diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c13c9f367d..7d7e2d3471 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ zulip.kdev4
 *.DS_Store
 # .cache/ is generated by VSCode's test runner
 .cache/
+.eslintcache
 
 ## Miscellaneous
 # (Ideally this section is empty.)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c3fd34f76d..59a830b471 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@
     "xmlhttprequest": "1.5.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "lint": "eslint --quiet",
-    "lint-loud": "eslint static/js frontend_tests"
+    "lint": "eslint --quiet --cache",
+    "lint-fix": "eslint --quiet --fix",
+    "lint-loud": "eslint static/js frontend_tests --cache"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/tools/lint b/tools/lint
index 9a5d34aa3a..4b7b062e87 100755
--- a/tools/lint
+++ b/tools/lint
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def run():
 
     external_linter('add_class', ['tools/find-add-class'], ['js'])
     external_linter('css', ['tools/check-css'], ['css'])
-    external_linter('eslint', ['node', 'node_modules/.bin/eslint', '--quiet'], ['js'])
+    external_linter('eslint', ['node', 'node_modules/.bin/eslint', '--quiet', '--cache'], ['js'])
     external_linter('tslint', ['node', 'node_modules/.bin/tslint', '-c',
                                'static/ts/tslint.json'], ['ts'])
     external_linter('puppet', ['puppet', 'parser', 'validate'], ['pp'])