diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistTextLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistTextLinter.php
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistTextLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistTextLinter.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   const LINT_EOF_WHITESPACE       = 9;
 
   private $maxLineLength = 80;
+  private $parser;
 
   public function getInfoName() {
     return pht('Basic Text Linter');
@@ -88,6 +89,11 @@
     );
   }
 
+  public function willLintPaths(array $paths) {
+    $root = $this->getEngine()->getWorkingCopy()->getProjectRoot();
+    $this->parser = new PhutilEditorConfig($root);
+  }
+
   public function lintPath($path) {
     if (!strlen($this->getData($path))) {
       // If the file is empty, don't bother; particularly, don't require
@@ -117,6 +123,12 @@
   }
 
   protected function lintNewlines($path) {
+    if (!$this->parser->getConfig(
+      $this->getEngine()->getFilePathOnDisk($path),
+      'end_of_line') == 'lf') {
+      return;
+    }
+
     $data = $this->getData($path);
     $pos  = strpos($this->getData($path), "\r");
 
@@ -135,6 +147,12 @@
   }
 
   protected function lintTabs($path) {
+    if (!$this->parser->getConfig(
+      $this->getEngine()->getFilePathOnDisk($path),
+      'indent_style') == 'tabs') {
+      return;
+    }
+
     $pos = strpos($this->getData($path), "\t");
     if ($pos !== false) {
       $this->raiseLintAtOffset(
@@ -166,6 +184,12 @@
   }
 
   protected function lintEOFNewline($path) {
+    if (!$this->parser->getConfig(
+      $this->getEngine()->getFilePathOnDisk($path),
+      'insert_final_newline')) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     $data = $this->getData($path);
     if (!strlen($data) || $data[strlen($data) - 1] != "\n") {
       $this->raiseLintAtOffset(
@@ -180,6 +204,12 @@
   protected function lintCharset($path) {
     $data = $this->getData($path);
 
+    if (!$this->parser->getConfig(
+      $this->getEngine()->getFilePathOnDisk($path),
+      'charset') != 'utf-8') {
+      return;
+    }
+
     $matches = null;
     $bad = '[^\x09\x0A\x20-\x7E]';
     $preg = preg_match_all(
@@ -212,6 +242,12 @@
   protected function lintTrailingWhitespace($path) {
     $data = $this->getData($path);
 
+    if (!$this->parser->getConfig(
+      $this->getEngine()->getFilePathOnDisk($path),
+      'trim_trailing_whitespace')) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     $matches = null;
     $preg = preg_match_all(
       '/ +$/m',
@@ -240,6 +276,12 @@
   protected function lintBOFWhitespace($path) {
     $data = $this->getData($path);
 
+    if (!$this->parser->getConfig(
+      $this->getEngine()->getFilePathOnDisk($path),
+      'trim_trailing_whitespace')) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     $matches = null;
     $preg = preg_match(
       '/^\s*\n/',
@@ -265,6 +307,12 @@
   protected function lintEOFWhitespace($path) {
     $data = $this->getData($path);
 
+    if (!$this->parser->getConfig(
+      $this->getEngine()->getFilePathOnDisk($path),
+      'trim_trailing_whitespace')) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     $matches = null;
     $preg = preg_match(
       '/(?<=\n)\s+$/',