diff --git a/.jscsrc b/.jscsrc
index 9369c659f6..7229391def 100644
--- a/.jscsrc
+++ b/.jscsrc
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
     "preset": "crockford",
-    "requireMultipleVarDecl": false
+    "requireMultipleVarDecl": false,
+    "requireVarDeclFirst": false
 }