diff --git a/defaultrule/utils.go b/defaultrule/utils.go
index 324f617..d9ee654 100644
--- a/defaultrule/utils.go
+++ b/defaultrule/utils.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package defaultrule
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"go/ast"
+	"go/types"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -101,3 +102,29 @@ var commonInitialisms = map[string]bool{
 }
 
 var allCapsRE = regexp.MustCompile(`^[A-Z0-9_]+$`)
+
+func isIdent(expr ast.Expr, ident string) bool {
+	id, ok := expr.(*ast.Ident)
+	return ok && id.Name == ident
+}
+
+var zeroLiteral = map[string]bool{
+	"false": true, // bool
+	// runes
+	`'\x00'`: true,
+	`'\000'`: true,
+	// strings
+	`""`: true,
+	"``": true,
+	// numerics
+	"0":   true,
+	"0.":  true,
+	"0.0": true,
+	"0i":  true,
+}
+
+func validType(T types.Type) bool {
+	return T != nil &&
+		T != types.Typ[types.Invalid] &&
+		!strings.Contains(T.String(), "invalid type") // good but not foolproof
+}
diff --git a/defaultrule/var-declarations.go b/defaultrule/var-declarations.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6217ddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/defaultrule/var-declarations.go
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package defaultrule
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"go/ast"
+	"go/printer"
+	"go/token"
+
+	"github.com/mgechev/revive/file"
+	"github.com/mgechev/revive/rule"
+)
+
+// VarDeclarationsRule lints given else constructs.
+type VarDeclarationsRule struct{}
+
+// Apply applies the rule to given file.
+func (r *VarDeclarationsRule) Apply(file *file.File, arguments rule.Arguments) []rule.Failure {
+	var failures []rule.Failure
+
+	fileAst := file.GetAST()
+	walker := &lintVarDeclarations{
+		file:    file,
+		fileAst: fileAst,
+		onFailure: func(failure rule.Failure) {
+			failures = append(failures, failure)
+		},
+	}
+
+	ast.Walk(walker, fileAst)
+
+	return failures
+}
+
+// Name returns the rule name.
+func (r *VarDeclarationsRule) Name() string {
+	return "blank-imports"
+}
+
+type lintVarDeclarations struct {
+	fileAst   *ast.File
+	file      *file.File
+	lastGen   *ast.GenDecl
+	onFailure func(rule.Failure)
+}
+
+func (w *lintVarDeclarations) Visit(node ast.Node) ast.Visitor {
+	switch v := node.(type) {
+	case *ast.GenDecl:
+		if v.Tok != token.CONST && v.Tok != token.VAR {
+			return nil
+		}
+		w.lastGen = v
+		return w
+	case *ast.ValueSpec:
+		if w.lastGen.Tok == token.CONST {
+			return nil
+		}
+		if len(v.Names) > 1 || v.Type == nil || len(v.Values) == 0 {
+			return nil
+		}
+		rhs := v.Values[0]
+		// An underscore var appears in a common idiom for compile-time interface satisfaction,
+		// as in "var _ Interface = (*Concrete)(nil)".
+		if isIdent(v.Names[0], "_") {
+			return nil
+		}
+		// If the RHS is a zero value, suggest dropping it.
+		zero := false
+		if lit, ok := rhs.(*ast.BasicLit); ok {
+			zero = zeroLiteral[lit.Value]
+		} else if isIdent(rhs, "nil") {
+			zero = true
+		}
+		if zero {
+			w.onFailure(rule.Failure{
+				Confidence: 0.9,
+				Node:       rhs,
+				Failure:    fmt.Sprintf("should drop = %s from declaration of var %s; it is the zero value", render(rhs), v.Names[0]),
+			})
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+	return w
+}
+
+func render(x interface{}) string {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	if err := printer.Fprint(&buf, token.NewFileSet(), x); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return buf.String()
+}