diff --git a/lib/utils/config.js b/lib/utils/config.js
index e505810da56f7..440806f7964f8 100644
--- a/lib/utils/config.js
+++ b/lib/utils/config.js
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ const defaults = {
   'init-license': 'ISC',
   'init-module': '~/.npm-init.js',
   'init-version': '1.0.0',
+  'init.author.email': '',
+  'init.author.name': '',
+  'init.author.url': '',
+  'init.license': 'ISC',
+  'init.module': '~/.npm-init.js',
+  'init.version': '1.0.0',
   json: false,
   key: null,
   'legacy-bundling': false,
@@ -238,6 +244,12 @@ const types = {
   'init-license': String,
   'init-module': path,
   'init-version': semver,
+  'init.author.email': String,
+  'init.author.name': String,
+  'init.author.url': ['', url],
+  'init.license': String,
+  'init.module': path,
+  'init.version': semver,
   json: Boolean,
   key: [null, String],
   'legacy-bundling': Boolean,
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test-lib-utils-config.js-TAP.test.js b/tap-snapshots/test-lib-utils-config.js-TAP.test.js
index c1a1ddd48c348..5190a5604a240 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test-lib-utils-config.js-TAP.test.js
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test-lib-utils-config.js-TAP.test.js
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ Object {
     "init-license": "ISC",
     "init-module": "~/.npm-init.js",
     "init-version": "1.0.0",
+    "init.author.email": "",
+    "init.author.name": "",
+    "init.author.url": "",
+    "init.license": "ISC",
+    "init.module": "~/.npm-init.js",
+    "init.version": "1.0.0",
     "json": false,
     "key": null,
     "legacy-bundling": false,
@@ -377,6 +383,15 @@ Object {
     "init-license": "{String TYPE}",
     "init-module": "{PATH MODULE}",
     "init-version": "{SEMVER MODULE}",
+    "init.author.email": "{String TYPE}",
+    "init.author.name": "{String TYPE}",
+    "init.author.url": Array [
+      "",
+      "{URL MODULE}",
+    ],
+    "init.license": "{String TYPE}",
+    "init.module": "{PATH MODULE}",
+    "init.version": "{SEMVER MODULE}",
     "json": "{Boolean TYPE}",
     "key": Array [
       null,
@@ -578,6 +593,12 @@ Object {
     "init-license": "ISC",
     "init-module": "~/.npm-init.js",
     "init-version": "1.0.0",
+    "init.author.email": "",
+    "init.author.name": "",
+    "init.author.url": "",
+    "init.license": "ISC",
+    "init.module": "~/.npm-init.js",
+    "init.version": "1.0.0",
     "json": false,
     "key": null,
     "legacy-bundling": false,
@@ -891,6 +912,15 @@ Object {
     "init-license": "{String TYPE}",
     "init-module": "{PATH MODULE}",
     "init-version": "{SEMVER MODULE}",
+    "init.author.email": "{String TYPE}",
+    "init.author.name": "{String TYPE}",
+    "init.author.url": Array [
+      "",
+      "{URL MODULE}",
+    ],
+    "init.license": "{String TYPE}",
+    "init.module": "{PATH MODULE}",
+    "init.version": "{SEMVER MODULE}",
     "json": "{Boolean TYPE}",
     "key": Array [
       null,
@@ -1092,6 +1122,12 @@ Object {
     "init-license": "ISC",
     "init-module": "~/.npm-init.js",
     "init-version": "1.0.0",
+    "init.author.email": "",
+    "init.author.name": "",
+    "init.author.url": "",
+    "init.license": "ISC",
+    "init.module": "~/.npm-init.js",
+    "init.version": "1.0.0",
     "json": false,
     "key": null,
     "legacy-bundling": false,
@@ -1405,6 +1441,15 @@ Object {
     "init-license": "{String TYPE}",
     "init-module": "{PATH MODULE}",
     "init-version": "{SEMVER MODULE}",
+    "init.author.email": "{String TYPE}",
+    "init.author.name": "{String TYPE}",
+    "init.author.url": Array [
+      "",
+      "{URL MODULE}",
+    ],
+    "init.license": "{String TYPE}",
+    "init.module": "{PATH MODULE}",
+    "init.version": "{SEMVER MODULE}",
     "json": "{Boolean TYPE}",
     "key": Array [
       null,