diff --git a/src/rules/noStringLiteralRule.ts b/src/rules/noStringLiteralRule.ts
index f4e0a459a14..7c1477dae0a 100644
--- a/src/rules/noStringLiteralRule.ts
+++ b/src/rules/noStringLiteralRule.ts
@@ -52,11 +52,13 @@ function walk(ctx: Lint.WalkContext<void>) {
         if (isElementAccessExpression(node)) {
             const argument = node.argumentExpression;
             if (argument !== undefined && isStringLiteral(argument) && isValidPropertyAccess(argument.text)) {
+                // for compatibility with typescript@<2.5.0 to avoid fixing expr['__foo'] to expr.___foo
+                const propertyName = ts.unescapeIdentifier(argument.text); // tslint:disable-line:deprecation
                 ctx.addFailureAtNode(
                     argument,
                     Rule.FAILURE_STRING,
                     // expr['foo'] -> expr.foo
-                    Lint.Replacement.replaceFromTo(node.expression.end, node.end, `.${argument.text}`),
+                    Lint.Replacement.replaceFromTo(node.expression.end, node.end, `.${propertyName}`),
                 );
             }
         }
diff --git a/test/rules/no-string-literal/test.ts.fix b/test/rules/no-string-literal/test.ts.fix
index 06f5f80c526..ad0703fba31 100644
--- a/test/rules/no-string-literal/test.ts.fix
+++ b/test/rules/no-string-literal/test.ts.fix
@@ -24,3 +24,6 @@ obj["?a#$!$^&%&"];
 // invalid accessor - no crash
 obj[]
 
+// that underscrore escaping thing typescript does
+obj.__foo__;
+
diff --git a/test/rules/no-string-literal/test.ts.lint b/test/rules/no-string-literal/test.ts.lint
index 9963cee7e06..00c61285f4c 100644
--- a/test/rules/no-string-literal/test.ts.lint
+++ b/test/rules/no-string-literal/test.ts.lint
@@ -29,4 +29,8 @@ obj["?a#$!$^&%&"];
 // invalid accessor - no crash
 obj[]
 
+// that underscrore escaping thing typescript does
+obj['__foo__'];
+    ~~~~~~~~~ [0]
+
 [0]: object access via string literals is disallowed