diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index c28502907d7..10cdd6126b2 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -16048,6 +16048,12 @@ namespace ts {
                     }
                 }
             }
+
+            if (compilerOptions.noImplicitAny && !node.body) {
+                // Ambient shorthand module is an implicit any
+                reportImplicitAnyError(node, anyType);
+            }
+
             if (node.body) {
                 checkSourceElement(node.body);
             }
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.errors.txt b/tests/baselines/reference/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.errors.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..875a656202d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.errors.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+tests/cases/conformance/ambient/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.ts(1,16): error TS7005: Variable '"jquery"' implicitly has an 'any' type.
+
+
+==== tests/cases/conformance/ambient/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.ts (1 errors) ====
+    declare module "jquery";
+                   ~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS7005: Variable '"jquery"' implicitly has an 'any' type.
+    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.js b/tests/baselines/reference/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab05d2a9979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+//// [ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.ts]
+declare module "jquery";
+
+
+//// [ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.js]
diff --git a/tests/cases/conformance/ambient/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.ts b/tests/cases/conformance/ambient/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf7de709ef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/conformance/ambient/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// @noImplicitAny: true
+declare module "jquery";