diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 749228e29..04b91ab92 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export { Rule as NoOutputRenameRule } from './noOutputRenameRule';
 export { Rule as NoUnusedCssRule } from './noUnusedCssRule';
 export { Rule as PipeImpureRule } from './pipeImpureRule';
 export { Rule as PipeNamingRule } from './pipeNamingRule';
+export { Rule as PreferOutputReadonlyRule } from './preferOutputReadonlyRule';
 export { Rule as TemplateConditionalComplexityRule } from './templateConditionalComplexityRule';
 export { Rule as TemplateCyclomaticComplexityRule } from './templateCyclomaticComplexityRule';
 export { Rule as TemplatesNoNegatedAsync } from './templatesNoNegatedAsyncRule';
diff --git a/src/preferOutputReadonlyRule.ts b/src/preferOutputReadonlyRule.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6934775c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/preferOutputReadonlyRule.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import * as Lint from 'tslint';
+import * as ts from 'typescript';
+import { NgWalker } from './angular/ngWalker';
+
+export class Rule extends Lint.Rules.AbstractRule {
+  public static metadata: Lint.IRuleMetadata = {
+    description: 'Prefer to declare `@Output` as readonly since they are not supposed to be reassigned.',
+    options: null,
+    optionsDescription: 'Not configurable.',
+    rationale: '',
+    ruleName: 'prefer-output-readonly',
+    type: 'maintainability',
+    typescriptOnly: true,
+  };
+
+  static FAILURE_STRING = 'Prefer to declare `@Output` as readonly since they are not supposed to be reassigned';
+
+  public apply(sourceFile: ts.SourceFile): Lint.RuleFailure[] {
+    return this.applyWithWalker(new OutputMetadataWalker(sourceFile, this.getOptions()));
+  }
+}
+
+export class OutputMetadataWalker extends NgWalker {
+  visitNgOutput(property: ts.PropertyDeclaration, output: ts.Decorator, args: string[]) {
+    if (property.modifiers && property.modifiers.some(m => m.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.ReadonlyKeyword)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const className = (property.parent as ts.PropertyAccessExpression).name.getText();
+    const memberName = property.name.getText();
+    this.addFailureAtNode(property.name, Rule.FAILURE_STRING);
+    super.visitNgOutput(property, output, args);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/preferOutputReadonlyRule.spec.ts b/test/preferOutputReadonlyRule.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..892e67ec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/preferOutputReadonlyRule.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { assertAnnotated, assertSuccess } from './testHelper';
+
+const ruleName = 'prefer-output-readonly';
+
+describe(ruleName, () => {
+  describe('failure', () => {
+    it('should fail when an @Output is not readonly', () => {
+      const source = `
+        class Test {
+          @Output() testEmitter = new EventEmitter<string>();
+                    ~~~~~~~~~~~
+        }
+      `;
+      assertAnnotated({
+        ruleName,
+        message: 'Prefer to declare `@Output` as readonly since they are not supposed to be reassigned',
+        source
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('success', () => {
+    it('should pass when an @Output is readonly', () => {
+      const source = `
+        class Test {
+          @Output() readonly testEmitter = new EventEmitter<string>();
+        }
+      `;
+      assertSuccess(ruleName, source);
+    });
+  });
+});