diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..515dc22d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jshintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+    "browser": true,
+    "node": true,
+
+    "curly": true,
+    "eqeqeq": true,
+    "noarg": true,
+    "nonew": true,
+    "trailing": true,
+    "undef": true,
+
+    "globals": {
+        "bootstrap": false,
+        "cajaVM": false,
+        "define": false,
+        "Q": true,
+        "ReturnValue": false,
+        "ses": false,
+        "setImmediate": false
+    }
+}
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 8a6f9910..9123b177 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ design
 examples
 spec
 .coverignore
+.jshintrc
 .mailmap
 .npmignore
 .travis.yml
diff --git a/q.js b/q.js
index 63b1a598..8fb29d9f 100644
--- a/q.js
+++ b/q.js
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 // vim:ts=4:sts=4:sw=4:
-/*jshint browser: true, node: true,
-  curly: true, eqeqeq: true, noarg: true, nonew: true, trailing: true,
-  undef: true */
-/*global define: false, Q: true, setImmediate: false,
-  ReturnValue: false, cajaVM: false, ses: false, bootstrap: false */
 /*!
  *
  * Copyright 2009-2012 Kris Kowal under the terms of the MIT