diff --git a/.spellcheckerrc.yml b/.spellcheckerrc.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 749260f..0000000
--- a/.spellcheckerrc.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-files:
-  - "**/*.md"
-  - "!test/**/*.md"
-dictionaries:
-  - dictionary.txt
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0470abb..f188716 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+- Add support for configuration in `package.json` ([@gadhagod](https://github.com/gadhagod)).
+
 ## [4.8.0] - 2021-06-13
 
 - Convert project to TypeScript.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 634c1cb..f7d16c8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ Spellchecker CLI can also read configuration from a JSON or YAML file. By defaul
 
 You can specify any command line option in a config file. Just make sure to use camelcase option names in the config file, _e.g._ `frontmatterKeys` instead of `frontmatter-keys`.
 
+Also, you can specify command line options in your `package.json`. All keys under `spellchecker` in `package.json` are rendered the same way as other configuration-from-file methods.
+
 Command line arguments will override any configuration read from a file.
 
 ### Globs
diff --git a/lib/config/file.ts b/lib/config/file.ts
index 9482ce9..fb0cdb7 100644
--- a/lib/config/file.ts
+++ b/lib/config/file.ts
@@ -33,12 +33,11 @@ export const readConfigFile = (filePathFromArgs: string|undefined): ExternalConf
   if (filePathFromArgs) {
     return tryLoad(filePathFromArgs);
   }
-
   const filePath = [
     '/.spellcheckerrc.yaml',
     '/.spellcheckerrc.yml',
-    './spellcheckerrc.json',
-    './spellcheckerrc.jsonc',
+    '/.spellcheckerrc.json',
+    '/.spellcheckerrc.jsonc',
   ]
     .map(path => appRootPath.resolve(path))
     .find((path) => {
diff --git a/lib/config/index.ts b/lib/config/index.ts
index 023f50d..1629679 100644
--- a/lib/config/index.ts
+++ b/lib/config/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   defaultPlugins, getUsage, readArgs, supportedLanguages, supportedPlugins,
 } from './command-line';
 import { readConfigFile } from './file';
+import { readFromPackage } from './package';
 import { InternalConfig } from './types';
 
 const defaultValues = {
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ const defaultValues = {
 export const parseConfig = (): InternalConfig => {
   const args = readArgs();
   const configFile = readConfigFile(args.config);
-  const parsedArgs = merge({}, defaultValues, configFile, args);
+  const packageFile = readFromPackage();
+  const parsedArgs = merge({}, defaultValues, packageFile, configFile, args);
 
   const {
     files,
diff --git a/lib/config/package.ts b/lib/config/package.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..448fad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/config/package.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { accessSync, readFileSync } from 'fs';
+
+import appRootPath from 'app-root-path';
+
+import { printError } from '../print-error';
+
+import { ExternalConfig } from './types';
+
+export function readFromPackage(): ExternalConfig {
+  const path = appRootPath.resolve('package.json');
+  try {
+    accessSync(path);
+  } catch {
+    return {};
+  }
+  let config;
+  try {
+    config = JSON.parse(readFileSync(path, 'utf-8'));
+  } catch (err) {
+    if ((err as Error).name === 'SyntaxError') {
+      printError('Unable to parse package.json');
+    } else {
+      printError(`Unable to parse package.json: ${(err as Error).message}`);
+    }
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  if ('spellchecker' in config) {
+    return config.spellchecker;
+  }
+  return {};
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8364f38..6765812 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,5 +74,14 @@
     "mocha.parallel": "0.15.5",
     "ts-node": "^10.0.0",
     "typescript": "^4.3.2"
+  },
+  "spellchecker": {
+    "files": [
+      "**/*.md",
+      "!test/**/*.md"
+    ],
+    "dictionaries": [
+      "dictionary.txt"
+    ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/cli-test.ts b/test/cli-test.ts
index 8e7cfe0..c9fe23e 100644
--- a/test/cli-test.ts
+++ b/test/cli-test.ts
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ chai.should();
 
 type CommandResult = { stdout: string, stderr: string } & Partial<ExecException>
 
-function runCommand(command: string): Promise<CommandResult> {
+function runCommand(command: string, appRootPath?: string): Promise<CommandResult> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
     exec(
       command,
       // Prevent Spellchecker from picking up .spellcheckerrc.yml in these tests.
-      { env: Object.assign({}, process.env, { APP_ROOT_PATH: __dirname }) },
+      { env: Object.assign({}, process.env, { APP_ROOT_PATH: appRootPath ?? __dirname }) },
       (error, stdout, stderr) => {
         if (error) {
           resolve(merge({}, error, { stdout, stderr }));
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ function runCommand(command: string): Promise<CommandResult> {
   });
 }
 
-function runWithArguments(args: string) {
-  return runCommand(`node build/index.js ${args}`);
+function runWithArguments(args: string, appRootPath?: string) {
+  return runCommand(`node build/index.js ${args}`, appRootPath);
 }
 
 const notSpell = (plugin: string) => plugin !== 'spell';
@@ -477,4 +477,9 @@ parallel('Spellchecker CLI', function testSpellcheckerCLI(this: { timeout(n: num
     const result = await runWithArguments('--config test/fixtures/config/basic.jsonc');
     result.should.not.have.property('code');
   });
+
+  it('can read options from `package.json`', async () => {
+    const result = await runWithArguments('', `${__dirname}/fixtures/config`);
+    result.should.not.have.property('code');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/fixtures/config/package.json b/test/fixtures/config/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a0539d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/config/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "name": "spellchecker-cli-test-fixtures",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "MIT"
+}