diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/best-practices.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/best-practices.js
index 9deb2c21..38072220 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/best-practices.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/best-practices.js
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ module.exports = {
     // http://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-empty-function
     'no-empty-function': [2, {
       'allow': [
-        'functions',
         'arrowFunctions',
+        'functions',
+        'methods',
       ]
     }],
     // disallow empty destructuring patterns