diff --git a/commitlint.config.js b/commitlint.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b147f27b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commitlint.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const Configuration = {
+  /*
+   * Resolve and load @commitlint/config-conventional from node_modules.
+   * Referenced packages must be installed
+   */
+  extends: ["@commitlint/config-conventional"],
+  /*
+   * Any rules defined here will override rules from @commitlint/config-conventional
+   */
+  rules: {
+    "body-leading-blank": [2, "always"],
+    "footer-leading-blank": [2, "always"],
+  },
+  /*
+   * Custom URL to show upon failure
+   */
+  helpUrl: "https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/#what-is-commitlint",
+};
+
+module.exports = Configuration;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9ec42c406..0a7fab1ea 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,21 +49,6 @@
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
     "underscore@npm": "^1.13.2"
   },
-  "commitlint": {
-    "extends": [
-      "@commitlint/config-conventional"
-    ],
-    "rules": {
-      "body-leading-blank": [
-        2,
-        "always"
-      ],
-      "footer-leading-blank": [
-        2,
-        "always"
-      ]
-    }
-  },
   "scripts": {
     "depcheck": "depcheck .",
     "changelog": "conventional-changelog --infile CHANGELOG.md --same-file --release-count 0 && prettier --write CHANGELOG.md",