diff --git a/crates/oxc_cli/fixtures/no_undef/eslintrc.json b/crates/oxc_cli/fixtures/no_undef/eslintrc.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f646b22826a2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/oxc_cli/fixtures/no_undef/eslintrc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "rules": {
+    "no-undef": "warn"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/crates/oxc_cli/fixtures/no_undef/test.js b/crates/oxc_cli/fixtures/no_undef/test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0f4e35a4a0c5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/oxc_cli/fixtures/no_undef/test.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log()
diff --git a/crates/oxc_cli/src/lint/mod.rs b/crates/oxc_cli/src/lint/mod.rs
index fa85fe16e4927..fd5a2acb1a471 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_cli/src/lint/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_cli/src/lint/mod.rs
@@ -324,6 +324,15 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(result.number_of_errors, 0);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn eslintrc_no_undef() {
+        let args = &["-c", "fixtures/no_undef/eslintrc.json", "fixtures/no_undef/test.js"];
+        let result = test(args);
+        assert_eq!(result.number_of_files, 1);
+        assert_eq!(result.number_of_warnings, 1);
+        assert_eq!(result.number_of_errors, 0);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn no_empty_allow_empty_catch() {
         let args = &[
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/config/mod.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/config/mod.rs
index 306fcce1f543f..e347d183fdac6 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -68,14 +68,20 @@ impl ESLintConfig {
         })
     }
 
-    pub fn override_rules(&self, rules_to_override: &mut FxHashSet<RuleEnum>) {
+    pub fn override_rules(
+        &self,
+        rules_to_override: &mut FxHashSet<RuleEnum>,
+        all_rules: &[RuleEnum],
+    ) {
         let mut rules_to_replace = vec![];
         let mut rules_to_remove = vec![];
-        for rule in rules_to_override.iter() {
-            let plugin_name = rule.plugin_name();
-            let rule_name = rule.name();
-            if let Some(rule_to_configure) =
-                self.rules.iter().find(|r| r.plugin_name == plugin_name && r.rule_name == rule_name)
+
+        for rule_to_configure in &self.rules {
+            let (plugin_name, rule_name) =
+                (&rule_to_configure.plugin_name, &rule_to_configure.rule_name);
+            if let Some(rule) = rules_to_override
+                .iter()
+                .find(|r| r.plugin_name() == plugin_name && r.name() == rule_name)
             {
                 match rule_to_configure.severity {
                     AllowWarnDeny::Warn | AllowWarnDeny::Deny => {
@@ -85,8 +91,13 @@ impl ESLintConfig {
                         rules_to_remove.push(rule.clone());
                     }
                 }
+            } else if let Some(rule) =
+                all_rules.iter().find(|r| r.plugin_name() == plugin_name && r.name() == rule_name)
+            {
+                rules_to_replace.push(rule.read_json(rule_to_configure.config.clone()));
             }
         }
+
         for rule in rules_to_remove {
             rules_to_override.remove(&rule);
         }
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/options.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/options.rs
index 312de4c9bc32f..53465459cba85 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/options.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/options.rs
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ impl LintOptions {
         }
 
         if let Some(config) = &config {
-            config.override_rules(&mut rules);
+            config.override_rules(&mut rules, &all_rules);
         }
 
         let mut rules = rules.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();