diff --git a/src/compiler/binder.ts b/src/compiler/binder.ts
index a256b632fac..714967d7f13 100644
--- a/src/compiler/binder.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/binder.ts
@@ -3066,6 +3066,7 @@ namespace ts {
             case SyntaxKind.InterfaceDeclaration:
             case SyntaxKind.TypeAliasDeclaration:
             case SyntaxKind.ThisType:
+            case SyntaxKind.TypeOperator:
             case SyntaxKind.LiteralType:
                 // Types and signatures are TypeScript syntax, and exclude all other facts.
                 transformFlags = TransformFlags.AssertTypeScript;
diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index 5b85a932c05..e964824ca62 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -5663,6 +5663,26 @@ namespace ts {
             return links.resolvedType;
         }
 
+        function getLiteralTypeFromPropertyName(prop: Symbol) {
+            return startsWith(prop.name, "__@") ? neverType : getLiteralTypeForText(TypeFlags.StringLiteral, unescapeIdentifier(prop.name));
+        }
+
+        function getKeyOfType(type: Type): Type {
+            if (getIndexInfoOfType(type, IndexKind.String)) {
+                return getUnionType([stringType, numberType]);
+            }
+            const propKeysType = getUnionType(map(getPropertiesOfType(type), getLiteralTypeFromPropertyName));
+            return getIndexInfoOfType(type, IndexKind.Number) ? getUnionType([numberType, propKeysType]) : propKeysType;
+        }
+
+        function getTypeFromTypeOperatorNode(node: TypeOperatorNode) {
+            const links = getNodeLinks(node);
+            if (!links.resolvedType) {
+                links.resolvedType = getKeyOfType(getTypeFromTypeNodeNoAlias(node.type));
+            }
+            return links.resolvedType;
+        }
+
         function getTypeFromTypeLiteralOrFunctionOrConstructorTypeNode(node: Node, aliasSymbol?: Symbol, aliasTypeArguments?: Type[]): Type {
             const links = getNodeLinks(node);
             if (!links.resolvedType) {
@@ -5822,6 +5842,8 @@ namespace ts {
                 case SyntaxKind.JSDocTypeLiteral:
                 case SyntaxKind.JSDocFunctionType:
                     return getTypeFromTypeLiteralOrFunctionOrConstructorTypeNode(node, aliasSymbol, aliasTypeArguments);
+                case SyntaxKind.TypeOperator:
+                    return getTypeFromTypeOperatorNode(<TypeOperatorNode>node);
                 // This function assumes that an identifier or qualified name is a type expression
                 // Callers should first ensure this by calling isTypeNode
                 case SyntaxKind.Identifier:
@@ -18225,7 +18247,8 @@ namespace ts {
                 case SyntaxKind.IntersectionType:
                     return checkUnionOrIntersectionType(<UnionOrIntersectionTypeNode>node);
                 case SyntaxKind.ParenthesizedType:
-                    return checkSourceElement((<ParenthesizedTypeNode>node).type);
+                case SyntaxKind.TypeOperator:
+                    return checkSourceElement((<ParenthesizedTypeNode | TypeOperatorNode>node).type);
                 case SyntaxKind.FunctionDeclaration:
                     return checkFunctionDeclaration(<FunctionDeclaration>node);
                 case SyntaxKind.Block:
diff --git a/src/compiler/declarationEmitter.ts b/src/compiler/declarationEmitter.ts
index 6458183b23c..6fa1bf118aa 100644
--- a/src/compiler/declarationEmitter.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/declarationEmitter.ts
@@ -413,6 +413,8 @@ namespace ts {
                     return emitIntersectionType(<IntersectionTypeNode>type);
                 case SyntaxKind.ParenthesizedType:
                     return emitParenType(<ParenthesizedTypeNode>type);
+                case SyntaxKind.TypeOperator:
+                    return emitTypeOperator(<TypeOperatorNode>type);
                 case SyntaxKind.FunctionType:
                 case SyntaxKind.ConstructorType:
                     return emitSignatureDeclarationWithJsDocComments(<FunctionOrConstructorTypeNode>type);
@@ -506,6 +508,12 @@ namespace ts {
                 write(")");
             }
 
+            function emitTypeOperator(type: TypeOperatorNode) {
+                write(tokenToString(type.operator));
+                write(" ");
+                emitType(type.type);
+            }
+
             function emitTypeLiteral(type: TypeLiteralNode) {
                 write("{");
                 if (type.members.length) {
diff --git a/src/compiler/emitter.ts b/src/compiler/emitter.ts
index 1051c9adca9..71b181b26af 100644
--- a/src/compiler/emitter.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/emitter.ts
@@ -594,6 +594,8 @@ const _super = (function (geti, seti) {
                     return emitExpressionWithTypeArguments(<ExpressionWithTypeArguments>node);
                 case SyntaxKind.ThisType:
                     return emitThisType();
+                case SyntaxKind.TypeOperator:
+                    return emitTypeOperator(<TypeOperatorNode>node);
                 case SyntaxKind.LiteralType:
                     return emitLiteralType(<LiteralTypeNode>node);
 
@@ -1088,6 +1090,12 @@ const _super = (function (geti, seti) {
             write("this");
         }
 
+        function emitTypeOperator(node: TypeOperatorNode) {
+            writeTokenText(node.operator);
+            write(" ");
+            emit(node.type);
+        }
+
         function emitLiteralType(node: LiteralTypeNode) {
             emitExpression(node.literal);
         }
diff --git a/src/compiler/parser.ts b/src/compiler/parser.ts
index 8cdbf956d42..404cabfae55 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parser.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/parser.ts
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ namespace ts {
             case SyntaxKind.IntersectionType:
                 return visitNodes(cbNodes, (<UnionOrIntersectionTypeNode>node).types);
             case SyntaxKind.ParenthesizedType:
-                return visitNode(cbNode, (<ParenthesizedTypeNode>node).type);
+            case SyntaxKind.TypeOperator:
+                return visitNode(cbNode, (<ParenthesizedTypeNode | TypeOperatorNode>node).type);
             case SyntaxKind.LiteralType:
                 return visitNode(cbNode, (<LiteralTypeNode>node).literal);
             case SyntaxKind.ObjectBindingPattern:
@@ -2526,6 +2527,22 @@ namespace ts {
             return type;
         }
 
+        function parseTypeOperator(operator: SyntaxKind.KeyOfKeyword) {
+            const node = <TypeOperatorNode>createNode(SyntaxKind.TypeOperator);
+            parseExpected(operator);
+            node.operator = operator;
+            node.type = parseTypeOperatorOrHigher();
+            return finishNode(node);
+        }
+
+        function parseTypeOperatorOrHigher(): TypeNode {
+            switch (token()) {
+                case SyntaxKind.KeyOfKeyword:
+                    return parseTypeOperator(SyntaxKind.KeyOfKeyword);
+            }
+            return parseArrayTypeOrHigher();
+        }
+
         function parseUnionOrIntersectionType(kind: SyntaxKind, parseConstituentType: () => TypeNode, operator: SyntaxKind): TypeNode {
             let type = parseConstituentType();
             if (token() === operator) {
@@ -2542,7 +2559,7 @@ namespace ts {
         }
 
         function parseIntersectionTypeOrHigher(): TypeNode {
-            return parseUnionOrIntersectionType(SyntaxKind.IntersectionType, parseArrayTypeOrHigher, SyntaxKind.AmpersandToken);
+            return parseUnionOrIntersectionType(SyntaxKind.IntersectionType, parseTypeOperatorOrHigher, SyntaxKind.AmpersandToken);
         }
 
         function parseUnionTypeOrHigher(): TypeNode {
diff --git a/src/compiler/scanner.ts b/src/compiler/scanner.ts
index ab76c7ffa19..d0b051049de 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scanner.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/scanner.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ namespace ts {
         "instanceof": SyntaxKind.InstanceOfKeyword,
         "interface": SyntaxKind.InterfaceKeyword,
         "is": SyntaxKind.IsKeyword,
+        "keyof": SyntaxKind.KeyOfKeyword,
         "let": SyntaxKind.LetKeyword,
         "module": SyntaxKind.ModuleKeyword,
         "namespace": SyntaxKind.NamespaceKeyword,
diff --git a/src/compiler/transformers/ts.ts b/src/compiler/transformers/ts.ts
index 925869da385..4c8e79703e7 100644
--- a/src/compiler/transformers/ts.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/transformers/ts.ts
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ namespace ts {
                 case SyntaxKind.IntersectionType:
                 case SyntaxKind.ParenthesizedType:
                 case SyntaxKind.ThisType:
+                case SyntaxKind.TypeOperator:
                 case SyntaxKind.LiteralType:
                     // TypeScript type nodes are elided.
 
@@ -1856,6 +1857,7 @@ namespace ts {
                     }
                     // Fallthrough
                 case SyntaxKind.TypeQuery:
+                case SyntaxKind.TypeOperator:
                 case SyntaxKind.TypeLiteral:
                 case SyntaxKind.AnyKeyword:
                 case SyntaxKind.ThisType:
diff --git a/src/compiler/types.ts b/src/compiler/types.ts
index f9ec3e9f268..b1299fc01fa 100644
--- a/src/compiler/types.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/types.ts
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ namespace ts {
         DeclareKeyword,
         GetKeyword,
         IsKeyword,
+        KeyOfKeyword,
         ModuleKeyword,
         NamespaceKeyword,
         NeverKeyword,
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ namespace ts {
         IntersectionType,
         ParenthesizedType,
         ThisType,
+        TypeOperator,
         LiteralType,
         // Binding patterns
         ObjectBindingPattern,
@@ -870,6 +872,12 @@ namespace ts {
         type: TypeNode;
     }
 
+    export interface TypeOperatorNode extends TypeNode {
+        kind: SyntaxKind.TypeOperator;
+        operator: SyntaxKind.KeyOfKeyword;
+        type: TypeNode;
+    }
+
     export interface LiteralTypeNode extends TypeNode {
         kind: SyntaxKind.LiteralType;
         literal: Expression;