diff --git a/.format-message-lint.json b/.format-message-lint.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bccffac678
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.format-message-lint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "format-message/literal-pattern": 0,
+  "format-message/literal-locale": 0,
+  "format-message/no-identical-translation": 1,
+  "format-message/no-invalid-pattern": 2,
+  "format-message/no-invalid-translation": 2,
+  "format-message/no-missing-params": [2, { "allowNonLiteral": true }],
+  "format-message/no-missing-translation": 1,
+  "format-message/no-top-scope": 0,
+  "format-message/translation-match-params": 2,
+  "format-message/no-empty-jsx-message": 1,
+  "format-message/no-invalid-translate-attribute": 1,
+  "format-message/no-invalid-plural-keyword": 1,
+  "format-message/no-missing-plural-keyword": 0
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3cabf4641c..d56cde60c4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "docs": "jsdoc -c .jsdoc.json",
     "i18n:src": "mkdirp translations/core && format-message extract --out-file translations/core/en.json src/extensions/**/index.js",
     "i18n:push": "tx-push-src scratch-editor extensions translations/core/en.json",
-    "lint": "eslint . && format-message lint src/**/*.js",
+    "lint": "eslint . && format-message lint -e customrules -c .format-message-lint.json src/**/*.js",
     "prepare": "path-exists .git && husky install || echo 'not installed husky because .git does not exist'",
     "prepublish": "in-publish && npm run build || not-in-publish",
     "start": "webpack serve",