diff --git a/lua/null-ls/builtins/code_actions/eslint.lua b/lua/null-ls/builtins/code_actions/eslint.lua
index 767abe61..e2473d67 100644
--- a/lua/null-ls/builtins/code_actions/eslint.lua
+++ b/lua/null-ls/builtins/code_actions/eslint.lua
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ return h.make_builtin({
         end,
         dynamic_command = cmd_resolver.from_node_modules(),
         cwd = h.cache.by_bufnr(function(params)
-            return u.cosmiconfig("eslint")(params.bufname)
+            return u.cosmiconfig("eslint", "eslintConfig")(params.bufname)
         end),
     },
     factory = h.generator_factory,
diff --git a/lua/null-ls/builtins/diagnostics/eslint.lua b/lua/null-ls/builtins/diagnostics/eslint.lua
index 7565f9af..bc963e03 100644
--- a/lua/null-ls/builtins/diagnostics/eslint.lua
+++ b/lua/null-ls/builtins/diagnostics/eslint.lua
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ return h.make_builtin({
         on_output = handle_eslint_output,
         dynamic_command = cmd_resolver.from_node_modules(),
         cwd = h.cache.by_bufnr(function(params)
-            return u.cosmiconfig("eslint")(params.bufname)
+            return u.cosmiconfig("eslint", "eslintConfig")(params.bufname)
         end),
     },
     factory = h.generator_factory,
diff --git a/lua/null-ls/builtins/formatting/eslint.lua b/lua/null-ls/builtins/formatting/eslint.lua
index 15572cf8..026a550b 100644
--- a/lua/null-ls/builtins/formatting/eslint.lua
+++ b/lua/null-ls/builtins/formatting/eslint.lua
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ return h.make_builtin({
         dynamic_command = cmd_resolver.from_node_modules(),
         check_exit_code = { 0, 1 },
         cwd = h.cache.by_bufnr(function(params)
-            return u.cosmiconfig("eslint")(params.bufname)
+            return u.cosmiconfig("eslint", "eslintConfig")(params.bufname)
         end),
     },
 })
diff --git a/lua/null-ls/utils/cosmiconfig.lua b/lua/null-ls/utils/cosmiconfig.lua
index e8ebd872..3083c155 100644
--- a/lua/null-ls/utils/cosmiconfig.lua
+++ b/lua/null-ls/utils/cosmiconfig.lua
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ local u = require("null-ls.utils")
 -- Create the default root_pattern for tools using cosmiconfig.
 -- https://github.com/cosmiconfig/cosmiconfig#usage-for-end-users
 ---@param module_name string The module name.
-return function(module_name)
+---@param pkg_json_field_name? string The field name in package.json.
+return function(module_name, pkg_json_field_name)
     local patterns = {
-        "package.json",
         ".{NAME}rc",
         ".{NAME}rc.json",
         ".{NAME}rc.yaml",
@@ -22,5 +22,19 @@ return function(module_name)
         patterns[i] = string.gsub(v, "{NAME}", module_name)
     end
 
-    return u.root_pattern(unpack(patterns))
+    return function(...)
+        local pkg_json_dir = u.root_pattern("package.json")(...)
+        if pkg_json_dir then
+            local pkg_json_path = u.path.join(pkg_json_dir, "package.json")
+            if vim.fn.filereadable(pkg_json_path) then
+                local pkg_json = vim.json.decode(vim.fn.readblob(pkg_json_path))
+                local field = pkg_json_field_name or module_name
+                if vim.tbl_contains(vim.tbl_keys(pkg_json), field) then
+                    return pkg_json_dir
+                end
+            end
+        end
+
+        return u.root_pattern(unpack(patterns))(...)
+    end
 end