diff --git a/.luacheckrc b/.luacheckrc
index cc54a3ce..b8388982 100644
--- a/.luacheckrc
+++ b/.luacheckrc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ globals = {
 
 read_globals = {
 	"DIR_DELIM",
+	"core",
 	"minetest",
 	"dump",
 	"vector",