diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace.js
index f4b93bb492..b900ae2ebb 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace.js
@@ -50,5 +50,4 @@ if (CLIEngine) {
   const path = require('path');
   const { execSync } = require('child_process');
 
-  module.exports = JSON.parse(String(execSync(path.join(__dirname, 'whitespace-async.js'))));
-}
+  module.exports = JSON.parse(String(execSync(`node ${path.join(__dirname, 'whitespace-async.js')}`)));}
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace.js
index f4b93bb492..b900ae2ebb 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace.js
@@ -50,5 +50,4 @@ if (CLIEngine) {
   const path = require('path');
   const { execSync } = require('child_process');
 
-  module.exports = JSON.parse(String(execSync(path.join(__dirname, 'whitespace-async.js'))));
-}
+  module.exports = JSON.parse(String(execSync(`node ${path.join(__dirname, 'whitespace-async.js')}`)));}