diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 35d707ba..42fbcbc2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -152,8 +152,10 @@ and won't run anything unexpected.
 | **VALIDATE_COFFEE** | `true` | Flag to enable or disable the linting process of the language . |
 | **VALIDATE_ANSIBLE** | `true` | Flag to enable or disable the linting process of the language. |
 | **VALIDATE_JAVASCRIPT_ES** | `true` | Flag to enable or disable the linting process of the language. (Utilizing: eslint) |
+| **JAVASCRIPT_ES_CONFIG_FILE** | `.eslintrc.yml` | Filename for [eslint configuration](https://eslint.org/docs/user-guide/configuring#configuration-file-formats) (ex: `.eslintrc.yml`, `.eslintrc.json`)|
 | **VALIDATE_JAVASCRIPT_STANDARD** | `true` | Flag to enable or disable the linting process of the language. (Utilizing: standard) |
 | **VALIDATE_TYPESCRIPT_ES** | `true` | Flag to enable or disable the linting process of the language. (Utilizing: eslint) |
+| **TYPESCRIPT_ES_CONFIG_FILE** | `.eslintrc.yml` | Filename for [eslint configuration](https://eslint.org/docs/user-guide/configuring#configuration-file-formats) (ex: `.eslintrc.yml`, `.eslintrc.json`)|
 | **VALIDATE_TYPESCRIPT_STANDARD** | `true` | Flag to enable or disable the linting process of the language. (Utilizing: standard) |
 | **VALIDATE_DOCKER** | `true` | Flag to enable or disable the linting process of the language. |
 | **VALIDATE_GO** | `true` | Flag to enable or disable the linting process of the language. |
diff --git a/lib/linter.sh b/lib/linter.sh
index df3241fa..da97c9f2 100755
--- a/lib/linter.sh
+++ b/lib/linter.sh
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ RUBY_LINTER_RULES="$DEFAULT_RULES_LOCATION/$RUBY_FILE_NAME"         # Path to th
 COFFEE_FILE_NAME='.coffee-lint.json'                                  # Name of the file
 COFFEESCRIPT_LINTER_RULES="$DEFAULT_RULES_LOCATION/$COFFEE_FILE_NAME" # Path to the coffeescript lint rules
 # Javascript Vars
-JAVASCRIPT_FILE_NAME='.eslintrc.yml'                                    # Name of the file
+JAVASCRIPT_FILE_NAME="${JAVASCRIPT_ES_CONFIG_FILE:-.eslintrc.yml}"      # Name of the file
 JAVASCRIPT_LINTER_RULES="$DEFAULT_RULES_LOCATION/$JAVASCRIPT_FILE_NAME" # Path to the Javascript lint rules
 JAVASCRIPT_STANDARD_LINTER_RULES=''                                     # ENV string to pass when running js standard
 # Typescript Vars
-TYPESCRIPT_FILE_NAME='.eslintrc.yml'                                    # Name of the file
+TYPESCRIPT_FILE_NAME="${TYPESCRIPT_ES_CONFIG_FILE:-.eslintrc.yml}"      # Name of the file
 TYPESCRIPT_LINTER_RULES="$DEFAULT_RULES_LOCATION/$TYPESCRIPT_FILE_NAME" # Path to the Typescript lint rules
 TYPESCRIPT_STANDARD_LINTER_RULES=''                                     # ENV string to pass when running js standard
 # Ansible Vars