diff --git a/packages/sonarwhal/docs/user-guide/further-configuration/using-relative-resources.md b/packages/sonarwhal/docs/user-guide/further-configuration/using-relative-resources.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0d2b84f14f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sonarwhal/docs/user-guide/further-configuration/using-relative-resources.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Using relative resources
+
+You can use relative resources in your `.sonarwhalrc` file:
+
+```json
+{
+    "connector": {
+        "name": "../my-connector/connector.js"
+    },
+    "formatters": ["../../formatters/my-formatter.js"],
+    "rules": {
+        "../my-rule/rule.js": "error"
+    },
+    "rulesTimeout": 120000
+}
+```
+
+Some things to keep in mind:
+
+* Only relative paths to the config file are supported.
+* Regardless of your OS you have to use `/` as the separator.
+* The resource will be resolved relatively to where the config file that
+  needs the resource is. This is important if you are extending configurations.
diff --git a/packages/sonarwhal/src/lib/config.ts b/packages/sonarwhal/src/lib/config.ts
index 0d04c577443..de02fde6a5c 100644
--- a/packages/sonarwhal/src/lib/config.ts
+++ b/packages/sonarwhal/src/lib/config.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
+import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as os from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
 
@@ -262,6 +263,93 @@ export class SonarwhalConfig {
                 config = null;
         }
 
+        config = this.toAbsolutePaths(config, filePath);
+
+        return config;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Transforms any relative paths in the configuration to absolute using
+     * the value of `configPath`. `configPath` needs to be a folder.
+     * The values that can be changed are:
+     * * `connector`'s value: `{ "connector": "./myconnector" }`
+     * * `connector.name` value: `{ "connector": { "name": "./myconnector"} }`
+     * * `formatter`s and `parser`s  values: `{ "formatters": ["./myformatter"] }`
+     * * `rule`s keys: `{ "rules: { "./myrule": "warning" } }`
+     */
+    public static toAbsolutePaths(config: UserConfig, configRoot: string): UserConfig {
+        if (!config) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * We could receive a path to a folder or a file. `dirname` will return different
+         * things depending on that. E.g.:
+         * * `path.dirname('/config/folder')` will return `/config` and we want `/config/folder`
+         * * `path.dirname('/config/folder/file')` will return `/config/folder`
+         *
+         * This is no good if we want to resolve relatively because we will get incorrect
+         * paths. To solve this we have to know if what we are receiving is a file or a
+         * folder and adjust accordingly.
+         */
+        const stat = fs.statSync(configRoot); //eslint-disable-line
+        const configPath = stat.isDirectory() ? configRoot : path.dirname(configRoot);
+
+        if (!configPath) {
+            return config;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * If `value` is a relative path (ie, it starts with `.`), it transforms it
+         * to an absolute path using the `configRoot` folder as the origin to `resolve`.
+         */
+        const resolve = (value: string): string => {
+            if (!value.startsWith('.')) {
+                return value;
+            }
+
+            return path.resolve(configPath, value);
+        };
+
+        // Update the connector value
+        if (config.connector) {
+            if (typeof config.connector === 'string') {
+                config.connector = resolve(config.connector);
+            } else {
+                config.connector.name = resolve(config.connector.name);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Update extends
+        if (config.extends) {
+            config.extends = config.extends.map(resolve);
+        }
+
+        // Update formatters
+        if (config.formatters) {
+            config.formatters = config.formatters.map(resolve);
+        }
+
+        // Update parsers
+        if (config.parsers) {
+            config.parsers = config.parsers.map(resolve);
+        }
+
+        // Update rules
+        if (config.rules) {
+            const rules = Object.keys(config.rules);
+
+            const transformedRules = rules.reduce((newRules, currentRule) => {
+                const newRule = resolve(currentRule);
+
+                newRules[newRule] = config.rules[currentRule];
+
+                return newRules;
+            }, {});
+
+            config.rules = transformedRules;
+        }
+
         return config;
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/sonarwhal/src/lib/sonarwhal.ts b/packages/sonarwhal/src/lib/sonarwhal.ts
index 58dba98fe48..1f71cfb9ef5 100644
--- a/packages/sonarwhal/src/lib/sonarwhal.ts
+++ b/packages/sonarwhal/src/lib/sonarwhal.ts
@@ -118,6 +118,49 @@ export class Sonarwhal extends EventEmitter {
 
         this.rules = new Map();
 
+        /**
+         * Returns the configuration for a given rule ID. In the case of a rule
+         * pointing to a path, it will return the content of the first entry
+         * in the config that contains the ID. E.g.:
+         * * `../rule-x-content-type-options` is the key in the config
+         * * `x-content-type-options` is the ID of the rule
+         * * One of the keys in the config `includes` the rule ID so it's a match
+         *
+         * @param id The id of the rule
+         */
+        const getRuleConfig = (id: string): RuleConfig | Array<RuleConfig> => {
+            if (config.rules[id]) {
+                return config.rules[id];
+            }
+
+            const ruleEntries = Object.keys(config.rules);
+            const idParts = id.split('/');
+
+            /**
+             * At this point we are trying to find the configuration of a rule specified
+             * via a path.
+             * The id of a rule (define in `Rule.meta.id`) will be `packageName/rule-id`
+             * but most likely the code is not going to be on a path that ends like that
+             * and will be more similar to `packageName/dist/src/rule-id.js`
+             *
+             * To solve this, we iterate over all the keys of the `rules` object until
+             * we find the first entry that includes all the parts of the id
+             * (`packageName` and `rule-id` in the example).
+             *
+             * E.g.:
+             * * `../rule-packageName/dist/src/rule-id.js` --> Passes
+             * * `../rule-packageAnotherName/dist/src/rule-id.js` --> Fails because
+             *   `packageName` is not in that path
+             */
+            const ruleKey = ruleEntries.find((entry) => {
+                return idParts.every((idPart) => {
+                    return entry.includes(idPart);
+                });
+            });
+
+            return config.rules[ruleKey];
+        };
+
         resources.rules.forEach((Rule) => {
             debug('Loading rules');
             const id = Rule.meta.id;
@@ -130,7 +173,7 @@ export class Sonarwhal extends EventEmitter {
                     ignoredConnectors.includes(connectorId);
             };
 
-            const ruleOptions: RuleConfig | Array<RuleConfig> = config.rules[id];
+            const ruleOptions: RuleConfig | Array<RuleConfig> = getRuleConfig(id);
             const severity: Severity = getSeverity(ruleOptions);
 
             if (ignoreRule(Rule)) {
diff --git a/packages/sonarwhal/src/lib/utils/resource-loader.ts b/packages/sonarwhal/src/lib/utils/resource-loader.ts
index e99a46d844d..31c9552a6d0 100644
--- a/packages/sonarwhal/src/lib/utils/resource-loader.ts
+++ b/packages/sonarwhal/src/lib/utils/resource-loader.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 import * as path from 'path';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
 
 import * as globby from 'globby';
 import * as semver from 'semver';
@@ -244,11 +245,13 @@ const generateConfigPathsToResources = (configurations: Array<string>, name: str
  */
 export const loadResource = (name: string, type: ResourceType, configurations: Array<string> = [], verifyVersion = false) => {
     debug(`Searching ${name}…`);
-
+    const isSource = fs.existsSync(name); // eslint-disable-line no-sync
     const nameSplitted = name.split('/');
 
     const packageName = nameSplitted[0];
-    const resourceName = nameSplitted[1] || packageName;
+    const resourceName = isSource ?
+        name :
+        nameSplitted[1] || packageName;
 
     const key: string = `${type}-${name}`;
 
@@ -269,13 +272,15 @@ export const loadResource = (name: string, type: ResourceType, configurations: A
      * has to be `rule-typescript-config/is-valid`.
      * But we need to load the package `@sonarwhal/rule-typescript-config`.
      */
-    const sources: Array<string> = [
-        `@sonarwhal/${type}-${packageName}`, // Officially supported package
-        `sonarwhal-${type}-${packageName}`, // Third party package
-        path.normalize(`${SONARWHAL_ROOT}/dist/src/lib/${type}s/${packageName}/${packageName}.js`), // Part of core. E.g.: built-in formatters, parsers, connectors
-        path.normalize(currentProcessDir) // External rules.
-        // path.normalize(`${path.resolve(SONARWHAL_ROOT, '..')}/${key}`) // Things under `/packages/` for when we are developing something official. E.g.: `/packages/rule-http-cache`
-    ].concat(configPathsToResources);
+    const sources: Array<string> = isSource ?
+        [path.resolve(currentProcessDir, name)] : // If the name is direct path to the source we should only check that
+        [
+            `@sonarwhal/${type}-${packageName}`, // Officially supported package
+            `sonarwhal-${type}-${packageName}`, // Third party package
+            path.normalize(`${SONARWHAL_ROOT}/dist/src/lib/${type}s/${packageName}/${packageName}.js`), // Part of core. E.g.: built-in formatters, parsers, connectors
+            path.normalize(currentProcessDir) // External rules.
+            // path.normalize(`${path.resolve(SONARWHAL_ROOT, '..')}/${key}`) // Things under `/packages/` for when we are developing something official. E.g.: `/packages/rule-http-cache`
+        ].concat(configPathsToResources);
 
     let resource;
     let isValid: boolean = true;
@@ -283,7 +288,14 @@ export const loadResource = (name: string, type: ResourceType, configurations: A
     sources.some((source: string) => {
         const res = getResource(source, type, resourceName);
 
-        if (res) {
+        if (res && isSource) {
+            isValid = true;
+            resource = res;
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (res && !isSource) { // Paths to sources might not have packages and versioning doesn't apply
             debug(`${name} found in ${source}`);
 
             if (source === currentProcessDir) {
@@ -322,7 +334,12 @@ export const loadResource = (name: string, type: ResourceType, configurations: A
         throw new ResourceError(`Resource ${name} not found`, ResourceErrorStatus.NotFound);
     }
 
-    resources.set(key, resource);
+    if (isSource) {
+        resources.set(name, resource);
+    } else {
+        resources.set(key, resource);
+    }
+
 
     return resource;
 };
diff --git a/packages/sonarwhal/src/lib/utils/rule-helpers.ts b/packages/sonarwhal/src/lib/utils/rule-helpers.ts
index b1f028390af..96cec1a9212 100644
--- a/packages/sonarwhal/src/lib/utils/rule-helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/sonarwhal/src/lib/utils/rule-helpers.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import * as path from 'path';
+import { basename, dirname, resolve } from 'path';
+import { findPackageRoot } from './misc';
 
 /** Lower cases all the items of `list`. */
 export const toLowerCase = (list: Array<string>): Array<string> => {
@@ -26,32 +27,23 @@ export const getIncludedHeaders = (headers: object, headerList: Array<string> =
 };
 
 /**
- * Returns the name of the rule based in the folder structure.
- *
- * * `/something/another` --> ``
- * * `/something/rules/another/` --> `another`
- * * `/something/rules/another` --> `another`
- * * `/something/rules/rule-another` --> `another`
- * * `/something/rule-another/` --> `another`
- * * `/something/rule-another` --> `another`
+ * Returns the name of the rule based on:
+ * * if it is a single rule package --> Searches for the entry point in
+ *   package.json
+ * * if it is muti rule package --> Searches the path to the rule that
+ *   has the same name as the test file
  */
-export const getRuleName = (dirname: string, packageName?: string): string => {
-    const parts = dirname.split(path.sep);
-    let ruleName = '';
-
-    const normalize = (name) => {
-        return name.replace('rule-', '');
-    };
+export const getRulePath = (name: string, multirule?: boolean): string => {
+    const dir = dirname(name);
+    const root = findPackageRoot(dir);
 
-    for (let i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
-        if (parts[i].startsWith('rule-') || (parts[i - 1] && parts[i - 1].startsWith('rules'))) {
-            ruleName = normalize(parts[i]);
+    if (multirule) {
+        const ruleName = basename(name);
 
-            return packageName ? `${packageName}/${ruleName}` : ruleName;
-        }
+        return resolve(dir, `../src/${ruleName}`);
     }
 
-    return ruleName;
+    return require.resolve(root);
 };
 
 /**