diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 33408bfbad..ad8b097e4e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 BROWSERIFY := "node_modules/.bin/browserify"
-ESLINT := "node_modules/.bin/eslint"
 KARMA := "node_modules/.bin/karma"
 MOCHA := "bin/mocha"
 NYC := "node_modules/.bin/nyc"
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ clean:
 
 lint:
 	@printf "==> [Test :: Lint]\n"
-	$(ESLINT) . "bin/*"
+	npm run lint
 
 test-node: test-bdd test-tdd test-qunit test-exports test-unit test-integration test-jsapi test-compilers test-glob test-requires test-reporters test-only test-global-only
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f681ba3e16..a02ab9e803 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@
     "npm": ">= 1.4.x"
   },
   "scripts": {
+    "lint": "eslint . bin/*",
     "test": "make test && make clean",
     "precoverage": "rm -rf coverage",
     "coverage": "COVERAGE=true npm run test",