diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e08a89dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+{
+    "ecmaFeatures": {},
+    "parser": "espree",
+    "env": {
+        "browser": false,
+        "node": true,
+        "amd": false,
+        "mocha": false,
+        "jasmine": false
+    },
+
+    "rules": {
+        "no-alert": 2,
+        "no-array-constructor": 2,
+        "no-bitwise": 2,
+        "no-caller": 2,
+        "no-catch-shadow": 2,
+        "no-comma-dangle": 2,
+        "no-cond-assign": 2,
+        "no-console": 2,
+        "no-constant-condition": 2,
+        "no-control-regex": 2,
+        "no-debugger": 2,
+        "no-delete-var": 2,
+        "no-div-regex": 2,
+        "no-dupe-keys": 2,
+        "no-else-return": 2,
+        "no-empty": 2,
+        "no-empty-class": 2,
+        "no-empty-label": 2,
+        "no-eq-null": 2,
+        "no-eval": 2,
+        "no-ex-assign": 2,
+        "no-extend-native": 2,
+        "no-extra-bind": 2,
+        "no-extra-boolean-cast": 2,
+        "no-extra-parens": 0,
+        "no-extra-semi": 2,
+        "no-extra-strict": 2,
+        "no-fallthrough": 2,
+        "no-floating-decimal": 2,
+        "no-func-assign": 2,
+        "no-implied-eval": 2,
+        "no-inline-comments": 0,
+        "no-inner-declarations": [2, "functions"],
+        "no-invalid-regexp": 2,
+        "no-irregular-whitespace": 2,
+        "no-iterator": 2,
+        "no-label-var": 2,
+        "no-labels": 2,
+        "no-lone-blocks": 2,
+        "no-lonely-if": 2,
+        "no-loop-func": 2,
+        "no-mixed-requires": [2, true],
+        "no-mixed-spaces-and-tabs": [2, false],
+        "no-multi-spaces": 2,
+        "no-multi-str": 2,
+        "no-multiple-empty-lines": [2, { "max": 2 }],
+        "no-native-reassign": 2,
+        "no-negated-in-lhs": 2,
+        "no-nested-ternary": 2,
+        "no-new": 2,
+        "no-new-func": 2,
+        "no-new-object": 2,
+        "no-new-require": 2,
+        "no-new-wrappers": 2,
+        "no-obj-calls": 2,
+        "no-octal": 2,
+        "no-octal-escape": 2,
+        "no-path-concat": 2,
+        "no-plusplus": 0,
+        "no-process-env": 2,
+        "no-process-exit": 2,
+        "no-proto": 2,
+        "no-redeclare": 2,
+        "no-regex-spaces": 2,
+        "no-reserved-keys": 2,
+        "no-restricted-modules": 0,
+        "no-return-assign": 2,
+        "no-script-url": 2,
+        "no-self-compare": 2,
+        "no-sequences": 2,
+        "no-shadow": 2,
+        "no-shadow-restricted-names": 2,
+        "no-space-before-semi": 2,
+        "no-spaced-func": 2,
+        "no-sparse-arrays": 2,
+        "no-sync": 2,
+        "no-ternary": 0,
+        "no-trailing-spaces": 2,
+        "no-throw-literal": 2,
+        "no-undef": 2,
+        "no-undef-init": 2,
+        "no-undefined": 2,
+        "no-underscore-dangle": 2,
+        "no-unreachable": 2,
+        "no-unused-expressions": 2,
+        "no-unused-vars": [2, { "vars": "all", "args": "after-used" }],
+        "no-use-before-define": 2,
+        "no-void": 2,
+        "no-var": 0,
+        "no-warning-comments": [0, { "terms": ["todo", "fixme", "xxx"], "location": "start" }],
+        "no-with": 2,
+        "no-wrap-func": 2,
+
+        "block-scoped-var": 2,
+        "brace-style": [2, "1tbs"],
+        "camelcase": 2,
+        "comma-spacing": 2,
+        "comma-style": 2,
+        "complexity": [2, 11],
+        "consistent-return": 2,
+        "consistent-this": [2, "self"],
+        "curly": [2, "all"],
+        "default-case": 2,
+        "dot-notation": [2, { "allowKeywords": true }],
+        "eol-last": 2,
+        "eqeqeq": 2,
+        "func-names": 2,
+        "func-style": [2, "declaration"],
+        "generator-star": 2,
+        "global-strict": [2, "always"],
+        "guard-for-in": 2,
+        "handle-callback-err": 2,
+        "indent": [2, 2],
+        "key-spacing": [2, { "beforeColon": false, "afterColon": true }],
+        "max-depth": [2, 4],
+        "max-len": [2, 80, 2],
+        "max-nested-callbacks": [2, 2],
+        "max-params": [2, 3],
+        "max-statements": [0, 10],
+        "new-cap": 2,
+        "new-parens": 2,
+        "one-var": 0,
+        "operator-assignment": [2, "always"],
+        "padded-blocks": [2, "never"],
+        "quote-props": 2,
+        "quotes": [2, "double"],
+        "radix": 2,
+        "semi": 2,
+        "sort-vars": 0,
+        "space-after-function-name": [2, "never"],
+        "space-after-keywords": [2, "always"],
+        "space-before-blocks": [2, "always"],
+        "space-before-function-parentheses": [2, "never"],
+        "space-in-brackets": [2, "always", { "propertyName": false }],
+        "space-in-parens": [2, "never"],
+        "space-infix-ops": 2,
+        "space-return-throw-case": 2,
+        "space-unary-ops": [2, { "words": true, "nonwords": false }],
+        "spaced-line-comment": [2, "always"],
+        "strict": 2,
+        "use-isnan": 2,
+        "valid-jsdoc": 2,
+        "valid-typeof": 2,
+        "vars-on-top": 0,
+        "wrap-iife": 2,
+        "wrap-regex": 0,
+        "yoda": [2, "never"]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/markdownlint.js b/lib/markdownlint.js
index 87fff9c0..ca1c1fdc 100644
--- a/lib/markdownlint.js
+++ b/lib/markdownlint.js
@@ -3,25 +3,42 @@
 var fs = require("fs");
 var rules = require("./rules");
 
-function lintFile(file, options) {
-  var results = {};
-  var contents = fs.readFileSync(file, { encoding: "utf8" });
-  var lines = contents.split(/\r\n|\n/g);
-  Object.keys(rules).forEach(function(name) {
-    var rule = rules[name];
-    var errors = rule(lines);
-    if (errors.length) {
-      results[name] = errors;
+function lintFile(file, options, callback) {
+  fs.readFile(file, { "encoding": "utf8" }, function readFile(err, contents) {
+    if (err) {
+      callback(err);
+    } else {
+      var lines = contents.split(/\r\n|\n/g);
+      var result = {};
+      Object.keys(rules).forEach(function forRule(name) {
+        var rule = rules[name];
+        var errors = rule(lines);
+        if (errors.length) {
+          result[name] = errors;
+        }
+      });
+      callback(null, result);
     }
   });
-  return results;
 }
 
-module.exports = function(options) {
+module.exports = function markdownlint(options, callback) {
   var results = {};
   var files = options.files || [];
-  files.forEach(function(file) {
-    results[file] = lintFile(file, options);
-  });
-  return results;
+  function lintFiles() {
+    var file = files.shift();
+    if (file) {
+      lintFile(file, options, function lintFileCallback(err, result) {
+        if (err) {
+          callback(err);
+        } else {
+          results[file] = result;
+          lintFiles();
+        }
+      });
+    } else {
+      callback(null, results);
+    }
+  }
+  lintFiles();
 };
diff --git a/lib/rules.js b/lib/rules.js
index 2419ef99..83485c30 100644
--- a/lib/rules.js
+++ b/lib/rules.js
@@ -3,20 +3,20 @@
 function padAndTrim(lines) {
   return [].concat(
     "",
-    lines.map(function(line) {
+    lines.map(function mapLine(line) {
       return line.trim();
     }),
     "");
 }
 
 module.exports = {
-  MD031: function(lines) {
+  "MD031": function MD031(lines) {
     // Some parsers have trouble detecting fenced code blocks without
     // surrounding whitespace, so examine the lines directly.
     lines = padAndTrim(lines);
     var errors = [];
     var inCode = false;
-    lines.forEach(function(line, lineNum) {
+    lines.forEach(function forLine(line, lineNum) {
       if (line.match(/^(```|~~~)/)) {
         inCode = !inCode;
         if ((inCode && lines[lineNum - 1].length) ||
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 12d0c968..2ab3317b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint/issues"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "nodeunit"
+    "test": "nodeunit",
+    "lint": "eslint lib test"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "eslint": "^0.15.0",
     "nodeunit": "^0.9.0"
   },
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/test/markdownlint-test.js b/test/markdownlint-test.js
index 871f438f..b33a2c53 100644
--- a/test/markdownlint-test.js
+++ b/test/markdownlint-test.js
@@ -5,31 +5,40 @@ var path = require("path");
 var markdownlint = require("../lib/markdownlint");
 
 function createTestForFile(file) {
-  return function(test) {
-    test.expect(1);
-    var contents = fs.readFileSync(file, { encoding: "utf8" });
-    var lines = contents.split(/\r\n|\n/g);
-    var results = {};
-    lines.forEach(function(line, lineNum) {
-      var match = line.match(/\{(MD\d+)(?::(\d+))?\}/);
-      if (match) {
-        var rule = match[1];
-        var lines = results[rule] || [];
-        lines.push(lineNum + 1);
-        results[rule] = lines;
-      }
-    });
-    var actual = markdownlint({
-      files: [ file ]
-    });
-    var expected = {};
-    expected[file] = results;
-    test.deepEqual(actual, expected, "Line numbers are not correct.");
-    test.done();
+  return function testForFile(test) {
+    test.expect(3);
+    fs.readFile(
+      file,
+      { "encoding": "utf8" },
+      function readFileCallback(err, contents) {
+        test.ifError(err);
+        var lines = contents.split(/\r\n|\n/g);
+        var results = {};
+        lines.forEach(function forLine(line, lineNum) {
+          var match = line.match(/\{(MD\d+)(?::(\d+))?\}/);
+          if (match) {
+            var rule = match[1];
+            var errors = results[rule] || [];
+            errors.push(lineNum + 1);
+            results[rule] = errors;
+          }
+        });
+        markdownlint({
+          "files": [ file ]
+        }, function markdownlintCallback(errr, actual) {
+          test.ifError(errr);
+          var expected = {};
+          expected[file] = results;
+          test.deepEqual(actual, expected, "Line numbers are not correct.");
+          test.done();
+        });
+      });
   };
 }
 
-fs.readdirSync(__dirname).forEach(function(file) {
+/* eslint-disable no-sync, for synchronous test method creation */
+fs.readdirSync(__dirname).forEach(function forFile(file) {
+/* eslint-enable no-sync */
   if (file.match(/\.md$/)) {
     module.exports[file] = createTestForFile(path.join(__dirname, file));
   }