diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3164c2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "extends": ["./src/config/eslintrc.js"],
+  "rules": {
+    "global-require": "off",
+    "no-process-exit": "off",
+    "import/no-dynamic-require": "off",
+    "import/no-unassigned-import": "off",
+    "no-console": "off",
+    "no-nested-ternary": "off"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b3dacab..5d315ca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     "all-contributors-cli": "^4.9.1",
     "arrify": "^1.0.1",
     "babel-cli": "^6.26.0",
+    "babel-eslint": "^8.0.2",
     "babel-jest": "^21.2.0",
     "babel-macros": "^1.2.0",
     "babel-plugin-external-helpers": "^6.22.0",
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@
     "eslint-config-airbnb": "^16.1.0",
     "eslint-config-airbnb-base": "^12.1.0",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^2.9.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-babel": "^4.1.2",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.8.0",
     "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^6.0.2",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.5.1",
@@ -94,22 +96,6 @@
     "jest-in-case": "^1.0.2",
     "slash": "^1.0.0"
   },
-  "eslintConfig": {
-    "extends": ["airbnb-base", "prettier"],
-    "env": {
-      "node": true,
-      "jest": true
-    },
-    "rules": {
-      "global-require": "off",
-      "no-process-exit": "off",
-      "import/no-dynamic-require": "off",
-      "import/no-unassigned-import": "off",
-      "no-console": "off",
-      "no-nested-ternary": "off"
-    }
-  },
-  "eslintIgnore": ["node_modules", "coverage", "dist"],
   "config": {
     "commitizen": {
       "path": "./node_modules/cz-conventional-changelog"
diff --git a/src/config/__tests__/eslintrc.js b/src/config/__tests__/eslintrc.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13e1571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/__tests__/eslintrc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { CLIEngine } from 'eslint';
+import baseConfig from '../eslintrc';
+
+jest.mock('../../utils', () => ({
+  ...require.requireActual('../../utils'),
+  ifAnyDep: jest.fn((key, t) => t),
+}));
+
+const cli = new CLIEngine({
+  useEslintrc: false,
+  baseConfig,
+});
+
+const lint = code => {
+  const linter = cli.executeOnText(code);
+  return linter.results[0];
+};
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  jest.resetModules();
+});
+
+test('Understands class properties', () => {
+  const result = lint(`
+    export class Bar {
+      constructor() {
+        this.bar = 'foo';
+      }
+
+      setFoo = f => {
+        this.foo = f;
+      }
+
+      getFoo(){
+        return this.bar;
+      }
+    }
+  `);
+
+  const filtered = result.messages.filter(m => m.fatal);
+  expect(filtered.length).toBeLessThan(1);
+});
+
+test('Understands jsx', () => {
+  const result = lint(`
+    /* eslint-disable react/prop-types, react/react-in-jsx-scope */
+    export const Comp = ({ children, ...rest }) => (
+      <button {...rest}>{children}</button>
+    );
+  `);
+
+  expect(result.errorCount).toBeLessThan(1);
+});
diff --git a/src/config/eslintrc.js b/src/config/eslintrc.js
index dea80a9..5aa5644 100644
--- a/src/config/eslintrc.js
+++ b/src/config/eslintrc.js
@@ -1,10 +1,30 @@
 const { ifAnyDep } = require('../utils');
 
 module.exports = {
+  parser: 'babel-eslint',
   extends: [
     require.resolve('eslint-config-airbnb-base'),
     ifAnyDep('react', require.resolve('eslint-config-airbnb')),
     require.resolve('eslint-config-prettier'),
   ].filter(Boolean),
-  rules: {},
+  plugins: ['babel'],
+  env: {
+    browser: true,
+    node: true,
+    commonjs: true,
+    'shared-node-browser': true,
+    es6: true,
+    worker: true,
+    jest: true,
+  },
+  parserOptions: {
+    ecmaVersion: 6,
+    sourceType: 'module',
+    ecmaFeatures: { experimentalObjectRestSpread: true },
+  },
+  rules: {
+    'import/prefer-default-export': 'off',
+    'react/jsx-filename-extension': 'off',
+    'react/sort-comp': 'off',
+  },
 };
diff --git a/src/scripts/lint.js b/src/scripts/lint.js
index e9a7eb9..31c3b10 100644
--- a/src/scripts/lint.js
+++ b/src/scripts/lint.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const useBuiltinConfig =
   !args.includes('--config') &&
   !hasFile('.eslintrc') &&
   !hasFile('.eslintrc.js') &&
+  !hasFile('.eslintrc.json') &&
   !hasPkgProp('eslintConfig');
 
 const config = useBuiltinConfig