diff --git a/packages/next/next-server/server/config-shared.ts b/packages/next/next-server/server/config-shared.ts
index 4460b010d1638..2bddbbe45fc36 100644
--- a/packages/next/next-server/server/config-shared.ts
+++ b/packages/next/next-server/server/config-shared.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export const defaultConfig: NextConfig = {
   reactStrictMode: false,
   eslint: {
     dev: false,
-    build: true,
+    build: false,
   },
 }
 
diff --git a/test/integration/eslint/custom-eslint-config/next.config.js b/test/integration/eslint/custom-eslint-config/next.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0309ced17cfc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/eslint/custom-eslint-config/next.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = { eslint: { build: true } }
diff --git a/test/integration/eslint/pkg-json-eslint-config/next.config.js b/test/integration/eslint/pkg-json-eslint-config/next.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cd08f4be97688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/eslint/pkg-json-eslint-config/next.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module.exports = {
+  eslint: { build: true },
+}