diff --git a/.eslintrc.yml b/.eslintrc.yml
index 5785292c45..0cf56f3a90 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.yml
+++ b/.eslintrc.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,23 @@ rules:
     - selector: class
       format:
         - PascalCase
+    - selector: variableLike
+      format: null
+      custom:
+        # Based on https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Lexical_grammar we
+        # should probably be using the following expression here (newlines added for readability)
+        #
+        #   ^(break|case|catch|class|const|continue|debugger|default|delete|do|else|export|
+        #   extends|finally|for|function|if|import|in|instanceof|new|return|super|switch|this|
+        #   throw|try|typeof|var|void|while|with|yield|enum|implements|interface|let|package|
+        #   private|protected|public|static|await|abstract|boolean|byte|char|double|final|float|
+        #   goto|int|long|native|short|synchronized|throws|transient|volatile|null|true|false)$
+        #
+        # But that'll cause a bunch of errors, for now  we'll stick with replicating what the
+        # variable-name ban-keywords rule did for us in tslint
+        # see https://palantir.github.io/tslint/rules/variable-name/
+        regex: '^(any|Number|number|String|string|Boolean|boolean|Undefined|undefined)$'
+        match: false
   '@typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions':
     - error
     - assertionStyle: 'as'