diff --git a/lib/internal/errors.js b/lib/internal/errors.js
index b8ce14b0033..906bd516529 100644
--- a/lib/internal/errors.js
+++ b/lib/internal/errors.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+/* eslint-enable alphabetize-errors */
+
 'use strict';
 
 // The whole point behind this internal module is to allow Node.js to no
diff --git a/tools/eslint-rules/alphabetize-errors.js b/tools/eslint-rules/alphabetize-errors.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f4651de9a75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/eslint-rules/alphabetize-errors.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const message = 'Errors in lib/internal/errors.js must be alphabetized';
+
+function errorForNode(node) {
+  return node.expression.arguments[0].value;
+}
+
+function isAlphabetized(previousNode, node) {
+  return errorForNode(previousNode).localeCompare(errorForNode(node)) < 0;
+}
+
+function isDefiningError(node) {
+  return node.expression &&
+         node.expression.type === 'CallExpression' &&
+         node.expression.callee &&
+         node.expression.callee.name === 'E';
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  create: function(context) {
+    var previousNode;
+
+    return {
+      ExpressionStatement: function(node) {
+        if (isDefiningError(node)) {
+          if (previousNode && !isAlphabetized(previousNode, node)) {
+            context.report({ node: node, message: message });
+          }
+
+          previousNode = node;
+        }
+      }
+    };
+  }
+};