diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ae9ef166bf..762c7833fd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ release/
 *.sublime*
 /sql/
 /start.sh
+.eslintcache
 
 # generated files
 js/components.js
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1488e0a1da..406ce173b8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "test-electron": "yarn grunt test",
     "test-node": "electron-mocha --file test/setup-test-node.js --recursive test/app test/modules ts/test-node ts/test-both",
     "test-node-coverage": "nyc --reporter=lcov --reporter=text mocha --recursive test/app test/modules ts/test-node ts/test-both",
-    "eslint": "eslint .",
+    "eslint": "eslint --cache .",
     "lint": "yarn format --list-different && yarn eslint",
     "lint-deps": "node ts/util/lint/linter.js",
     "lint-license-comments": "ts-node ts/util/lint/license_comments.ts",