diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/docs/rules/no-type-alias.md b/packages/eslint-plugin/docs/rules/no-type-alias.md
index 496188d4c0a..1927fdd54c9 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/docs/rules/no-type-alias.md
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/docs/rules/no-type-alias.md
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ or more of the following you may pass an object with the options set as follows:
 
 - `allowAliases` set to `"always"` will allow you to do aliasing (Defaults to `"never"`).
 - `allowCallbacks` set to `"always"` will allow you to use type aliases with callbacks (Defaults to `"never"`)
+- `allowConditionalTypes` set to `"always"` will allow you to use type aliases with conditional types (Defaults to `"never"`)
 - `allowConstructors` set to `"always"` will allow you to use type aliases with constructors (Defaults to `"never"`)
 - `allowLiterals` set to `"always"` will allow you to use type aliases with literal objects (Defaults to `"never"`)
 - `allowMappedTypes` set to `"always"` will allow you to use type aliases as mapping tools (Defaults to `"never"`)
@@ -249,6 +250,16 @@ type Foo = (name: string, age: number) => string | Person;
 type Foo = (name: string, age: number) => string & Person;
 ```
 
+### allowConditionalTypes
+
+This applies to conditional types.
+
+Examples of **correct** code for the `{ "allowConditionalTypes": "always" }` option:
+
+```ts
+type Foo<T> = T extends number ? number : null;
+```
+
 ### allowConstructors
 
 This applies to constructor types.
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-type-alias.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-type-alias.ts
index f10fbeaf3c9..02aca84e315 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-type-alias.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-type-alias.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type Options = [
   {
     allowAliases?: Values;
     allowCallbacks?: 'always' | 'never';
+    allowConditionalTypes?: 'always' | 'never';
     allowConstructors?: 'always' | 'never';
     allowLiterals?: Values;
     allowMappedTypes?: Values;
@@ -63,6 +64,9 @@ export default util.createRule<Options, MessageIds>({
           allowCallbacks: {
             enum: ['always', 'never'],
           },
+          allowConditionalTypes: {
+            enum: ['always', 'never'],
+          },
           allowConstructors: {
             enum: ['always', 'never'],
           },
@@ -84,6 +88,7 @@ export default util.createRule<Options, MessageIds>({
     {
       allowAliases: 'never',
       allowCallbacks: 'never',
+      allowConditionalTypes: 'never',
       allowConstructors: 'never',
       allowLiterals: 'never',
       allowMappedTypes: 'never',
@@ -96,6 +101,7 @@ export default util.createRule<Options, MessageIds>({
       {
         allowAliases,
         allowCallbacks,
+        allowConditionalTypes,
         allowConstructors,
         allowLiterals,
         allowMappedTypes,
@@ -226,6 +232,16 @@ export default util.createRule<Options, MessageIds>({
         if (allowCallbacks === 'never') {
           reportError(type.node, type.compositionType, isTopLevel, 'Callbacks');
         }
+      } else if (type.node.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.TSConditionalType) {
+        // conditional type
+        if (allowConditionalTypes === 'never') {
+          reportError(
+            type.node,
+            type.compositionType,
+            isTopLevel,
+            'Conditional types',
+          );
+        }
       } else if (type.node.type === AST_NODE_TYPES.TSConstructorType) {
         if (allowConstructors === 'never') {
           reportError(
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-type-alias.test.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-type-alias.test.ts
index d66691dd955..be5ca84b9e5 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-type-alias.test.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-type-alias.test.ts
@@ -439,6 +439,10 @@ type Foo<T> = {
         'type Foo = [string] & [number, number] | keyof [number, number, number];',
       options: [{ allowTupleTypes: 'in-unions-and-intersections' }],
     },
+    {
+      code: 'type MyType<T> = T extends number ? number : null;',
+      options: [{ allowConditionalTypes: 'always' }],
+    },
     {
       code: 'type Foo = new (bar: number) => string | null;',
       options: [{ allowConstructors: 'always' }],
@@ -3188,9 +3192,36 @@ type Foo<T> = {
           messageId: 'noTypeAlias',
           data: {
             alias: 'constructors',
-            line: 1,
-            column: 12,
           },
+          line: 1,
+          column: 12,
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: 'type MyType<T> = T extends number ? number : null;',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'noTypeAlias',
+          data: {
+            alias: 'conditional types',
+          },
+          line: 1,
+          column: 18,
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: 'type MyType<T> = T extends number ? number : null;',
+      options: [{ allowConditionalTypes: 'never' }],
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'noTypeAlias',
+          data: {
+            alias: 'conditional types',
+          },
+          line: 1,
+          column: 18,
         },
       ],
     },