diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 4a2e192b3..fa7c2fc8b 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export { Rule as PreferInlineDecorator } from './preferInlineDecoratorRule';
 export { Rule as PreferOutputReadonlyRule } from './preferOutputReadonlyRule';
 export { Rule as TemplateConditionalComplexityRule } from './templateConditionalComplexityRule';
 export { Rule as TemplateCyclomaticComplexityRule } from './templateCyclomaticComplexityRule';
+export { Rule as TemplateAccessibilityTabindexNoPositiveRule } from './templateAccessibilityTabindexNoPositiveRule';
 export { Rule as TemplatesNoNegatedAsync } from './templatesNoNegatedAsyncRule';
 export { Rule as TrackByFunctionRule } from './trackByFunctionRule';
 export { Rule as UseHostPropertyDecoratorRule } from './useHostPropertyDecoratorRule';
diff --git a/src/templateAccessibilityTabindexNoPositiveRule.ts b/src/templateAccessibilityTabindexNoPositiveRule.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f1e6ddb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/templateAccessibilityTabindexNoPositiveRule.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { ElementAst } from '@angular/compiler';
+import { IRuleMetadata, RuleFailure, Rules } from 'tslint/lib';
+import { SourceFile } from 'typescript/lib/typescript';
+import { NgWalker } from './angular/ngWalker';
+import { BasicTemplateAstVisitor } from './angular/templates/basicTemplateAstVisitor';
+import { getAttributeValue } from './util/getAttributeValue';
+
+export class Rule extends Rules.AbstractRule {
+  static readonly metadata: IRuleMetadata = {
+    description: 'Ensures that the tab index is not positive',
+    options: null,
+    optionsDescription: 'Not configurable.',
+    rationale: 'positive values for tabidex attribute should be avoided because they mess up with the order of focus (AX_FOCUS_03)',
+    ruleName: 'template-accessibility-tabindex-no-positive',
+    type: 'functionality',
+    typescriptOnly: true
+  };
+
+  static readonly FAILURE_MESSAGE = 'Tabindex cannot be positive';
+
+  apply(sourceFile: SourceFile): RuleFailure[] {
+    return this.applyWithWalker(
+      new NgWalker(sourceFile, this.getOptions(), {
+        templateVisitorCtrl: TemplateAccessibilityTabindexNoPositiveVisitor
+      })
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+class TemplateAccessibilityTabindexNoPositiveVisitor extends BasicTemplateAstVisitor {
+  visitElement(ast: ElementAst, context: any): any {
+    this.validateElement(ast);
+    super.visitElement(ast, context);
+  }
+
+  private validateElement(element: ElementAst) {
+    let tabIndexValue = getAttributeValue(element, 'tabindex');
+    if (tabIndexValue) {
+      tabIndexValue = parseInt(tabIndexValue, 10);
+      if (tabIndexValue > 0) {
+        const {
+          sourceSpan: {
+            end: { offset: endOffset },
+            start: { offset: startOffset }
+          }
+        } = element;
+        this.addFailureFromStartToEnd(startOffset, endOffset, Rule.FAILURE_MESSAGE);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/util/getAttributeValue.ts b/src/util/getAttributeValue.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fdfd2c9ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/getAttributeValue.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { ElementAst } from '@angular/compiler';
+
+export const getAttributeValue = (element: ElementAst, property: string) => {
+  const attr = element.attrs.find(attr => attr.name === property);
+  const input = element.inputs.find(input => input.name === property);
+  if (attr) {
+    return attr.value;
+  }
+  if (input) {
+    return (<any>input.value).ast.value;
+  }
+};
diff --git a/test/templateAccessibilityTabindexNoPositiveRule.spec.ts b/test/templateAccessibilityTabindexNoPositiveRule.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aae5c3ff5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/templateAccessibilityTabindexNoPositiveRule.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { Rule } from '../src/templateAccessibilityTabindexNoPositiveRule';
+import { assertAnnotated, assertSuccess } from './testHelper';
+
+const {
+  FAILURE_MESSAGE,
+  metadata: { ruleName }
+} = Rule;
+
+describe(ruleName, () => {
+  describe('failure', () => {
+    it('should fail when tabindex attr is positive', () => {
+      const source = `
+        @Component({
+          template: \`
+          <div tabindex="5"></div>
+          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+          \`
+        })
+        class Bar {}
+      `;
+      assertAnnotated({
+        message: FAILURE_MESSAGE,
+        ruleName,
+        source
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should fail when tabindex input is positive', () => {
+      const source = `
+        @Component({
+          template: \`
+          <div [attr.tabindex]="1"></div>
+          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+          \`
+        })
+        class Bar {}
+      `;
+      assertAnnotated({
+        message: FAILURE_MESSAGE,
+        ruleName,
+        source
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('success', () => {
+    it('should work with tab index is not positive', () => {
+      const source = `
+        @Component({
+          template: \`
+            <span tabindex="-1"></span>
+            <span tabindex="0"></span>
+            <span [attr.tabindex]="-1"></span>
+            <span [attr.tabindex]="0"></span>
+            <span [attr.tabindex]="tabIndex"></span>
+          \`
+        })
+        class Bar {}
+      `;
+      assertSuccess(ruleName, source);
+    });
+  });
+});