diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/package.json b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/package.json
index 6dd7461c..60804687 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/package.json
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/package.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "prelint": "editorconfig-tools check * rules/* test/*",
     "lint": "eslint --report-unused-disable-directives .",
+    "pretests-only": "node ./test/requires",
     "tests-only": "babel-tape-runner ./test/test-*.js",
     "prepublish": "(in-install || eslint-find-rules --unused) && (not-in-publish || npm test) && safe-publish-latest",
     "pretest": "npm run --silent lint",
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/test/requires.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/test/requires.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..180a09bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/test/requires.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/* eslint
+   strict: 0,
+   global-require: 0,
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const test = require('tape');
+
+test('all entry points parse', (t) => {
+  t.doesNotThrow(() => require('..'), 'index does not throw');
+  t.doesNotThrow(() => require('../legacy'), 'legacy does not throw');
+  t.doesNotThrow(() => require('../whitespace'), 'whitespace does not throw');
+
+  t.end();
+});
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/package.json b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/package.json
index 9dc6c92a..54e9883c 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/package.json
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/package.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "prelint": "editorconfig-tools check * rules/* test/*",
     "lint": "eslint .",
+    "pretests-only": "node ./test/requires",
     "tests-only": "babel-tape-runner ./test/test-*.js",
     "prepublish": "(in-install || eslint-find-rules --unused) && (not-in-publish || npm test) && safe-publish-latest",
     "pretest": "npm run --silent lint",
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/test/requires.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/test/requires.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ab4aae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/test/requires.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* eslint
+   strict: 0,
+   global-require: 0,
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const test = require('tape');
+
+test('all entry points parse', (t) => {
+  t.doesNotThrow(() => require('..'), 'index does not throw');
+  t.doesNotThrow(() => require('../base'), 'base does not throw');
+  t.doesNotThrow(() => require('../legacy'), 'legacy does not throw');
+  t.doesNotThrow(() => require('../whitespace'), 'whitespace does not throw');
+
+  t.end();
+});