diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 345d50282..1971fd276 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -924,6 +924,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "json-strip-comments"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6a138532317bbcfd1bb99baab0fd89f4391b4975b3c0a4e1ccb074912e940ee1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "language-tags"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -1500,6 +1506,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dashmap",
  "insta",
  "itertools 0.12.0",
+ "json-strip-comments",
  "language-tags",
  "lazy_static",
  "memchr",
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/Cargo.toml b/crates/oxc_linter/Cargo.toml
index 9b0a31ba9..5c2c61a2f 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ url           = { workspace = true }
 rust-lapper = "1.1.0"
 once_cell   = "1.19.0"
 memchr      = "2.7.1"
+json-strip-comments = "1.0.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 miette = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/fixtures/eslint_config.json b/crates/oxc_linter/fixtures/eslint_config.json
index d0a50c010..88b77fd90 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/fixtures/eslint_config.json
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/fixtures/eslint_config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
     "rules": {
+        // requires jsonc support
         "no-console": "off",
         "no-bitwise": [
             "error",
@@ -17,6 +18,6 @@
             }
         ],
         "@typescript-eslint/ban-types": "error",
-        "jsx-a11y/alt-text": "warn"
+        "jsx-a11y/alt-text": "warn",
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/config/errors.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/config/errors.rs
index cc3100240..248bc6b93 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/config/errors.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/config/errors.rs
@@ -39,3 +39,8 @@ pub struct FailedToParseAllowWarnDenyFromNumberError(pub String);
 #[error(r#"Failed to parse rule severity, expected a string or a number, but got {0:?}"#)]
 #[diagnostic()]
 pub struct FailedToParseAllowWarnDenyFromJsonValueError(pub String);
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error, Diagnostic)]
+#[error("Failed to parse jsonc file {0:?}")]
+#[diagnostic()]
+pub struct FailedToParseJsonc(pub PathBuf);
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/config/mod.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/config/mod.rs
index 69cf700e3..e44ad36ea 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ use serde_json::Value;
 use crate::{rules::RuleEnum, settings::Nextjs, AllowWarnDeny, JsxA11y, LintSettings};
 
 use self::errors::{
-    FailedToParseConfigError, FailedToParseConfigJsonError, FailedToParseRuleValueError,
+    FailedToParseConfigError, FailedToParseConfigJsonError, FailedToParseJsonc,
+    FailedToParseRuleValueError,
 };
 
 pub struct ESLintConfig {
@@ -37,18 +38,15 @@ impl ESLintConfig {
     }
 
     fn read_json(path: &Path) -> Result<serde_json::Value, Error> {
-        let file = match std::fs::read_to_string(path) {
-            Ok(file) => file,
-            Err(e) => {
-                return Err(FailedToParseConfigError(vec![Error::new(FailedToOpenFileError(
-                    path.to_path_buf(),
-                    e,
-                ))])
-                .into());
-            }
-        };
+        let mut string = std::fs::read_to_string(path).map_err(|e| {
+            FailedToParseConfigError(vec![Error::new(FailedToOpenFileError(path.to_path_buf(), e))])
+        })?;
 
-        serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(&file).map_err(|err| {
+        // jsonc support
+        json_strip_comments::strip(&mut string)
+            .map_err(|_| FailedToParseJsonc(path.to_path_buf()))?;
+
+        serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(&string).map_err(|err| {
             let guess = mime_guess::from_path(path);
             let err = match guess.first() {
                 // syntax error
@@ -256,15 +254,13 @@ fn resolve_rule_value(value: &serde_json::Value) -> Result<(AllowWarnDeny, Optio
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use super::parse_rules;
+    use super::ESLintConfig;
     use std::env;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_parse_rules() {
         let fixture_path = env::current_dir().unwrap().join("fixtures/eslint_config.json");
-        let input = std::fs::read_to_string(fixture_path).unwrap();
-        let file = serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(&input).unwrap();
-        let rules = parse_rules(&file).unwrap();
-        insta::assert_debug_snapshot!(rules);
+        let config = ESLintConfig::new(&fixture_path).unwrap();
+        assert!(!config.rules.is_empty());
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/config/snapshots/oxc_linter__config__test__parse_rules.snap b/crates/oxc_linter/src/config/snapshots/oxc_linter__config__test__parse_rules.snap
deleted file mode 100644
index b8e3fd4b8..000000000
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/config/snapshots/oxc_linter__config__test__parse_rules.snap
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
----
-source: crates/oxc_linter/src/config/mod.rs
-expression: rules
----
-[
-    ESLintRuleConfig {
-        plugin_name: "eslint",
-        rule_name: "no-console",
-        severity: Allow,
-        config: None,
-    },
-    ESLintRuleConfig {
-        plugin_name: "eslint",
-        rule_name: "no-bitwise",
-        severity: Deny,
-        config: Some(
-            Array [
-                Object {
-                    "allow": Array [
-                        String("~"),
-                    ],
-                },
-            ],
-        ),
-    },
-    ESLintRuleConfig {
-        plugin_name: "eslint",
-        rule_name: "eqeqeq",
-        severity: Deny,
-        config: Some(
-            Array [
-                String("always"),
-                Object {
-                    "null": String("ignore"),
-                },
-            ],
-        ),
-    },
-    ESLintRuleConfig {
-        plugin_name: "typescript",
-        rule_name: "ban-types",
-        severity: Deny,
-        config: None,
-    },
-    ESLintRuleConfig {
-        plugin_name: "jsx_a11y",
-        rule_name: "alt-text",
-        severity: Warn,
-        config: None,
-    },
-]