diff --git a/syntax_checkers/javascript/jshint.vim b/syntax_checkers/javascript/jshint.vim
index e98e5628..caef9a7e 100644
--- a/syntax_checkers/javascript/jshint.vim
+++ b/syntax_checkers/javascript/jshint.vim
@@ -9,23 +9,27 @@
 "             See http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
 "============================================================================
 
-if exists("g:loaded_syntastic_javascript_jshint_checker")
+if exists('g:loaded_syntastic_javascript_jshint_checker')
     finish
 endif
 let g:loaded_syntastic_javascript_jshint_checker=1
 
-if !exists("g:syntastic_javascript_jshint_conf")
-    let g:syntastic_javascript_jshint_conf = ""
+if !exists('g:syntastic_jshint_exec')
+    let g:syntastic_jshint_exec = 'jshint'
+endif
+
+if !exists('g:syntastic_javascript_jshint_conf')
+    let g:syntastic_javascript_jshint_conf = ''
 endif
 
 function! SyntaxCheckers_javascript_jshint_IsAvailable()
-    return executable('jshint')
+    return executable(expand(g:syntastic_jshint_exec))
 endfunction
 
 function! SyntaxCheckers_javascript_jshint_GetLocList()
     let jshint_new = s:JshintNew()
     let makeprg = syntastic#makeprg#build({
-        \ 'exe': 'jshint',
+        \ 'exe': expand(g:syntastic_jshint_exec),
         \ 'post_args': (jshint_new ? ' --verbose ' : '') . s:Args(),
         \ 'filetype': 'javascript',
         \ 'subchecker': 'jshint' })
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ function! SyntaxCheckers_javascript_jshint_GetLocList()
 endfunction
 
 function s:JshintNew()
-    return syntastic#util#versionIsAtLeast(syntastic#util#parseVersion('jshint --version'), [1, 1])
+    return syntastic#util#versionIsAtLeast(syntastic#util#parseVersion(expand(g:syntastic_jshint_exec) . ' --version'), [1, 1])
 endfunction
 
 function s:Args()