diff --git a/.csslintrc b/.csslintrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d9db072c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.csslintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+	"adjoining-classes": false,
+	"box-model": false,
+	"compatible-vendor-prefixes": false,
+	"duplicate-background-images": false,
+	"import": false,
+	"important": false,
+	"outline-none": false,
+	"overqualified-elements": false,
+	"text-indent": false
+}
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index c2c1aefaf..fae88635c 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -351,15 +351,7 @@ grunt.initConfig({
 		base_theme: {
 			src: "themes/base/*.css",
 			options: {
-				"adjoining-classes": false,
-				"box-model": false,
-				"compatible-vendor-prefixes": false,
-				"duplicate-background-images": false,
-				"import": false,
-				"important": false,
-				"outline-none": false,
-				"overqualified-elements": false,
-				"text-indent": false
+				csslintrc: ".csslintrc"
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5a2250595..93c45a9fc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 		"grunt-contrib-uglify": "0.1.1",
 		"grunt-contrib-concat": "0.1.3",
 		"grunt-contrib-qunit": "0.2.0",
-		"grunt-contrib-csslint": "0.1.0",
+		"grunt-contrib-csslint": "0.1.1",
 		"grunt-contrib-cssmin": "0.4.2",
 		"grunt-compare-size": "0.3.1",
 		"grunt-html": "0.3.3",