diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..096662151e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+jest.*.js
+webpack.*.js
+
+etc
+coverage
+build
+node_modules
+dist
+images
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 576db22326..acac0622dc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "start": "webpack-dev-server --config ./webpack.config.js --mode development",
     "test": "jest --watch --coverage",
-    "lint": "./node_modules/eslint/bin/eslint.js src/**/*.js src/**/*.jsx",
+    "lint": "eslint --ext .js --ext .jsx . --debug",
     "add-locale": "lingui add-locale",
     "extract-strings": "lingui extract",
     "compile-strings": "lingui compile"