diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 83967017007..49607bf1e18 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
     "eslint-config-eslint": "file:packages/eslint-config-eslint",
     "eslint-plugin-eslint-plugin": "^2.0.1",
     "eslint-plugin-internal-rules": "file:tools/internal-rules",
+    "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^6.0.2",
     "eslint-plugin-node": "^9.0.0",
     "eslint-release": "^1.2.0",
     "eslump": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-eslint/default.yml b/packages/eslint-config-eslint/default.yml
index 8e8c8c57ad6..cf85b5af226 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-eslint/default.yml
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-eslint/default.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 extends:
     - "eslint:recommended"
     - "plugin:node/recommended"
+    - "plugin:jsdoc/recommended"
+plugins:
+    - "jsdoc"
 rules:
     array-bracket-spacing: "error"
     array-callback-return: "error"
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-eslint/package.json b/packages/eslint-config-eslint/package.json
index 514dbb7ca42..0f94de64859 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-eslint/package.json
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-eslint/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
   "homepage": "https://eslint.org",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/",
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "eslint-plugin-node": "^9.0.0"
+    "eslint-plugin-node": "^9.0.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^6.0.2"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "eslintconfig",