diff --git a/tools/run-eslint.sh b/tools/run-eslint.sh
index 45bd267d..6d2c72c4 100755
--- a/tools/run-eslint.sh
+++ b/tools/run-eslint.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Philip Chimento <philip.chimento@gmail.com>
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Florian Müllner <fmuellner@gnome.org>
 
-cd $(dirname -- "$0")
+srcdir=$(dirname -- "$0")
+
+cd $srcdir
 [ ! -d node_modules ] && npm clean-install
+# Link in project root to make imports work properly
+[ ! -e ../node_modules ] && ln -s $srcdir/node_modules ../node_modules
 npm run lint -- "$@"