diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-react-app/index.js b/packages/eslint-config-react-app/index.js
index e5d9ef894b0f3ad886ec6cf5555052ab11bdaa19..f6dd412261fa7fa3c3a8f90d99776e20c33969d7 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-react-app/index.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-react-app/index.js
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ module.exports = {
     'no-this-before-super': 'warn',
     'no-throw-literal': 'warn',
     'no-undef': 'error',
+    'no-restricted-globals': ['error', 'event'],
     'no-unexpected-multiline': 'warn',
     'no-unreachable': 'warn',
     'no-unused-expressions': ['warn', {