diff --git a/docs/code-quality/lint/linters/eslint-plugin-mozilla/import-globals-from.rst b/docs/code-quality/lint/linters/eslint-plugin-mozilla/import-globals-from.rst
index 9fc98270ea60..c2956ba05a25 100644
--- a/docs/code-quality/lint/linters/eslint-plugin-mozilla/import-globals-from.rst
+++ b/docs/code-quality/lint/linters/eslint-plugin-mozilla/import-globals-from.rst
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ on each other's globals.
 
 If <path> is a relative path, then it must be relative to the file being
 checked by the rule.
+
+Note: ``import-globals-from`` does not support loading globals from ES modules.
+These should be imported as variable definitions directly, or the file where
+they are imported should be referenced.
diff --git a/tools/lint/eslint/eslint-plugin-mozilla/lib/globals.js b/tools/lint/eslint/eslint-plugin-mozilla/lib/globals.js
index 5ce4f9dc137e..2c43c187998b 100644
--- a/tools/lint/eslint/eslint-plugin-mozilla/lib/globals.js
+++ b/tools/lint/eslint/eslint-plugin-mozilla/lib/globals.js
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ var lastHTMLGlobals = {};
  * @param  {String} filePath
  *         The absolute path of the file being parsed.
  */
-function GlobalsForNode(filePath) {
+function GlobalsForNode(filePath, context) {
   this.path = filePath;
+  this.context = context;
 
   if (this.path) {
     this.dirname = path.dirname(this.path);
@@ -128,6 +129,22 @@ GlobalsForNode.prototype = {
 
       let filePath = match[1].trim();
 
+      if (filePath.endsWith(".mjs")) {
+        if (this.context) {
+          this.context.report(
+            comment,
+            "import-globals-from does not support module files - use a direct import instead"
+          );
+        } else {
+          // Fall back to throwing an error, as we do not have a context in all situations,
+          // e.g. when loading the environment.
+          throw new Error(
+            "import-globals-from does not support module files - use a direct import instead"
+          );
+        }
+        continue;
+      }
+
       if (!path.isAbsolute(filePath)) {
         filePath = path.resolve(this.dirname, filePath);
       } else {