diff --git a/.changeset/three-boats-sort.md b/.changeset/three-boats-sort.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..180a4e236c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/three-boats-sort.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/cli': patch
+---
+
+fix: merge eslint reports when using json format
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/commands/repo/lint.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/commands/repo/lint.ts
index 72bb02a693..f433740886 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/commands/repo/lint.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/commands/repo/lint.ts
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ export async function command(opts: OptionValues, cmd: Command): Promise<void> {
   });
 
   const outputSuccessCache = [];
+  const jsonResults = [];
 
   let errorOutput = '';
 
@@ -238,7 +239,11 @@ export async function command(opts: OptionValues, cmd: Command): Promise<void> {
       // dump of all warnings that might be irrelevant
       if (resultText) {
         if (opts.outputFile) {
-          errorOutput += `${resultText}\n`;
+          if (opts.format === 'json') {
+            jsonResults.push(resultText);
+          } else {
+            errorOutput += `${resultText}\n`;
+          }
         } else {
           console.log();
           console.log(resultText.trimStart());
@@ -249,6 +254,14 @@ export async function command(opts: OptionValues, cmd: Command): Promise<void> {
     }
   }
 
+  if (opts.format === 'json') {
+    let mergedJsonResults: any[] = [];
+    for (const jsonResult of jsonResults) {
+      mergedJsonResults = mergedJsonResults.concat(JSON.parse(jsonResult));
+    }
+    errorOutput = JSON.stringify(mergedJsonResults, null, 2);
+  }
+
   if (opts.outputFile && errorOutput) {
     await fs.writeFile(paths.resolveTargetRoot(opts.outputFile), errorOutput);
   }