diff --git a/docs/rules/consistent-function-scoping.md b/docs/rules/consistent-function-scoping.md
index 3981a04317..68c7419699 100644
--- a/docs/rules/consistent-function-scoping.md
+++ b/docs/rules/consistent-function-scoping.md
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ export function doFoo(foo) {
 }
 ```
 
+## Options
+
+### checkArrowFunctions
+
+Type: `boolean`\
+Default: `true`
+
+Pass `"checkArrowFunctions": false` to disable linting of arrow functions.
 
 ## Limitations
 
diff --git a/rules/consistent-function-scoping.js b/rules/consistent-function-scoping.js
index cb4e6819e3..8dc34a9bfa 100644
--- a/rules/consistent-function-scoping.js
+++ b/rules/consistent-function-scoping.js
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ function checkNode(node, scopeManager) {
 }
 
 const create = context => {
+	const {checkArrowFunctions} = {checkArrowFunctions: true, ...context.options[0]};
 	const sourceCode = context.getSourceCode();
 	const {scopeManager} = sourceCode;
 
@@ -170,20 +171,42 @@ const create = context => {
 		},
 		':function:exit': node => {
 			const currentFunctionHasJsx = functions.pop();
-			if (!currentFunctionHasJsx && !checkNode(node, scopeManager)) {
-				context.report({
-					node,
-					loc: getFunctionHeadLocation(node, sourceCode),
-					messageId: MESSAGE_ID,
-					data: {
-						functionNameWithKind: getFunctionNameWithKind(node)
-					}
-				});
+			if (currentFunctionHasJsx) {
+				return;
 			}
+
+			if (node.type === 'ArrowFunctionExpression' && !checkArrowFunctions) {
+				return;
+			}
+
+			if (checkNode(node, scopeManager)) {
+				return;
+			}
+
+			context.report({
+				node,
+				loc: getFunctionHeadLocation(node, sourceCode),
+				messageId: MESSAGE_ID,
+				data: {
+					functionNameWithKind: getFunctionNameWithKind(node)
+				}
+			});
 		}
 	};
 };
 
+const schema = [
+	{
+		type: 'object',
+		properties: {
+			checkArrowFunctions: {
+				type: 'boolean',
+				default: true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+];
+
 module.exports = {
 	create,
 	meta: {
@@ -191,6 +214,7 @@ module.exports = {
 		docs: {
 			url: getDocumentationUrl(__filename)
 		},
+		schema,
 		messages
 	}
 };
diff --git a/test/consistent-function-scoping.js b/test/consistent-function-scoping.js
index 642ff640e0..5ed6163f55 100644
--- a/test/consistent-function-scoping.js
+++ b/test/consistent-function-scoping.js
@@ -372,7 +372,16 @@ test({
 
 				inner();
 			}
-		`
+		`,
+		// Should ignore functions inside arrow functions
+		{
+			code: outdent`
+				function outer () {
+					const inner = () => {}
+				}
+			`,
+			options: [{checkArrowFunctions: false}]
+		}
 	],
 	invalid: [
 		{
@@ -729,6 +738,16 @@ test({
 				}
 			`,
 			errors: ['b', 'c', 'foo'].map(functionName => createError(`function '${functionName}'`))
+		},
+		// Should check functions inside arrow functions
+		{
+			code: outdent`
+				const outer = () => {
+					function inner() {}
+				}
+			`,
+			errors: [createError('function \'inner\'')],
+			options: [{checkArrowFunctions: false}]
 		}
 	]
 });