diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
index 152dedb65ed6d7327fe43d2feea65a14b19305eb..ac9d74f81baee75372c74fb35e1a4ad02a74112f 100644
--- a/.jshintrc
+++ b/.jshintrc
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "esnext": true,
   "globalstrict": true,
   "globals": {
       "angular": false,
diff --git a/lint_js.sh b/lint_js.sh
index a2432748467bc2281d719b3a39c6214d6f79e744..6194c4ea05181f82ffad6f59e56bac43e47121dc 100755
--- a/lint_js.sh
+++ b/lint_js.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Simple shell script for running jshint and nicely formatting the output :heart_eyes_cat:
 
 JS_HINT=./node_modules/jsxhint/cli.js
-JS_HINT_OPTS='--babel --config .jshintrc'
+JS_HINT_OPTS='--babel --es6module --config .jshintrc'
 JS_FILES=`find resources/frontend_client/app -name "*.js" | grep -v bower_components | grep -v 'app/test/' | grep -v '\#' | grep -v 'app/dist/'`
 
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