diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index c16e062b8c..7581d179b3 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 	grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-watch');
 	grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-mocha');
 	grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-parallel');
+	grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-run');
 	grunt.loadTasks('build/tasks');
 
 	var langs;
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 		},
 		watch: {
 			files: ['lib/**/*', 'test/**/*.js', 'Gruntfile.js'],
-			tasks: ['build', 'testconfig', 'fixture']
+			tasks: ['run:npm_run_eslint', 'build', 'testconfig', 'fixture']
 		},
 		testconfig: {
 			test: {
@@ -337,6 +338,12 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 					base: ['.']
 				}
 			}
+		},
+		run: {
+			npm_run_eslint: {
+				cmd: 'npm',
+				args: ['run', 'eslint']
+			}
 		}
 	});
 
@@ -389,6 +396,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 	]);
 
 	grunt.registerTask('dev', [
+		'run:npm_run_eslint',
 		'build',
 		'testconfig',
 		'fixture',
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 70ff98b212..b2c7f3560e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 	"scripts": {
 		"api-docs": "jsdoc --configure .jsdoc.json",
 		"build": "grunt",
-		"eslint": "eslint --format stylish '{lib,test,build,doc}/**/*.js' 'Gruntfile.js'",
+		"eslint": "eslint --color --format stylish '{lib,test,build,doc}/**/*.js' 'Gruntfile.js'",
 		"test": "npm run retire && tsc && grunt test",
 		"version": "echo \"use 'npm run release' to bump axe-core version\" && exit 1",
 		"prepublishOnly": "grunt build && grunt file-exists",
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
 		"grunt-contrib-watch": "^1.1.0",
 		"grunt-mocha": "1.1.0",
 		"grunt-parallel": "^0.5.1",
+		"grunt-run": "^0.8.1",
 		"html-entities": "^1.2.0",
 		"husky": "^1.1.1",
 		"jquery": "^3.0.0",