diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24ffae674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jshintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "bitwise":false,
+  "boss":true,
+  "expr":true,
+  "camelcase":false,
+  "curly":false,
+  "eqeqeq":true,
+  "freeze":true,
+  "immed":true,
+  "indent":2,
+  "latedef":"nofunc",
+  "laxbreak":true,
+  "laxcomma":true,
+  "newcap":true,
+  "noarg":true,
+  "node":true,
+  "strict": true,
+  "trailing":true,
+  "undef":true
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a30383e0e..a1f02521a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+"use strict";
+
 module.exports = require('./lib/soap');
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ef9f54508..c53469644 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
     "lib": "./lib"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "mocha -R spec -u exports test/*-test.js"
+    "mocha": "mocha -R spec -u exports test/*-test.js",
+    "jshint" : "jshint index.js", 
+    "test": "npm run-script jshint && npm run-script mocha"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "soap"
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
-    "mocha": "~1.17.0"
+    "mocha": "~1.17.0",
+    "jshint": "~2.4.2"
   }
 }