diff --git a/conf/config-schema.js b/conf/config-schema.js
index 83addff8781..712fc4235ec 100644
--- a/conf/config-schema.js
+++ b/conf/config-schema.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
 const baseConfigProperties = {
+    $schema: { type: "string" },
     env: { type: "object" },
     extends: { $ref: "#/definitions/stringOrStrings" },
     globals: { type: "object" },
diff --git a/tests/lib/shared/config-validator.js b/tests/lib/shared/config-validator.js
index 1c4cfe89539..95976fc9fad 100644
--- a/tests/lib/shared/config-validator.js
+++ b/tests/lib/shared/config-validator.js
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ describe("Validator", () => {
         it("should do nothing with a valid eslint config", () => {
             validator.validate(
                 {
+                    $schema: "http://json.schemastore.org/eslintrc",
                     root: true,
                     globals: { globalFoo: "readonly" },
                     parser: "parserFoo",