diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index e7bc353..9cd8b52 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -18,11 +18,7 @@ npm install --save-dev standard-loader standard
 
 ## Usage
 
-### Webpack 1
-
-Webpack 1.x is no longer supported as of [`standard-loader` version `6.0.0`](https://github.com/timoxley/standard-loader/compare/5.0.0...6.0.0).  PRs for Webpack 1.x support will be accepted on the [5.x branch](https://github.com/timoxley/standard-loader/tree/5.x).
-
-### Webpack 2
+### Webpack 2+
 
 ```js
 // webpack.config.js
@@ -39,11 +35,7 @@ const config = {
         loader: 'standard-loader',
         exclude: /(node_modules|bower_components)/,
         options: {
-          // Emit errors instead of warnings (default = false)
-          error: false,
-          // enable snazzy output (default = true)
-          snazzy: true,
-          // other config options to be passed through to standard e.g.
+          // config options to be passed through to standard e.g.
           parser: 'babel-eslint'
         }
       },
@@ -52,9 +44,26 @@ const config = {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = config
 ```
 
+### Webpack 1
+
+Webpack 1.x is no longer supported as of [`standard-loader` version `6.0.0`](https://github.com/standard/standard-loader/compare/5.0.0...6.0.0).  PRs for Webpack 1.x support will be accepted on the [5.x branch](https://github.com/standard/standard-loader/tree/5.x).
+
+### Configuration Options
+
+```js
+{
+  // Emit errors instead of warnings (default = false)
+  error: false,
+  // enable snazzy output (default = true)
+  snazzy: true,
+  // configure alternative checker e.g. 'standardx' (default = 'standard')
+  standard: 'standard',
+  // all other config options are passed through to standard e.g.
+  parser: 'babel-eslint'
+}
+```
 
 ### Example Input
 
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a53b75e..bd5aafb 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-var standard = require('standard')
+var Standard = require('standard')
 var format = require('util').format
 var loaderUtils = require('loader-utils')
 var snazzy = require('snazzy')
@@ -9,10 +9,22 @@ var assign = require('object-assign')
 module.exports = function standardLoader (input, map) {
   var webpack = this
   var callback = webpack.async()
+  webpack.cacheable()
 
   var config = assign({}, loaderUtils.getOptions(webpack))
   config.filename = webpack.resourcePath
-  webpack.cacheable()
+  let standard = Standard
+
+  // allow configurable 'standard' e.g. standardx
+  if (config.standard) {
+    if (typeof config.standard === 'string') {
+      standard = require(config.standard)
+    } else {
+      standard = config.standard
+    }
+  }
+
+  delete config.standard
 
   standard.lintText(input, config, function (err, result) {
     if (err) return callback(err, input, map)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0c97c9a..f94c8ae 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "babel-loader": "^6.3.2",
     "node-libs-browser": "^2.0.0",
     "standard": "^9.0.0",
+    "standardx": "^1.0.3",
     "tape": "^4.6.3",
     "webpack": "^2.2.1"
   },
diff --git a/test/fixtures/.eslintrc b/test/fixtures/.eslintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43e9130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/.eslintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "rules": {
+    "semi": 0
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 6fc370d..26399d1 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -42,6 +42,48 @@ test('can disable snazzy output', function (t) {
   })
 })
 
+test('can work with standardx', function (t) {
+  var preloader = assign({}, config.module.rules[0], {
+    options: {
+      standard: 'standardx'
+    }
+  })
+
+  const old = config.module.rules[0]
+  config.module.rules[0] = preloader
+  webpack(config, function (err, stats) {
+    t.ifError(err)
+    t.ok(!stats.compilation.errors.length, 'has no errors')
+    t.ok(stats.compilation.warnings.length, 'has some warnings')
+    t.ok(!stats.compilation.warnings.some(function (warning) {
+      return /semicolon/gm.test(warning.message)
+    }), 'has no error about semicolon')
+    t.end()
+  })
+  config.module.rules[0] = old
+})
+
+test('can work with standardx as a module', function (t) {
+  var preloader = assign({}, config.module.rules[0], {
+    options: {
+      standard: require('standardx')
+    }
+  })
+
+  const old = config.module.rules[0]
+  config.module.rules[0] = preloader
+  webpack(config, function (err, stats) {
+    t.ifError(err)
+    t.ok(!stats.compilation.errors.length, 'has no errors')
+    t.ok(stats.compilation.warnings.length, 'has some warnings')
+    t.ok(!stats.compilation.warnings.some(function (warning) {
+      return /semicolon/gm.test(warning.message)
+    }), 'has no error about semicolon')
+    t.end()
+  })
+  config.module.rules[0] = old
+})
+
 test('logs error', function (t) {
   var preloader = assign({}, config.module.rules[0], {
     options: {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ff152a0..183cce1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1070,10 +1070,18 @@ eslint-config-standard-jsx@3.3.0:
   version "3.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-config-standard-jsx/-/eslint-config-standard-jsx-3.3.0.tgz#cab0801a15a360bf63facb97ab22fbdd88d8a5e0"
 
+eslint-config-standard-jsx@4.0.2:
+  version "4.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-config-standard-jsx/-/eslint-config-standard-jsx-4.0.2.tgz#009e53c4ddb1e9ee70b4650ffe63a7f39f8836e1"
+
 eslint-config-standard-jsx@5.0.0:
   version "5.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-config-standard-jsx/-/eslint-config-standard-jsx-5.0.0.tgz#4abfac554f38668e0078c664569e7b2384e5d2aa"
 
+eslint-config-standard@10.2.1:
+  version "10.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-config-standard/-/eslint-config-standard-10.2.1.tgz#c061e4d066f379dc17cd562c64e819b4dd454591"
+
 eslint-config-standard@11.0.0:
   version "11.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-config-standard/-/eslint-config-standard-11.0.0.tgz#87ee0d3c9d95382dc761958cbb23da9eea31e0ba"
@@ -1082,6 +1090,14 @@ eslint-config-standard@7.1.0:
   version "7.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-config-standard/-/eslint-config-standard-7.1.0.tgz#47e769ea0739f5b2d5693b1a501c21c9650fafcf"
 
+eslint-import-resolver-node@^0.2.0:
+  version "0.2.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-import-resolver-node/-/eslint-import-resolver-node-0.2.3.tgz#5add8106e8c928db2cba232bcd9efa846e3da16c"
+  dependencies:
+    debug "^2.2.0"
+    object-assign "^4.0.1"
+    resolve "^1.1.6"
+
 eslint-import-resolver-node@^0.3.1:
   version "0.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-import-resolver-node/-/eslint-import-resolver-node-0.3.2.tgz#58f15fb839b8d0576ca980413476aab2472db66a"
@@ -1089,13 +1105,28 @@ eslint-import-resolver-node@^0.3.1:
     debug "^2.6.9"
     resolve "^1.5.0"
 
-eslint-module-utils@^2.1.1:
+eslint-module-utils@^2.0.0, eslint-module-utils@^2.1.1:
   version "2.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-module-utils/-/eslint-module-utils-2.1.1.tgz#abaec824177613b8a95b299639e1b6facf473449"
   dependencies:
     debug "^2.6.8"
     pkg-dir "^1.0.0"
 
+eslint-plugin-import@~2.2.0:
+  version "2.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-plugin-import/-/eslint-plugin-import-2.2.0.tgz#72ba306fad305d67c4816348a4699a4229ac8b4e"
+  dependencies:
+    builtin-modules "^1.1.1"
+    contains-path "^0.1.0"
+    debug "^2.2.0"
+    doctrine "1.5.0"
+    eslint-import-resolver-node "^0.2.0"
+    eslint-module-utils "^2.0.0"
+    has "^1.0.1"
+    lodash.cond "^4.3.0"
+    minimatch "^3.0.3"
+    pkg-up "^1.0.0"
+
 eslint-plugin-import@~2.8.0:
   version "2.8.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-plugin-import/-/eslint-plugin-import-2.8.0.tgz#fa1b6ef31fcb3c501c09859c1b86f1fc5b986894"
@@ -1111,6 +1142,16 @@ eslint-plugin-import@~2.8.0:
     minimatch "^3.0.3"
     read-pkg-up "^2.0.0"
 
+eslint-plugin-node@~4.2.2:
+  version "4.2.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-plugin-node/-/eslint-plugin-node-4.2.3.tgz#c04390ab8dbcbb6887174023d6f3a72769e63b97"
+  dependencies:
+    ignore "^3.0.11"
+    minimatch "^3.0.2"
+    object-assign "^4.0.1"
+    resolve "^1.1.7"
+    semver "5.3.0"
+
 eslint-plugin-node@~6.0.0:
   version "6.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-plugin-node/-/eslint-plugin-node-6.0.1.tgz#bf19642298064379315d7a4b2a75937376fa05e4"
@@ -1124,10 +1165,24 @@ eslint-plugin-promise@~3.4.0:
   version "3.4.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-plugin-promise/-/eslint-plugin-promise-3.4.2.tgz#1be2793eafe2d18b5b123b8136c269f804fe7122"
 
+eslint-plugin-promise@~3.5.0:
+  version "3.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-plugin-promise/-/eslint-plugin-promise-3.5.0.tgz#78fbb6ffe047201627569e85a6c5373af2a68fca"
+
 eslint-plugin-promise@~3.6.0:
   version "3.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-plugin-promise/-/eslint-plugin-promise-3.6.0.tgz#54b7658c8f454813dc2a870aff8152ec4969ba75"
 
+eslint-plugin-react@~6.10.0:
+  version "6.10.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-plugin-react/-/eslint-plugin-react-6.10.3.tgz#c5435beb06774e12c7db2f6abaddcbf900cd3f78"
+  dependencies:
+    array.prototype.find "^2.0.1"
+    doctrine "^1.2.2"
+    has "^1.0.1"
+    jsx-ast-utils "^1.3.4"
+    object.assign "^4.0.4"
+
 eslint-plugin-react@~6.9.0:
   version "6.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-plugin-react/-/eslint-plugin-react-6.9.0.tgz#54c2e9906b76f9d10142030bdc34e9d6840a0bb2"
@@ -1204,6 +1259,46 @@ eslint@~3.18.0:
     text-table "~0.2.0"
     user-home "^2.0.0"
 
+eslint@~3.19.0:
+  version "3.19.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint/-/eslint-3.19.0.tgz#c8fc6201c7f40dd08941b87c085767386a679acc"
+  dependencies:
+    babel-code-frame "^6.16.0"
+    chalk "^1.1.3"
+    concat-stream "^1.5.2"
+    debug "^2.1.1"
+    doctrine "^2.0.0"
+    escope "^3.6.0"
+    espree "^3.4.0"
+    esquery "^1.0.0"
+    estraverse "^4.2.0"
+    esutils "^2.0.2"
+    file-entry-cache "^2.0.0"
+    glob "^7.0.3"
+    globals "^9.14.0"
+    ignore "^3.2.0"
+    imurmurhash "^0.1.4"
+    inquirer "^0.12.0"
+    is-my-json-valid "^2.10.0"
+    is-resolvable "^1.0.0"
+    js-yaml "^3.5.1"
+    json-stable-stringify "^1.0.0"
+    levn "^0.3.0"
+    lodash "^4.0.0"
+    mkdirp "^0.5.0"
+    natural-compare "^1.4.0"
+    optionator "^0.8.2"
+    path-is-inside "^1.0.1"
+    pluralize "^1.2.1"
+    progress "^1.1.8"
+    require-uncached "^1.0.2"
+    shelljs "^0.7.5"
+    strip-bom "^3.0.0"
+    strip-json-comments "~2.0.1"
+    table "^3.7.8"
+    text-table "~0.2.0"
+    user-home "^2.0.0"
+
 eslint@~4.18.0:
   version "4.18.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint/-/eslint-4.18.2.tgz#0f81267ad1012e7d2051e186a9004cc2267b8d45"
@@ -1623,6 +1718,10 @@ has-flag@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has-flag/-/has-flag-3.0.0.tgz#b5d454dc2199ae225699f3467e5a07f3b955bafd"
 
+has-symbols@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has-symbols/-/has-symbols-1.0.0.tgz#ba1a8f1af2a0fc39650f5c850367704122063b44"
+
 has-unicode@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has-unicode/-/has-unicode-2.0.1.tgz#e0e6fe6a28cf51138855e086d1691e771de2a8b9"
@@ -1732,7 +1831,7 @@ ieee754@^1.1.4:
   version "1.1.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ieee754/-/ieee754-1.1.8.tgz#be33d40ac10ef1926701f6f08a2d86fbfd1ad3e4"
 
-ignore@^3.0.9, ignore@^3.2.0, ignore@^3.3.3, ignore@^3.3.6:
+ignore@^3.0.11, ignore@^3.0.9, ignore@^3.2.0, ignore@^3.3.3, ignore@^3.3.6:
   version "3.3.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ignore/-/ignore-3.3.7.tgz#612289bfb3c220e186a58118618d5be8c1bab021"
 
@@ -2496,7 +2595,7 @@ object-inspect@~1.5.0:
   version "1.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/object-inspect/-/object-inspect-1.5.0.tgz#9d876c11e40f485c79215670281b767488f9bfe3"
 
-object-keys@^1.0.8:
+object-keys@^1.0.11, object-keys@^1.0.8:
   version "1.0.11"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/object-keys/-/object-keys-1.0.11.tgz#c54601778ad560f1142ce0e01bcca8b56d13426d"
 
@@ -2506,6 +2605,15 @@ object-visit@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     isobject "^3.0.0"
 
+object.assign@^4.0.4:
+  version "4.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/object.assign/-/object.assign-4.1.0.tgz#968bf1100d7956bb3ca086f006f846b3bc4008da"
+  dependencies:
+    define-properties "^1.1.2"
+    function-bind "^1.1.1"
+    has-symbols "^1.0.0"
+    object-keys "^1.0.11"
+
 object.pick@^1.3.0:
   version "1.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/object.pick/-/object.pick-1.3.0.tgz#87a10ac4c1694bd2e1cbf53591a66141fb5dd747"
@@ -2708,6 +2816,12 @@ pkg-dir@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     find-up "^1.0.0"
 
+pkg-up@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pkg-up/-/pkg-up-1.0.0.tgz#3e08fb461525c4421624a33b9f7e6d0af5b05a26"
+  dependencies:
+    find-up "^1.0.0"
+
 pluralize@^1.2.1:
   version "1.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pluralize/-/pluralize-1.2.1.tgz#d1a21483fd22bb41e58a12fa3421823140897c45"
@@ -2962,7 +3076,7 @@ resolve-url@^0.2.1:
   version "0.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve-url/-/resolve-url-0.2.1.tgz#2c637fe77c893afd2a663fe21aa9080068e2052a"
 
-resolve@^1.1.6, resolve@^1.3.3, resolve@^1.5.0, resolve@~1.5.0:
+resolve@^1.1.6, resolve@^1.1.7, resolve@^1.3.3, resolve@^1.5.0, resolve@~1.5.0:
   version "1.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve/-/resolve-1.5.0.tgz#1f09acce796c9a762579f31b2c1cc4c3cddf9f36"
   dependencies:
@@ -3055,6 +3169,10 @@ safe-regex@^1.1.0:
   version "5.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-5.5.0.tgz#dc4bbc7a6ca9d916dee5d43516f0092b58f7b8ab"
 
+semver@5.3.0:
+  version "5.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-5.3.0.tgz#9b2ce5d3de02d17c6012ad326aa6b4d0cf54f94f"
+
 set-blocking@^2.0.0, set-blocking@~2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/set-blocking/-/set-blocking-2.0.0.tgz#045f9782d011ae9a6803ddd382b24392b3d890f7"
@@ -3257,6 +3375,15 @@ sshpk@^1.7.0:
     jsbn "~0.1.0"
     tweetnacl "~0.14.0"
 
+standard-engine@^7.0.0:
+  version "7.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/standard-engine/-/standard-engine-7.2.0.tgz#d2264d4fe880513750de38095bdc3cac9dc7738d"
+  dependencies:
+    deglob "^2.1.0"
+    get-stdin "^5.0.1"
+    minimist "^1.1.0"
+    pkg-conf "^2.0.0"
+
 standard-engine@~5.4.0:
   version "5.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/standard-engine/-/standard-engine-5.4.0.tgz#e0e86959ea0786425d3383e40c1bf70d2f985579"
@@ -3267,6 +3394,15 @@ standard-engine@~5.4.0:
     minimist "^1.1.0"
     pkg-conf "^2.0.0"
 
+standard-engine@~7.0.0:
+  version "7.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/standard-engine/-/standard-engine-7.0.0.tgz#ebb77b9c8fc2c8165ffa353bd91ba0dff41af690"
+  dependencies:
+    deglob "^2.1.0"
+    get-stdin "^5.0.1"
+    minimist "^1.1.0"
+    pkg-conf "^2.0.0"
+
 standard-engine@~8.0.0:
   version "8.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/standard-engine/-/standard-engine-8.0.1.tgz#0b77be8d7ab963675717dbeac1ef1d6675fb62f0"
@@ -3296,6 +3432,20 @@ standard@*:
     eslint-plugin-standard "~3.0.1"
     standard-engine "~8.0.0"
 
+standard@^10.0.3:
+  version "10.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/standard/-/standard-10.0.3.tgz#7869bcbf422bdeeaab689a1ffb1fea9677dd50ea"
+  dependencies:
+    eslint "~3.19.0"
+    eslint-config-standard "10.2.1"
+    eslint-config-standard-jsx "4.0.2"
+    eslint-plugin-import "~2.2.0"
+    eslint-plugin-node "~4.2.2"
+    eslint-plugin-promise "~3.5.0"
+    eslint-plugin-react "~6.10.0"
+    eslint-plugin-standard "~3.0.1"
+    standard-engine "~7.0.0"
+
 standard@^9.0.0:
   version "9.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/standard/-/standard-9.0.2.tgz#9bd3b9467492e212b1914d78553943ff9b48fd99"
@@ -3308,6 +3458,13 @@ standard@^9.0.0:
     eslint-plugin-standard "~2.0.1"
     standard-engine "~5.4.0"
 
+standardx@^1.0.3:
+  version "1.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/standardx/-/standardx-1.0.3.tgz#89ea1a4c4dbb87f019e3c5f3117b7f70e678014a"
+  dependencies:
+    standard "^10.0.3"
+    standard-engine "^7.0.0"
+
 static-extend@^0.1.1:
   version "0.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/static-extend/-/static-extend-0.1.2.tgz#60809c39cbff55337226fd5e0b520f341f1fb5c6"