diff -Nur ../../original/eslint/lib/cli.js ./lib/cli.js
--- ../../original/eslint/lib/cli.js	2017-02-03 22:46:05.000000000 +0100
+++ ./lib/cli.js	2017-02-04 23:56:32.219034572 +0100
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
         cacheFile: cliOptions.cacheFile,
         cacheLocation: cliOptions.cacheLocation,
         fix: cliOptions.fix,
+        files: cliOptions._,
         allowInlineConfig: cliOptions.inlineConfig
     };
 }
diff -Nur ../../original/eslint/lib/ignored-paths.js ./lib/ignored-paths.js
--- ../../original/eslint/lib/ignored-paths.js	2017-02-03 22:46:05.000000000 +0100
+++ ./lib/ignored-paths.js	2017-02-05 11:58:50.683550254 +0100
@@ -49,12 +49,35 @@
  * @param {string} cwd Current working directory
  * @returns {string} Path of ignore file or an empty string.
  */
-function findIgnoreFile(cwd) {
-    cwd = cwd || DEFAULT_OPTIONS.cwd;
-
-    const ignoreFilePath = path.resolve(cwd, ESLINT_IGNORE_FILENAME);
-
-    return shell.test("-f", ignoreFilePath) ? ignoreFilePath : "";
+function findIgnoreFile(options) {
+    let cwd = options.cwd || DEFAULT_OPTIONS.cwd;
+    let ignoreFilePath = path.resolve(cwd, ESLINT_IGNORE_FILENAME);
+
+    debug(`Looking for ignore file in ${ignoreFilePath}`);
+	if(shell.test("-f", ignoreFilePath)) {
+		return ignoreFilePath;
+	}
+
+	let files = options.files;
+	for( let i = 0; i < files.length; i++ ) {
+		let dir = path.dirname(files[i]); // take the directory from the cli files parameter
+		dir = path.resolve(cwd, dir); // convert it to an absolute path
+		let dirArray = dir.split(path.sep);
+		let length = dirArray.length;
+		for( let k = 0; k < length; k++ ) {
+			// adding / so that we have /ESLINT_IGNORE_FILENAME
+			// when there is only the '' element in the array left
+			let baseDir = dirArray.join(path.sep)+"/";
+
+			ignoreFilePath = path.resolve(baseDir, ESLINT_IGNORE_FILENAME);
+			debug(`Looking for ignore file in ${ignoreFilePath}`);
+			if(shell.test("-f", ignoreFilePath)) {
+				return ignoreFilePath;
+			}
+			dirArray.pop(); // change to parent directory
+		}
+	}
+	return "";
 }
 
 /**
@@ -141,14 +164,13 @@
                     throw e;
                 }
             } else {
-                debug(`Looking for ignore file in ${options.cwd}`);
-                ignorePath = findIgnoreFile(options.cwd);
+                ignorePath = findIgnoreFile(options);
 
                 try {
                     fs.statSync(ignorePath);
                     debug(`Loaded ignore file ${ignorePath}`);
                 } catch (e) {
-                    debug("Could not find ignore file in cwd");
+                    debug("Could not find ignore file");
                     this.options = options;
                 }
             }