diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 51fbd3c8..cb45400c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ But if you wish to select or exclude specific linters, we give you full control
 | **DEFAULT_WORKSPACE**             | `/tmp/lint`           | The location containing files to lint if you are running locally.                                                                                                                |
 | **DISABLE_ERRORS**                | `false`               | Flag to have the linter complete with exit code 0 even if errors were detected.                                                                                                  |
 | **DOCKERFILE_HADOLINT_FILE_NAME** | `.hadolint.yml`       | Filename for [hadolint configuration](https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint) (ex: `.hadolintlintrc.yaml`)                                                                         |
+| **EDITORCONFIG_FILE_NAME**        | `.ecrc`               | Filename for [editorconfig-checker configuration](https://github.com/editorconfig-checker/editorconfig-checker)                                                                  |
 | **ERROR_ON_MISSING_EXEC_BIT**     | `false`               | If set to `false`, the `bash-exec` linter will report a warning if a shell script is not executable. If set to `true`, the `bash-exec` linter will report an arror instead.      |
 | **FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE**          | `none`                | Regular expression defining which files will be excluded from linting  (ex: `.*src/test.*`)                                                                                      |
 | **FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE**          | `all`                 | Regular expression defining which files will be processed by linters (ex: `.*src/.*`)                                                                                            |
diff --git a/lib/linter.sh b/lib/linter.sh
index 43a06a91..f4958430 100755
--- a/lib/linter.sh
+++ b/lib/linter.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ DOCKERFILE_LINTER_RULES="${DEFAULT_RULES_LOCATION}/${DOCKERFILE_FILE_NAME}" # Pa
 # Dockerfile Hadolint Vars
 DOCKERFILE_HADOLINT_FILE_NAME="${DOCKERFILE_HADOLINT_FILE_NAME:-.hadolint.yml}"               # Name of the file
 DOCKERFILE_HADOLINT_LINTER_RULES="${DEFAULT_RULES_LOCATION}/${DOCKERFILE_HADOLINT_FILE_NAME}" # Path to the Docker lint rules
+# Editorconfig Vars
+EDITORCONFIG_FILE_NAME="${EDITORCONFIG_FILE_NAME:-.ecrc}"                       # Name of the file
+EDITORCONFIG_LINTER_RULES="${DEFAULT_RULES_LOCATION}/${EDITORCONFIG_FILE_NAME}" # Path to the Editorconfig lint rules
 # Golang Vars
 GO_FILE_NAME='.golangci.yml'                                # Name of the file
 GO_LINTER_RULES="${DEFAULT_RULES_LOCATION}/${GO_FILE_NAME}" # Path to the Go lint rules
@@ -1237,7 +1240,7 @@ if [ "${VALIDATE_EDITORCONFIG}" == "true" ]; then
   ####################################
   # Lint the files with editorconfig #
   ####################################
-  LintCodebase "EDITORCONFIG" "editorconfig-checker" "editorconfig-checker" "${FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE}" "${FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE}" "${FILE_ARRAY_EDITORCONFIG[@]}"
+  LintCodebase "EDITORCONFIG" "editorconfig-checker" "editorconfig-checker -config ${EDITORCONFIG_LINTER_RULES}" "${FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE}" "${FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE}" "${FILE_ARRAY_EDITORCONFIG[@]}"
 fi
 
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