diff --git a/bin/cookstyle b/bin/cookstyle
index 93b5ebc4..cb2d9585 100755
--- a/bin/cookstyle
+++ b/bin/cookstyle
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.join(__dir__, %w(.. lib))
+
 if ARGV.include?('--chefstyle')
   ARGV.delete('--chefstyle')
-  module Cookstyle
-    CHEFSTYLE_CONFIG = true
-  end
+  require 'cookstyle/chefstyle'
+else
+  require 'cookstyle'
 end
 
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.join(__dir__, %w(.. lib))
-
-require 'cookstyle'
-
 # force the fail level to :convention so that we can set all our new rules to
 # the lowest level of :refactor without failing everyone's CI jobs
 unless ARGV.include?('--fail-level')
diff --git a/lib/cookstyle/chefstyle.rb b/lib/cookstyle/chefstyle.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e819604d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cookstyle/chefstyle.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+module Cookstyle
+  CHEFSTYLE_CONFIG = true
+end
+require_relative '../cookstyle'