diff --git a/src/bananaInBoxRule.ts b/src/bananaInBoxRule.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1588cdad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bananaInBoxRule.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import * as Lint from 'tslint';
+import * as ts from 'typescript';
+import * as ast from '@angular/compiler';
+import {BasicTemplateAstVisitor} from './angular/templates/basicTemplateAstVisitor';
+import {NgWalker} from './angular/ngWalker';
+
+
+const InvalidSyntaxBoxOpen = '([';
+const InvalidSyntaxBoxClose = '])';
+const ValidSyntaxOpen = '[(';
+const ValidSyntaxClose = ')]';
+const InvalidSyntaxBoxRe = new RegExp('\\(\\[(.*?)\\]\\)(.*?)');
+
+const getReplacements = (text: ast.BoundEventAst, absolutePosition: number) => {
+  const expr: string = (text.sourceSpan as any).toString();
+  const internalStart = expr.indexOf(InvalidSyntaxBoxOpen);
+  const internalEnd = expr.lastIndexOf(InvalidSyntaxBoxClose);
+  const len = internalEnd - internalStart - InvalidSyntaxBoxClose.length;
+  const trimmed = expr.substr(internalStart + InvalidSyntaxBoxOpen.length, len).trim();
+
+  return [
+    new Lint.Replacement(absolutePosition,
+      internalEnd - internalStart + ValidSyntaxClose.length,
+      `${ValidSyntaxOpen}${trimmed}${ValidSyntaxClose}`)
+  ];
+};
+
+class BananaInBoxTemplateVisitor extends BasicTemplateAstVisitor {
+
+  visitEvent(prop: ast.BoundEventAst, context: any): any {
+
+    if (prop.sourceSpan) {
+      // Note that will not be reliable for different interpolation symbols
+      let error = null;
+      const expr: any = (<any>prop.sourceSpan).toString();
+        if (InvalidSyntaxBoxRe.test(expr)) {
+        error = 'Invalid binding syntax. Use [(expr)] instead';
+      }
+
+      if (error) {
+        const internalStart = expr.indexOf(InvalidSyntaxBoxOpen) + 1;
+        const start = prop.sourceSpan.start.offset + internalStart;
+        const absolutePosition = this.getSourcePosition(start-1);
+
+        this.addFailure(this.createFailure(start, expr.trim().length,
+          error, getReplacements(prop, absolutePosition))
+          );
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+
+export class Rule extends Lint.Rules.AbstractRule {
+  public static metadata: Lint.IRuleMetadata = {
+    ruleName: 'banana-in-box',
+    type: 'functionality',
+    description: `Ensure that the two-way data binding syntax is correct.`,
+    rationale: `The parens "()" should have been inside the brackets "[]".`,
+    options: null,
+    optionsDescription: `Not configurable.`,
+    typescriptOnly: true,
+  };
+
+  static FAILURE: string = 'The %s "%s" that you\'re trying to access does not exist in the class declaration.';
+
+  public apply(sourceFile:ts.SourceFile): Lint.RuleFailure[] {
+
+    return this.applyWithWalker(
+      new NgWalker(sourceFile,
+        this.getOptions(), {
+          templateVisitorCtrl: BananaInBoxTemplateVisitor,
+        }));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 12c2ccf67..4b8a53402 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ export { Rule as UsePipeTransformInterfaceRule } from './usePipeTransformInterfa
 export { Rule as TemplateToNgTemplateRule } from './templateToNgTemplateRule';
 export { Rule as UsePipeDecoratorRule } from './usePipeDecoratorRule';
 export { Rule as UseViewEncapsulationRule } from './useViewEncapsulationRule';
+export { Rule as BananaInBoxRule } from './bananaInBoxRule';
 export * from './angular/config';
 
diff --git a/test/bananaInBoxRule.spec.ts b/test/bananaInBoxRule.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a0900b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bananaInBoxRule.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { assertSuccess, assertAnnotated } from './testHelper';
+import { Replacement } from 'tslint';
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+
+describe('banana-in-box', () => {
+  describe('success', () => {
+    it('should work with proper style', () => {
+      let source = `
+      @Component({
+        template: \`  <input type="text" [(ngModel)]="foo" name="foo">  \`
+      })
+      class Bar {}
+      `;
+      assertSuccess('banana-in-box', source);
+    });
+
+  });
+
+  describe('failure', () => {
+    it('should fail when the box is in the banana', () => {
+      let source = `
+      @Component({
+        template: \` <input type="text" ([ngModel])="foo" name="foo">  
+                                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+        \`
+      })
+      class Bar {}
+      `;
+      assertAnnotated({
+        ruleName: 'banana-in-box',
+        message: 'Invalid binding syntax. Use [(expr)] instead',
+        source
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('replacements', () => {
+    it('should fail when the box is in the banana', () => {
+      let source = `
+      @Component({
+        template: \` <input type="text" ([ngModel])="foo" name="foo">  
+                                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+        \`
+      })
+      class Bar {}
+      `;
+      const failures =  assertAnnotated({
+        ruleName: 'banana-in-box',
+        message: 'Invalid binding syntax. Use [(expr)] instead',
+        source
+      });
+
+      const res = Replacement.applyAll(source, failures[0].getFix());
+      expect(res).to.eq(`
+      @Component({
+        template: \` <input type="text" [(ngModel)]="foo" name="foo">  
+                                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+        \`
+      })
+      class Bar {}
+      `);
+    });
+
+  });
+});