diff --git a/test/.eslintrc.yaml b/test/.eslintrc.yaml
index 86d4b595e7dc9a..f707caffdafde4 100644
--- a/test/.eslintrc.yaml
+++ b/test/.eslintrc.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,42 @@ rules:
   prefer-const: error
   symbol-description: off
 
+  no-restricted-syntax:
+    # Config copied from .eslintrc.js
+    - error
+    - selector: "CallExpression:matches([callee.name='deepStrictEqual'], [callee.property.name='deepStrictEqual'])[arguments.2.type='Literal']"
+      message: "Do not use a literal for the third argument of assert.deepStrictEqual()"
+    - selector: "CallExpression:matches([callee.name='doesNotThrow'], [callee.property.name='doesNotThrow'])"
+      message: "Do not use `assert.doesNotThrow()`. Write the code without the wrapper and add a comment instead."
+    - selector: "CallExpression:matches([callee.name='doesNotReject'], [callee.property.name='doesNotReject'])"
+      message: "Do not use `assert.doesNotReject()`. Write the code without the wrapper and add a comment instead."
+    - selector: "CallExpression:matches([callee.name='rejects'], [callee.property.name='rejects'])[arguments.length<2]"
+      message: "`assert.rejects()` must be invoked with at least two arguments."
+    - selector: "CallExpression[callee.property.name='strictEqual'][arguments.2.type='Literal']"
+      message: "Do not use a literal for the third argument of assert.strictEqual()"
+    - selector: "CallExpression:matches([callee.name='throws'], [callee.property.name='throws'])[arguments.1.type='Literal']:not([arguments.1.regex])"
+      message: "Use an object as second argument of `assert.throws()`."
+    - selector: "CallExpression:matches([callee.name='throws'], [callee.property.name='throws'])[arguments.length<2]"
+      message: "`assert.throws()` must be invoked with at least two arguments."
+    - selector: "CallExpression[callee.name='setTimeout'][arguments.length<2]"
+      message: "`setTimeout()` must be invoked with at least two arguments."
+    - selector: "CallExpression[callee.name='setInterval'][arguments.length<2]"
+      message: "`setInterval()` must be invoked with at least two arguments."
+    - selector: "ThrowStatement > CallExpression[callee.name=/Error$/]"
+      message: "Use `new` keyword when throwing an `Error`."
+    - selector: "CallExpression:matches([callee.name='notDeepStrictEqual'], [callee.property.name='notDeepStrictEqual'])[arguments.0.type='Literal']:not([arguments.1.type='Literal']):not([arguments.1.type='ObjectExpression']):not([arguments.1.type='ArrayExpression']):not([arguments.1.type='UnaryExpression'])"
+      message: "The first argument should be the `actual`, not the `expected` value."
+    - selector: "CallExpression:matches([callee.name='notStrictEqual'], [callee.property.name='notStrictEqual'])[arguments.0.type='Literal']:not([arguments.1.type='Literal']):not([arguments.1.type='ObjectExpression']):not([arguments.1.type='ArrayExpression']):not([arguments.1.type='UnaryExpression'])"
+      message: "The first argument should be the `actual`, not the `expected` value."
+    - selector: "CallExpression:matches([callee.name='deepStrictEqual'], [callee.property.name='deepStrictEqual'])[arguments.0.type='Literal']:not([arguments.1.type='Literal']):not([arguments.1.type='ObjectExpression']):not([arguments.1.type='ArrayExpression']):not([arguments.1.type='UnaryExpression'])"
+      message: "The first argument should be the `actual`, not the `expected` value."
+    - selector: "CallExpression:matches([callee.name='strictEqual'], [callee.property.name='strictEqual'])[arguments.0.type='Literal']:not([arguments.1.type='Literal']):not([arguments.1.type='ObjectExpression']):not([arguments.1.type='ArrayExpression']):not([arguments.1.type='UnaryExpression'])"
+      message: "The first argument should be the `actual`, not the `expected` value."
+    - selector: "CallExpression[callee.name='isNaN']"
+      message: "Use Number.isNaN() instead of the global isNaN() function."
+    - selector: "VariableDeclarator > CallExpression:matches([callee.name='debuglog'], [callee.property.name='debuglog']):not([arguments.0.value='test'])"
+      message: "Use 'test' as debuglog value in tests."
+
   # Custom rules in tools/eslint-rules
   node-core/prefer-assert-iferror: error
   node-core/prefer-assert-methods: error
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-util-debug.js b/test/sequential/test-util-debug.js
index f791eb8a8d2513..6cad46f101c0af 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-util-debug.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-util-debug.js
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ function child(section) {
   Object.defineProperty(process.stderr, 'hasColors', {
     value: tty.WriteStream.prototype.hasColors
   });
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
   const debug = util.debuglog(section);
   debug('this', { is: 'a' }, /debugging/);
   debug('num=%d str=%s obj=%j', 1, 'a', { foo: 'bar' });