diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/flat/imports.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/flat/imports.js
index 3185a4cfd1..72fc502a6f 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/flat/imports.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/flat/imports.js
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 const importPlugin = require('eslint-plugin-import');
+const globals = require('globals');
 const imports = require('../imports');
 
 module.exports = {
   languageOptions: {
+    globals: {
+      ...globals.es2015,
+    },
     parserOptions: imports.parserOptions,
   },
   plugins: {