diff --git a/lib/cli-engine.js b/lib/cli-engine.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/cli-engine.js
+++ b/lib/cli-engine.js
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ CLIEngine.prototype = {
                          messages: [
                              {
                                  fatal: false,
+                                 severity: 1,
                                  message: "File ignored because of your .eslintignore file. Use --no-ignore to override."
                              }
                          ]
diff --git a/tests/lib/cli-engine.js b/tests/lib/cli-engine.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/tests/lib/cli-engine.js
+++ b/tests/lib/cli-engine.js
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ describe("CLIEngine", function() {
 
             assert.equal(report.results.length, 1);
             assert.equal(report.results[0].filePath, "tests/fixtures/passing.js");
+            assert.equal(report.results[0].messages[0].severity, 1);
             assert.equal(report.results[0].messages[0].message, "File ignored because of your .eslintignore file. Use --no-ignore to override.");
         });
Fix: add severity flag for ignored file warning (fixes #<I>)