diff --git a/tasks/gulp-eslint.js b/tasks/gulp-eslint.js
index 5f4f28fd30..02a6d96cc8 100644
--- a/tasks/gulp-eslint.js
+++ b/tasks/gulp-eslint.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ let linter = (src, options) => {
     .pipe(eslint(options))
     .pipe(eslint.format())
     .pipe(eslint.failAfterError());
-}
+};
 
 // TODO lint client
 // TDOO separate linting cong between
@@ -53,25 +53,7 @@ gulp.task('lint:common', () => {
 });
 
 gulp.task('lint:tests', () => {
-  let options = {
-    rules: {
-      'one-var': 0,
-      'max-nested-callbacks': 0,
-      'no-unused-expressions': 0,
-      'mocha/no-exclusive-tests': 2,
-      'mocha/no-global-tests': 2,
-      'mocha/handle-done-callback': 2,
-    },
-    globals: {
-      'expect': true,
-      '_': true,
-      'sinon': true,
-      'sandbox': true,
-    },
-    plugins: [ 'mocha' ],
-  };
-
-  return linter(TEST_FILES, options);
+  return linter(TEST_FILES);
 });
 
 gulp.task('lint', ['lint:server', 'lint:common', 'lint:tests']);
diff --git a/test/.eslintrc b/test/.eslintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b5868eca9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/.eslintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+    "rules": {
+        "one-var": 0,
+        "max-nested-callbacks": 0,
+        "no-unused-expressions": 0,
+        "mocha/no-exclusive-tests": 2,
+        "mocha/no-global-tests": 2,
+        "mocha/handle-done-callback": 2
+    },
+    "globals": {
+        "expect": true,
+        "_": true,
+        "sandbox": true,
+        "sinon": true
+    },
+    "plugins": [ "mocha" ]
+}