diff --git a/moonscript/cmd/lint.lua b/moonscript/cmd/lint.lua
index 24e144a..b47842b 100644
--- a/moonscript/cmd/lint.lua
+++ b/moonscript/cmd/lint.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,43 @@ do
   Block = _obj_0.Block
 end
 local whitelist_globals = Set({
-  "print"
+  'loadstring',
+  'select',
+  '_VERSION',
+  'pcall',
+  'package',
+  'error',
+  'rawget',
+  'pairs',
+  'xpcall',
+  'rawlen',
+  'io',
+  'loadfile',
+  'ipairs',
+  'table',
+  'require',
+  'os',
+  'module',
+  'debug',
+  'type',
+  'getmetatable',
+  'rawequal',
+  'dofile',
+  'unpack',
+  'math',
+  'load',
+  'bit32',
+  'string',
+  'rawset',
+  'tostring',
+  'print',
+  'assert',
+  '_G',
+  'next',
+  'setmetatable',
+  'tonumber',
+  'collectgarbage',
+  'coroutine'
 })
 local LinterBlock
 do
diff --git a/moonscript/cmd/lint.moon b/moonscript/cmd/lint.moon
index dd3568d..b0fcd58 100644
--- a/moonscript/cmd/lint.moon
+++ b/moonscript/cmd/lint.moon
@@ -5,7 +5,43 @@ import Block from require "moonscript.compile"
 
 -- globals allowed to be referenced
 whitelist_globals = Set {
-  "print"
+  'loadstring'
+  'select'
+  '_VERSION'
+  'pcall'
+  'package'
+  'error'
+  'rawget'
+  'pairs'
+  'xpcall'
+  'rawlen'
+  'io'
+  'loadfile'
+  'ipairs'
+  'table'
+  'require'
+  'os'
+  'module'
+  'debug'
+  'type'
+  'getmetatable'
+  'rawequal'
+  'dofile'
+  'unpack'
+  'math'
+  'load'
+  'bit32'
+  'string'
+  'rawset'
+  'tostring'
+  'print'
+  'assert'
+  '_G'
+  'next'
+  'setmetatable'
+  'tonumber'
+  'collectgarbage'
+  'coroutine'
 }
 
 class LinterBlock extends Block