // Order of the `import ... = require(...)` syntax
+      test({
+        code: `
+          import blah = require('./blah');
+          import { hello } from './hello';`,
+        parser,
+        options: [
+          {
+            alphabetize: {
+              order: 'asc',
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+      // Order of object-imports
+      test({
+        code: `
+          import blah = require('./blah');
+          import log = console.log;`,
+        parser,
+        options: [
+          {
+            alphabetize: {
+              order: 'asc',
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+      test({
+        code: `
+          import debug = console.debug;
+          import log = console.log;`,
+        parser,
+        options: [
+          {
+            alphabetize: {
+              order: 'asc',
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+    ]),
   ],
   invalid: [
     // builtin before external module (require)
@@ -1167,6 +1210,7 @@ ruleTester.run('order', rule, {
       }],
     }),
     ...flatMap(getTSParsers(), parser => [
+      // Order of the `import ... = require(...)` syntax
       test({
         code: `
           var fs = require('fs');
@@ -1183,7 +1227,7 @@ ruleTester.run('order', rule, {
           message: '`fs` import should occur after import of `../foo/bar`',
         }],
       }),
-      {
+      test({
         code: `
           var async = require('async');
           var fs = require('fs');
@@ -1196,7 +1240,7 @@ ruleTester.run('order', rule, {
         errors: [{
           message: '`fs` import should occur before import of `async`',
         }],
-      },
+      }),
       test({
         code: `
           import sync = require('sync');
@@ -1219,6 +1263,33 @@ ruleTester.run('order', rule, {
           message: '`async` import should occur before import of `sync`',
         }],
       }),
+      // Order of object-imports
+      test({
+        code: `
+          import log = console.log;
+          import blah = require('./blah');`,
+        parser,
+        errors: [{
+          message: '`./blah` import should occur before import of `console.log`',
+        }],
+      }),
+      // Alphabetization of object-imports
+      test({
+        code: `
+          import log = console.log;
+          import debug = console.debug;`,
+        parser,
+        errors: [{
+          message: '`console.debug` import should occur before import of `console.log`',
+        }],
+        options: [
+          {
+            alphabetize: {
+              order: 'asc',
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
     ]),
     // Default order using import with custom import alias
     test({