diff --git a/external/builder/builder.js b/external/builder/builder.js
index d4e47fc63..4dc9f2655 100644
--- a/external/builder/builder.js
+++ b/external/builder/builder.js
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+/* jshint node:true */
+/* globals cp, ls, test */
+
+'use strict';
+
 require('../shelljs/make');
 var fs = require('fs'),
     path = require('path'),
@@ -30,7 +35,7 @@ function preprocess(inFilename, outFilename, defines) {
   var writeLine = typeof outFilename === 'function' ? outFilename :
                                                       function(line) {
     out += line + '\n';
-  }
+  };
   function include(file) {
     var realPath = fs.realpathSync(inFilename);
     var dir = path.dirname(realPath);
diff --git a/make.js b/make.js
index f39291d17..2158fbf2c 100644
--- a/make.js
+++ b/make.js
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ target.jshint = function() {
   echo('### Linting JS files (this can take a while!)');
 
   var LINT_FILES = ['make.js',
-                    //'external/builder/*.js',
+                    'external/builder/',
                     //'external/crlfchecker/*.js',
                     'src/',
                     //'web/*.js',