diff --git a/base.js b/base.js
index f38d2b5..a6ccea8 100644
--- a/base.js
+++ b/base.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ module.exports = {
     'plugin:wyze/recommended',
     'wyze/rules/best-practices',
     'wyze/rules/es6',
+    'wyze/rules/legacy',
     'wyze/rules/style'
   ],
   parser: 'babel-eslint',
diff --git a/rules/legacy.js b/rules/legacy.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b779038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules/legacy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module.exports = {
+  'rules': {
+    // specify the maximum number of statement allowed in a function
+    'max-statements': [2, 20]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/base.js b/test/base.js
index 5a52436..1e53a58 100644
--- a/test/base.js
+++ b/test/base.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import base from '../base'
 import test from 'ava'
 
 test('extends length', async t => {
-  const expected = 5
+  const expected = 6
 
   t.is(base.extends.length, expected, 'Incorrect number of rulesets')
 })
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ test('extends files', async t => {
     'plugin:wyze/recommended',
     'wyze/rules/best-practices',
     'wyze/rules/es6',
+    'wyze/rules/legacy',
     'wyze/rules/style',
   ]
 
diff --git a/test/rules/legacy.js b/test/rules/legacy.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..192d315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rules/legacy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { rules } from '../../rules/legacy'
+import test from 'ava'
+
+test('no react rules', async t => {
+  Object.keys(rules).forEach(rule => {
+    t.falsy(~rule.indexOf('react/'), 'found react rule in undesired file')
+  })
+})