diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 95e24219..1d28ccd9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ Other Style Guides
     };
     ```
 
-  <a name="objects-quoted-props"></a><a name="3.8"></a>
-  - [3.8](#objects-quoted-props) Only quote properties that are invalid identifiers. eslint: [`quote-props`](http://eslint.org/docs/rules/quote-props.html) jscs: [`disallowQuotedKeysInObjects`](http://jscs.info/rule/disallowQuotedKeysInObjects)
+  <a name="objects--quoted-props"></a><a name="3.8"></a>
+  - [3.8](#objects--quoted-props) Only quote properties that are invalid identifiers. eslint: [`quote-props`](http://eslint.org/docs/rules/quote-props.html) jscs: [`disallowQuotedKeysInObjects`](http://jscs.info/rule/disallowQuotedKeysInObjects)
 
   > Why? In general we consider it subjectively easier to read. It improves syntax highlighting, and is also more easily optimized by many JS engines.
 
@@ -309,6 +309,26 @@ Other Style Guides
   };
   ```
 
+  <a name="objects--prototype-builtins"></a>
+  - [3.9](#objects--prototype-builtins) Do not call `Object.prototype` methods directly, such as `hasOwnProperty`, `propertyIsEnumerable`, and `isPrototypeOf`.
+
+  > Why? These methods may be shadowed by properties on the object in question - consider `{ hasOwnProperty: false }` - or, the object may be a null object (`Object.create(null)`).
+
+  ```javascript
+  // bad
+  console.log(object.hasOwnProperty(key));
+
+  // good
+  console.log(Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(object, key));
+
+  // best
+  const has = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty; // cache the lookup once, in module scope.
+  /* or */
+  const has = require('has');
+  …
+  console.log(has.call(object, key));
+  ```
+
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 ## Arrays
@@ -2506,18 +2526,18 @@ Other Style Guides
       get age() {
         // ...
       }
-    
+
       set age(value) {
         // ...
       }
     }
-    
+
     // good
     class Dragon {
       getAge() {
         // ...
       }
-    
+
       setAge(value) {
         // ...
       }
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/errors.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/errors.js
index b8ee543c..9233f9f6 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/errors.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/errors.js
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ module.exports = {
     // disallow the use of object properties of the global object (Math and JSON) as functions
     'no-obj-calls': 2,
 
+    // disallow use of Object.prototypes builtins directly
+    // http://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-prototype-builtins
+    'no-prototype-builtins': 2,
+
     // disallow multiple spaces in a regular expression literal
     'no-regex-spaces': 2,