diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cj/jshintmojo/Mojo.java b/src/main/java/com/cj/jshintmojo/Mojo.java
index 8693197..a001678 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cj/jshintmojo/Mojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cj/jshintmojo/Mojo.java
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ public class Mojo extends AbstractMojo {
 	 */
 	private String reportFile = "";
 
+	/**
+	 * @parameter property="customJSHint"
+	 */
+	private File customJSHint = null;
+
     /**
      * @parameter expression="${jshint.version}"
      */
@@ -110,13 +115,21 @@ public Mojo(String options, String globals, File basedir, List<String> directori
 		this.reporter = reporter;
 		this.reportFile = reportFile;
 	}
-	
-	public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
-	    getLog().info("using jshint version " + version);
 
-	    final String jshintCode = getEmbeddedJshintCode(version);
-	    
-        final JSHint jshint = new JSHint(jshintCode);
+    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+        final JSHint jshint;
+        if (customJSHint == null) {
+            getLog().info("using jshint version " + version);
+            final String jshintCode = getEmbeddedJshintCode(version);
+            jshint = new JSHint(jshintCode);
+        } else {
+            getLog().info("using customJSHint " + customJSHint);
+            try {
+                jshint = new JSHint(customJSHint);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw new MojoExecutionException("Could not load customJSHint", e);
+            }
+        }
 
         final Config config = readConfig(this.options, this.globals, this.configFile, this.basedir, getLog());
         final Cache.Hash cacheHash = new Cache.Hash(config.options, config.globals, this.version, this.configFile, this.directories, this.excludes);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cj/jshintmojo/jshint/JSHint.java b/src/main/java/com/cj/jshintmojo/jshint/JSHint.java
index 23dd4ae..633532e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cj/jshintmojo/jshint/JSHint.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cj/jshintmojo/jshint/JSHint.java
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 package com.cj.jshintmojo.jshint;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.mozilla.javascript.EcmaError;
 import org.mozilla.javascript.NativeArray;
@@ -16,22 +19,30 @@ public class JSHint {
     
     private final Rhino rhino;
     
+    public JSHint(File customJSHint) throws IOException {
+        rhino = createRhino(FileUtils.readFileToString(customJSHint, "UTF-8"));
+    }
+
     public JSHint(String jshintCode) {
-        
-        rhino = new Rhino();
+        rhino = createRhino(resourceAsString(jshintCode));
+    }
+
+    private static Rhino createRhino(final String code) {
+        Rhino result = new Rhino();
         try {
-            rhino.eval(
+            result.eval(
             		"print=function(){};" +
             		"quit=function(){};" +
             		"arguments=[];");
             
-            rhino.eval(commentOutTheShebang(resourceAsString(jshintCode)));
+            result.eval(commentOutTheShebang(code));
         } catch (EcmaError e) {
             throw new RuntimeException("Javascript eval error:" + e.getScriptStackTrace(), e);
         }
+        return result;
     }
 
-    private String commentOutTheShebang(String code) {
+    private static String commentOutTheShebang(String code) {
         String minusShebang = code.startsWith("#!")?"//" + code : code;
         return minusShebang;
     }