diff --git a/config/eslint-global-config.json b/config/eslint-global-config.json
index abd7853..4e3da2f 100644
--- a/config/eslint-global-config.json
+++ b/config/eslint-global-config.json
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 {
-    "extends": ["plugin:json/recommended-with-comments"]
+    "extends": ["plugin:json/recommended-with-comments"],
+
+    // Generated json files created by meson does not pass
+    // the standard eslint json validation, so ignoring them.
+
+    // We dont want to lint the json files in the suprojects, so
+    // ignoring the json files in the subprojects folder
+
+    "ignorePatterns":["**/meson-*/*.json", "subprojects/**/*.json"]
 }