diff --git a/lib/loadConfig.js b/lib/loadConfig.js
index 76493447d..3a17d76c0 100644
--- a/lib/loadConfig.js
+++ b/lib/loadConfig.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /** @typedef {import('./index').Logger} Logger */
 
+import { createRequire } from 'module'
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'url'
 
 import debug from 'debug'
@@ -8,6 +9,12 @@ import YAML from 'yaml'
 
 const debugLog = debug('lint-staged:loadConfig')
 
+/**
+ * require() does not exist for ESM, so we must create it to use require.resolve().
+ * @see https://nodejs.org/api/module.html#modulecreaterequirefilename
+ */
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
+
 /**
  * The list of files `lint-staged` will read configuration
  * from, in the declared order.