diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index 255b0f2f8..30afb5924 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
     "extends": [
-        "./lint/eslintrc-gjs.json"
+        "./lint/eslintrc-gjs.json",
+        "./lint/eslintrc-shell.json"
     ]
 }
diff --git a/lint/eslintrc-shell.json b/lint/eslintrc-shell.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f59417c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lint/eslintrc-shell.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+    "overrides": [
+        {
+            "files": "js/**",
+            "excludedFiles": ["js/extensionPrefs/*", "js/portalHelper/*"],
+            "globals": {
+                "global": false,
+                "_": false,
+                "C_": false,
+                "N_": false,
+                "ngettext": false
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}