diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-typescript/lib/configs/recommended.json b/packages/eslint-plugin-typescript/lib/configs/recommended.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..43d9d0bd8d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-typescript/lib/configs/recommended.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "rules": {
+        "class-name-casing": "error",
+        "no-unused-vars": "error"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-typescript/lib/index.js b/packages/eslint-plugin-typescript/lib/index.js
index c8d04c29429..cf4ec4cb492 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin-typescript/lib/index.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-typescript/lib/index.js
@@ -16,4 +16,10 @@ const path = require("path");
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // import all rules in lib/rules
-module.exports.rules = requireIndex(path.join(__dirname, "rules"));
+module.exports = {
+    rules: requireIndex(path.join(__dirname, "rules")),
+    configs: {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line node/no-unpublished-require
+        recommended: require("./configs/recommended"),
+    },
+};
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-typescript/package.json b/packages/eslint-plugin-typescript/package.json
index fcaa3264f13..f13eafb09f2 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin-typescript/package.json
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-typescript/package.json
@@ -11,14 +11,15 @@
   "author": "Nicholas C. Zakas",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "lint": "eslint lib/ tests/",
-    "lint:fix": "eslint lib/ tests/ --fix",
+    "lint": "eslint lib/ tests/ tools/",
+    "lint:fix": "eslint lib/ tests/ tools/ --fix",
     "docs": "eslint-docs",
     "docs:check": "eslint-docs check",
-    "format-no-write": "prettier-eslint lib/**/*.js tests/**/*.js --eslint-config-path=.eslintrc --eslint-ignore --prettier-ignore --eslint-path=node_modules/eslint --config=.prettierrc",
+    "format-no-write": "prettier-eslint lib/**/*.js tests/**/*.js tools/**/*.js --eslint-config-path=.eslintrc --eslint-ignore --prettier-ignore --eslint-path=node_modules/eslint --config=.prettierrc",
     "format": "yarn format-no-write --write",
     "format-check": "yarn format-no-write --list-different",
-    "test": "mocha tests --recursive --reporter=dot"
+    "test": "mocha tests --recursive --reporter=dot",
+    "recommended:update": "node tools/update-recommended.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "requireindex": "^1.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-typescript/tools/update-recommended.js b/packages/eslint-plugin-typescript/tools/update-recommended.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0fb8266a989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-typescript/tools/update-recommended.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const path = require("path");
+const fs = require("fs");
+const requireIndex = require("requireindex");
+
+/**
+ * Generate recommended configuration
+ * @returns {void}
+ */
+function generate() {
+    // replace this with Object.entries when node > 8
+    const allRules = requireIndex(path.resolve(__dirname, "../lib/rules"));
+    const rules = Object.keys(allRules)
+        .filter(key => allRules[key].meta.docs.recommended)
+        .reduce((config, item) => {
+            config[item] = "error";
+            return config;
+        }, {});
+
+    const filePath = path.resolve(__dirname, "../lib/configs/recommended.json");
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(filePath, `${JSON.stringify({ rules }, null, 4)}\n`);
+}
+
+generate();