diff --git a/.hound.yml b/.hound.yml
index 934a9a130709..6c5f60998fb5 100644
--- a/.hound.yml
+++ b/.hound.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ javascript:
 eslint:
   enabled: true
   config_file: js/.eslintrc.json
+  ignore_file: .houndignore
 
 jscs:
   enabled: true
diff --git a/.houndignore b/.houndignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7814652fb342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.houndignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+**/*.min.js
+**/vendor/*
+**/dist/*
+js/tests/*