diff --git a/build/Gruntfile.coffee b/build/Gruntfile.coffee
index fed064c76..6b1dae4a8 100644
--- a/build/Gruntfile.coffee
+++ b/build/Gruntfile.coffee
@@ -144,12 +144,7 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
 
     coffeelint:
       options:
-        no_empty_param_list:
-          level: 'error'
-        max_line_length:
-          level: 'ignore'
-        indentation:
-          level: 'ignore'
+        configFile: 'coffeelint.json'
       src: [
         'dot-atom/**/*.coffee'
         'exports/**/*.coffee'
diff --git a/coffeelint.json b/coffeelint.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3bed36b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coffeelint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "indentation": {
+    "level": "ignore"
+  },
+  "max_line_length": {
+    "level": "ignore"
+  },
+  "no_empty_param_list": {
+    "level": "error"
+  }
+}