diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index 78a97a5f7..112c6e74a 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ rules:
   react-hooks/rules-of-hooks: "error"
   react-hooks/exhaustive-deps: "warn"
   react/no-danger: off # gatsby uses this a lot
+  no-use-before-define: ["error", { "functions": false }]
 parserOptions:
   ecmaVersion: 6
   sourceType: module