diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
index 466b308094..0d32f48291 100644
--- a/.jshintrc
+++ b/.jshintrc
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "evil": true,
 
   "globals": {
+    "horizon": false,
     "jQuery": false,
     "$": false,
 
diff --git a/horizon/static/horizon/js/horizon.js b/horizon/static/horizon/js/horizon.js
index 3caf127ee1..ae6a8fe353 100644
--- a/horizon/static/horizon/js/horizon.js
+++ b/horizon/static/horizon/js/horizon.js
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ var Horizon = function () {
 };
 
 // Create the one and only horizon object.
-var horizon = new Horizon();
+var horizon = new Horizon(); // jshint ignore:line