diff --git a/lib/classes/Utils.js b/lib/classes/Utils.js
index 7d2481dbc0d..17660555123 100644
--- a/lib/classes/Utils.js
+++ b/lib/classes/Utils.js
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ class Utils {
       servicePath = process.cwd();
     } else if (fileExistsSync(path.join(process.cwd(), 'serverless.js'))) {
       servicePath = process.cwd();
+    } else if (fileExistsSync(path.join(process.cwd(), 'serverless.ts'))) {
+      servicePath = process.cwd();
     }
 
     return servicePath;
diff --git a/lib/classes/Utils.test.js b/lib/classes/Utils.test.js
index 26cc7f109ab..72774b68e3e 100644
--- a/lib/classes/Utils.test.js
+++ b/lib/classes/Utils.test.js
@@ -313,6 +313,18 @@ describe('Utils', () => {
       expect(servicePath).to.not.equal(null);
     });
 
+    it('should detect if the CWD is a service directory when using Serverless .ts files', () => {
+      const tmpDirPath = getTmpDirPath();
+      const tmpFilePath = path.join(tmpDirPath, 'serverless.ts');
+
+      serverless.utils.writeFileSync(tmpFilePath, 'foo');
+      process.chdir(tmpDirPath);
+
+      const servicePath = serverless.utils.findServicePath();
+
+      expect(servicePath).to.not.equal(null);
+    });
+
     it('should detect if the CWD is not a service directory', () => {
       // just use the root of the tmpdir because findServicePath will
       // also check parent directories (and may find matching tmp dirs
diff --git a/lib/utils/getServerlessConfigFile.js b/lib/utils/getServerlessConfigFile.js
index dbb4873cef8..0e723451203 100644
--- a/lib/utils/getServerlessConfigFile.js
+++ b/lib/utils/getServerlessConfigFile.js
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const BbPromise = require('bluebird');
 const path = require('path');
+const resolveModulePath = require('ncjsm/resolve');
+const spawn = require('child-process-ext/spawn');
 const fileExists = require('./fs/fileExists');
 const readFile = require('./fs/readFile');
+const ServerlessError = require('../classes/Error').ServerlessError;
 
 const getConfigFilePath = (servicePath, options = {}) => {
   if (options.config) {
@@ -18,12 +21,14 @@ const getConfigFilePath = (servicePath, options = {}) => {
   const ymlPath = path.join(servicePath, 'serverless.yml');
   const yamlPath = path.join(servicePath, 'serverless.yaml');
   const jsPath = path.join(servicePath, 'serverless.js');
+  const tsPath = path.join(servicePath, 'serverless.ts');
 
   return BbPromise.props({
     json: fileExists(jsonPath),
     yml: fileExists(ymlPath),
     yaml: fileExists(yamlPath),
     js: fileExists(jsPath),
+    ts: fileExists(tsPath),
   }).then(exists => {
     if (exists.yaml) {
       return yamlPath;
@@ -33,6 +38,8 @@ const getConfigFilePath = (servicePath, options = {}) => {
       return jsonPath;
     } else if (exists.js) {
       return jsPath;
+    } else if (exists.ts) {
+      return tsPath;
     }
 
     return null;
@@ -46,28 +53,59 @@ const getServerlessConfigFilePath = serverless => {
   );
 };
 
-const handleJsConfigFile = jsConfigFile =>
+const resolveTsNode = serviceDir => {
+  const resolveModuleRealPath = (...args) =>
+    resolveModulePath(...args).then(({ realPath }) => realPath);
+
+  const ifNotFoundContinueWith = cb => error => {
+    if (error.code !== 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND') throw error;
+    return cb();
+  };
+
+  const resolveAsServerlessPeerDependency = () => resolveModuleRealPath(__dirname, 'ts-node');
+  const resolveAsServiceDependency = () => resolveModuleRealPath(serviceDir, 'ts-node');
+  const resolveAsGlobalInstallation = () =>
+    spawn('npm', ['root', '-g']).then(({ stdoutBuffer }) =>
+      require.resolve(`${String(stdoutBuffer).trim()}/ts-node`)
+    );
+  const throwTsNodeError = () => {
+    throw new ServerlessError(
+      'Ensure "ts-node" dependency when working with TypeScript configuration files',
+      'TS_NODE_NOT_FOUND'
+    );
+  };
+
+  return resolveAsServerlessPeerDependency()
+    .catch(ifNotFoundContinueWith(resolveAsServiceDependency))
+    .catch(ifNotFoundContinueWith(resolveAsGlobalInstallation))
+    .catch(ifNotFoundContinueWith(throwTsNodeError));
+};
+
+const handleJsOrTsConfigFile = configFile =>
   BbPromise.try(() => {
-    // use require to load serverless.js
-    // eslint-disable-next-line global-require
-    const configExport = require(jsConfigFile);
-    // In case of a promise result, first resolve it.
-    return configExport;
+    if (configFile.endsWith('.ts')) {
+      return resolveTsNode(path.dirname(configFile)).then(tsNodePath => {
+        require(tsNodePath).register();
+        return require(configFile);
+      });
+    }
+    return require(configFile);
   }).then(config => {
     if (_.isPlainObject(config)) {
       return config;
     }
-    throw new Error('serverless.js must export plain object');
+    throw new Error(`${path.basename(configFile)} must export plain object`);
   });
 
 const getServerlessConfigFile = _.memoize(
   serverless =>
     getServerlessConfigFilePath(serverless).then(configFilePath => {
       if (configFilePath !== null) {
-        const isJSConfigFile = _.last(_.split(configFilePath, '.')) === 'js';
+        const fileExtension = path.extname(configFilePath);
+        const isJSOrTsConfigFile = fileExtension === '.js' || fileExtension === '.ts';
 
-        if (isJSConfigFile) {
-          return handleJsConfigFile(configFilePath);
+        if (isJSOrTsConfigFile) {
+          return handleJsOrTsConfigFile(configFilePath);
         }
 
         return readFile(configFilePath).then(result => result || {});
diff --git a/lib/utils/getServerlessConfigFile.test.js b/lib/utils/getServerlessConfigFile.test.js
index 758c0398466..1774072d448 100644
--- a/lib/utils/getServerlessConfigFile.test.js
+++ b/lib/utils/getServerlessConfigFile.test.js
@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@
 
 const path = require('path');
 const chai = require('chai');
+const sinon = require('sinon');
 const writeFileSync = require('./fs/writeFileSync');
 const serverlessConfigFileUtils = require('./getServerlessConfigFile');
 const { getTmpDirPath } = require('../../tests/utils/fs');
+const fixtures = require('../../tests/fixtures');
+const runServerless = require('../../tests/utils/run-serverless');
 
 const getServerlessConfigFile = serverlessConfigFileUtils.getServerlessConfigFile;
 
 chai.use(require('chai-as-promised'));
+chai.use(require('sinon-chai'));
 
 const expect = chai.expect;
 
@@ -168,4 +172,40 @@ describe('#getServerlessConfigFile()', () => {
       }
     );
   });
+
+  describe('serverless.ts', () => {
+    const tsNodePath = 'node_modules/ts-node.js';
+
+    after(() => fixtures.cleanup({ extraPaths: [tsNodePath] }));
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      sinon.restore();
+    });
+
+    it('should throw TS_NODE_NOT_FOUND error when ts-node is not found', () => {
+      return runServerless({
+        cwd: fixtures.map.serverlessTs,
+        cliArgs: ['package'],
+        shouldStubSpawn: true,
+      }).catch(error => {
+        return expect(error.code).to.equal('TS_NODE_NOT_FOUND');
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should package serverless.ts files when ts-node is found', () => {
+      const tsNodeFullPath = `${fixtures.map.serverlessTs}/${tsNodePath}`;
+
+      writeFileSync(tsNodeFullPath, 'module.exports.register = () => null;');
+      const registerSpy = sinon.spy(require(tsNodeFullPath), 'register');
+
+      return runServerless({
+        cwd: fixtures.map.serverlessTs,
+        cliArgs: ['package'],
+      }).then(serverless => {
+        expect(registerSpy).to.have.callCount(1);
+        expect(serverless.service.service).to.equal('serverless-ts-service');
+        return expect(serverless.service.provider.name).to.equal('aws');
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/serverlessTs/serverless.ts b/tests/fixtures/serverlessTs/serverless.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0583ba64995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/serverlessTs/serverless.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = {
+  service: 'serverless-ts-service',
+  provider: {
+    name: 'aws'
+  }
+};