diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4fd021952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+engine-strict=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 04e84b07a..69e3501a0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/typescript-eslint/tslint-to-eslint-config/issues"
     },
     "description": "Converts your TSLint configuration to the closest reasonable ESLint equivalent.",
+    "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8.0.0"
+    },
     "dependencies": {
         "chalk": "3.0.0",
         "commander": "4.0.1",