diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index 255b0f2f..30afb592 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 00000000..f0290fed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lint/eslintrc-shell.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    "globals": {
+        "global": false,
+        "_": false,
+        "C_": false,
+        "N_": false,
+        "ngettext": false
+    }
+}