diff --git a/detekt-rules/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/NamingConventionViolation.kt b/detekt-rules/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/NamingConventionViolation.kt
index c9e69d8d827..60852fa56cd 100644
--- a/detekt-rules/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/NamingConventionViolation.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/NamingConventionViolation.kt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtEnumEntry
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtNamedDeclaration
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtNamedFunction
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtObjectDeclaration
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtPackageDirective
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtProperty
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtVariableDeclaration
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.psiUtil.getNonStrictParentOfType
@@ -33,6 +34,15 @@ class NamingConventionViolation(config: Config = Config.empty) : Rule(config) {
 	private val methodPattern = Regex(valueOrDefault(METHOD_PATTERN, "^[a-z$][a-zA-Z$0-9]*$"))
 	private val classPattern = Regex(valueOrDefault(CLASS_PATTERN, "^[A-Z$][a-zA-Z$]*$"))
 	private val enumEntryPattern = Regex(valueOrDefault(ENUM_PATTERN, "^[A-Z$][A-Z_$]*$"))
+	private val packagePattern = Regex(valueOrDefault(PACKAGE_PATTERN, "^[a-z]+(\\.[a-z][a-z0-9]*)*$"))
+
+	override fun visitPackageDirective(directive: KtPackageDirective, data: Void?): Void? {
+		val name = directive.qualifiedName
+		if (name.isNotEmpty() && !name.matches(packagePattern)) {
+			report(CodeSmell(issue, Entity.from(directive)))
+		}
+		return null
+	}
 
 	override fun visitNamedDeclaration(declaration: KtNamedDeclaration) {
 		if (declaration.nameAsSafeName.isSpecial) return
@@ -84,6 +94,7 @@ class NamingConventionViolation(config: Config = Config.empty) : Rule(config) {
 		const val METHOD_PATTERN = "methodPattern"
 		const val CLASS_PATTERN = "classPattern"
 		const val ENUM_PATTERN = "enumEntryPattern"
+		const val PACKAGE_PATTERN = "packagePattern"
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/detekt-rules/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/NamingConventionViolationSpec.kt b/detekt-rules/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/NamingConventionViolationSpec.kt
index ddc6d59197a..abd9cb0d566 100644
--- a/detekt-rules/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/NamingConventionViolationSpec.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/NamingConventionViolationSpec.kt
@@ -46,6 +46,26 @@ class NamingConventionTest {
 		)).hasSize(0)
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	fun upperCasePackageDirectiveName() {
+		assertThat(NamingConventionViolation().lint("package FOO.BAR")).hasSize(1)
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	fun upperCamelCasePackageDirectiveName() {
+		assertThat(NamingConventionViolation().lint("package Foo.Bar")).hasSize(1)
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	fun camelCasePackageDirectiveName() {
+		assertThat(NamingConventionViolation().lint("package fOO.bAR")).hasSize(1)
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	fun correctPackageDirectiveName() {
+		assertThat(NamingConventionViolation().lint("package foo.bar")).hasSize(0)
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	fun uppercaseAndUnderscoreAreAllowedLowercaseNotForEnumEntries() {
 		val lint = NamingConventionViolation().lint(