diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-react-native/index.js b/packages/eslint-config-react-native/index.js
index 8de08008e5c9d3..23f2fe9916485e 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-react-native/index.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-react-native/index.js
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
     'no-catch-shadow': 1, // disallow the catch clause parameter name being the same as a variable in the outer scope (off by default in the node environment)
     'no-delete-var': 1, // disallow deletion of variables
+    'no-global-assign': 2, // disallow assignments to native objects or read-only global variables
     'no-label-var': 1, // disallow labels that share a name with a variable
     'no-shadow': 1, // disallow declaration of variables already declared in the outer scope
     'no-shadow-restricted-names': 1, // disallow shadowing of names such as arguments