diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 74e5df4b..2480d57e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -98,6 +98,17 @@ When there's an error, `prettier-eslint` will log it to the console. To disable
 `disableLog` as an option to the call to `format` or you can set: `format.options.disableLog = true` to disable it
 "globally."
 
+#### eslintPath (?String)
+
+By default, `prettier-eslint` will try to find your project's version of `eslint` (and `prettier`). If it cannot find
+one, then it will use the version that `prettier-eslint` has installed locally. If you'd like to specify a path to the
+`eslint` module you would like to have `prettier-eslint` use, then you can provide the full path to it with the
+`eslintPath` option.
+
+#### prettierPath (?String)
+
+This is basically the same as `eslintPath` except for the `prettier` module.
+
 ### throws
 
 `prettier-eslint` will propagate errors when either `prettier` or `eslint` fails for one reason or another. In addition
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 36810ea2..1344f803 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-/* eslint no-console:0 */
+/* eslint no-console:0, global-require:0, import/no-dynamic-require:0 */
 import path from 'path'
-import {CLIEngine} from 'eslint'
-import prettier from 'prettier'
 import {getPrettierOptionsFromESLintRules} from './utils'
 
 const options = {disableLog: false}
@@ -15,6 +13,10 @@ module.exports.options = options
  * @param {String} options.filePath - the path of the file being formatted
  *  can be used in leu of `eslintConfig` (eslint will be used to find the
  *  relevant config for the file)
+ * @param {String} options.eslintPath - the path to the eslint module to use.
+ *   Will default to require.resolve('eslint')
+ * @param {String} options.prettierPath - the path to the prettier module to use.
+ *   Will default to require.resovlve('prettierPath')
  * @param {Boolean} options.disableLog - disables any logging
  * @param {String} options.eslintConfig - the config to use for formatting
  *  with ESLint.
@@ -26,23 +28,32 @@ module.exports.options = options
 function format({
   text,
   filePath,
+  eslintPath = require.resolve('eslint'),
+  prettierPath = require.resolve('prettier'),
   disableLog = options.disableLog,
-  eslintConfig = getConfig(filePath),
+  eslintConfig = getConfig(filePath, eslintPath),
   prettierOptions = getPrettierOptionsFromESLintRules(eslintConfig),
 }) {
   const originalLogValue = options.disableLog
   options.disableLog = disableLog
 
   try {
-    const pretty = prettify(text, prettierOptions)
-    const eslintFixed = eslintFix(pretty, eslintConfig)
+    const pretty = prettify(text, prettierOptions, prettierPath)
+    const eslintFixed = eslintFix(pretty, eslintConfig, eslintPath)
     return eslintFixed
   } finally {
     options.disableLog = originalLogValue
   }
 }
 
-function prettify(text, formatOptions) {
+function prettify(text, formatOptions, prettierPath) {
+  let prettier
+  try {
+    prettier = require(prettierPath)
+  } catch (error) {
+    logError(`There was trouble getting prettier. Is "prettierPath: ${prettierPath}" a correct path to the prettier module?`)
+    throw error
+  }
   try {
     return prettier.format(text, formatOptions)
   } catch (error) {
@@ -52,7 +63,7 @@ function prettify(text, formatOptions) {
   }
 }
 
-function eslintFix(text, eslintConfig) {
+function eslintFix(text, eslintConfig, eslintPath) {
   const eslintOptions = {
     // overrideables
     useEslintrc: false,
@@ -67,7 +78,7 @@ function eslintFix(text, eslintConfig) {
     // for a --fix though so :shrug:
     globals: [],
   }
-  const eslint = new CLIEngine(eslintOptions)
+  const eslint = getESLintCLIEngine(eslintPath, eslintOptions)
   try {
     const report = eslint.executeOnText(text)
     const [{output}] = report.results
@@ -83,12 +94,12 @@ function eslintFix(text, eslintConfig) {
   }
 }
 
-function getConfig(filePath) {
+function getConfig(filePath, eslintPath) {
   const eslintOptions = {}
   if (filePath) {
     eslintOptions.cwd = path.dirname(filePath)
   }
-  const configFinder = new CLIEngine(eslintOptions)
+  const configFinder = getESLintCLIEngine(eslintPath, eslintOptions)
   try {
     const config = configFinder.getConfigForFile(filePath)
     return config
@@ -99,6 +110,16 @@ function getConfig(filePath) {
   }
 }
 
+function getESLintCLIEngine(eslintPath, eslintOptions) {
+  try {
+    const {CLIEngine} = require(eslintPath)
+    return new CLIEngine(eslintOptions)
+  } catch (error) {
+    logError(`There was trouble creating the ESLint CLIEngine. Is "eslintPath: ${eslintPath}" a correct path to the ESLint module?`)
+    throw error
+  }
+}
+
 function logError(...args) {
   if (!options.disableLog) {
     console.error('prettier-eslint error:', ...args)
diff --git a/src/index.test.js b/src/index.test.js
index 5cb9a776..df01023d 100644
--- a/src/index.test.js
+++ b/src/index.test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint no-console:0 */
+import path from 'path'
 import stripIndent from 'strip-indent'
 import eslintMock from 'eslint'
 import prettierMock from 'prettier'
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ const tests = [
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   console.error.mockClear()
+  eslintMock.mock.executeOnText.mockClear()
+  eslintMock.mock.getConfigForFile.mockClear()
+  prettierMock.format.mockClear()
 })
 
 tests.forEach(({title, modifier, input, output}) => {
@@ -126,6 +130,40 @@ test('can disable log on a single call as part of the options', () => {
   prettierMockFormat.throwError = null
 })
 
+test('can accept a path to an eslint module and uses that instead.', () => {
+  const eslintPath = path.join(__dirname, './__mocks__/eslint')
+  const {executeOnText} = eslintMock.mock
+  format({text: '', eslintPath})
+  expect(executeOnText).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+})
+
+test('fails with an error if the eslint module cannot be resolved.', () => {
+  const eslintPath = path.join(__dirname, './__mocks__/non-existant-eslint-module')
+  expect(() => format({text: '', eslintPath})).toThrowError(/non-existant-eslint-module/)
+  expect(console.error).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  expect(console.error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    'prettier-eslint error:',
+    expect.stringMatching(/ESLint.*?eslintPath.*non-existant-eslint-module/),
+  )
+})
+
+test('can accept a path to a prettier module and uses that instead.', () => {
+  const prettierPath = path.join(__dirname, './__mocks__/prettier')
+  const {format: prettierMockFormat} = prettierMock
+  format({text: '', prettierPath})
+  expect(prettierMockFormat).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+})
+
+test('fails with an error if the prettier module cannot be resolved.', () => {
+  const prettierPath = path.join(__dirname, './__mocks__/non-existant-prettier-module')
+  expect(() => format({text: '', prettierPath})).toThrowError(/non-existant-prettier-module/)
+  expect(console.error).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  expect(console.error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    'prettier-eslint error:',
+    expect.stringMatching(/prettier.*?prettierPath.*non-existant-prettier-module/),
+  )
+})
+
 function getESLintConfigWithDefaultRules(overrides) {
   return {
     parserOptions: {