diff --git a/eslint/.eslintrc.js b/eslint/.eslintrc.js
index 7ba85240..13df2eb9 100644
--- a/eslint/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/eslint/.eslintrc.js
@@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ module.exports = {
       'self'
     ],
 
+    // require a capital letter for constructors
+    'new-cap': [ 'error', {
+      newIsCap: true,
+      newIsCapExceptionPattern: '^(options|this|window)\\.\\w+', // Allow constructors to be passed through options.
+      newIsCapExceptions: [ 'rsync', 'jimp', 'Math.seedrandom' ],
+      capIsNew: false,
+      capIsNewExceptions: [ 'Immutable.Map', 'Immutable.Set', 'Immutable.List' ]
+    } ],
+
     // don't escape characters that don't need to be escaped
     'no-useless-escape': 2,
 
diff --git a/eslint/format_eslintrc.js b/eslint/format_eslintrc.js
index 89fcfe07..19574b40 100644
--- a/eslint/format_eslintrc.js
+++ b/eslint/format_eslintrc.js
@@ -268,14 +268,6 @@ module.exports = {
     // TODO: enable?
     'multiline-ternary': [ 'off', 'never' ],
 
-    // require a capital letter for constructors
-    'new-cap': [ 'error', {
-      newIsCap: true,
-      newIsCapExceptions: [],
-      capIsNew: false,
-      capIsNewExceptions: [ 'Immutable.Map', 'Immutable.Set', 'Immutable.List' ]
-    } ],
-
     // disallow the omission of parentheses when invoking a constructor with no arguments
     // https://eslint.org/docs/rules/new-parens
     'new-parens': 'error',