diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index 2e07c99e8..f840c3abc 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -64,7 +64,17 @@
 
   // General
 
-    "comma-dangle": 0,               // disallow trailing commas in object literals
+    // This must be disallowed in this repo because the minimum supported
+    // version of node is 4 which doesn't support trailing commas.
+    // Once the minimum supported version is 8 or greater this can be changed
+    "comma-dangle": [2, {            // disallow trailing commas in object literals
+        "arrays": "ignore",
+        "objects": "ignore",
+        "imports": "ignore",
+        "exports": "ignore",
+        "functions": "never"
+    }],
+
     "no-cond-assign": 1,             // disallow assignment in conditional expressions
     "no-console": 0,                 // disallow use of console (off by default in the node environment)
     "no-const-assign": 2,            // disallow assignment to const-declared variables
diff --git a/Libraries/.eslintrc b/Libraries/.eslintrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddcf4e272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Libraries/.eslintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "rules": {
+    // This folder currently runs through babel and doesn't need to be
+    // compatible with node 4
+    "comma-dangle": 0
+  }
+}
diff --git a/RNTester/.eslintrc b/RNTester/.eslintrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddcf4e272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RNTester/.eslintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "rules": {
+    // This folder currently runs through babel and doesn't need to be
+    // compatible with node 4
+    "comma-dangle": 0
+  }
+}
diff --git a/jest/.eslintrc b/jest/.eslintrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddcf4e272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jest/.eslintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "rules": {
+    // This folder currently runs through babel and doesn't need to be
+    // compatible with node 4
+    "comma-dangle": 0
+  }
+}
diff --git a/local-cli/.eslintrc b/local-cli/.eslintrc
index 6f2bcc4db..dcb7e7947 100644
--- a/local-cli/.eslintrc
+++ b/local-cli/.eslintrc
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 {
   "rules": {
+    // This folder currently runs through babel and doesn't need to be
+    // compatible with node 4
+    "comma-dangle": 0,
+
     "extra-arrow-initializer": 0,
     "no-alert": 0,
     "no-console-disallow": 0