diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
index f88910d4dbe..6cb1bf36b21 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ module.exports = function(webpackEnv) {
                 eslintPath: require.resolve('eslint'),
                 resolvePluginsRelativeTo: __dirname,
                 // @remove-on-eject-begin
+                ignore: process.env.EXTEND_ESLINT === 'true',
                 baseConfig: (() => {
                   const eslintCli = new eslint.CLIEngine();
                   let eslintConfig;
@@ -360,7 +361,6 @@ module.exports = function(webpackEnv) {
                     };
                   }
                 })(),
-                ignore: false,
                 useEslintrc: false,
                 // @remove-on-eject-end
               },