diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 00ec0e5872991..538844421185d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1296,6 +1296,12 @@ version = "1.0.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "650eef8c711430f1a879fdd01d4745a7deea475becfb90269c06775983bbf086"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nohash-hasher"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2bf50223579dc7cdcfb3bfcacf7069ff68243f8c363f62ffa99cf000a6b9c451"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nom"
 version = "7.1.3"
@@ -1640,6 +1646,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "markdown",
  "memchr",
  "mime_guess",
+ "nohash-hasher",
  "once_cell",
  "oxc_allocator",
  "oxc_ast",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 592331a330472..055a61d6be02e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ memoffset = "0.9.1"
 miette = { version = "7.2.0", features = ["fancy-no-syscall"] }
 mimalloc = "0.1.43"
 mime_guess = "2.0.5"
+nohash-hasher = "0.2.0"
 nonmax = "0.5.5"
 num-bigint = "0.4.6"
 num-traits = "0.2.19"
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/Cargo.toml b/crates/oxc_linter/Cargo.toml
index 06d8c4af99e7d..122cfc9980fc9 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ language-tags = { workspace = true }
 lazy_static = { workspace = true }
 memchr = { workspace = true }
 mime_guess = { workspace = true }
+nohash-hasher = { workspace = true }
 once_cell = { workspace = true }
 phf = { workspace = true, features = ["macros"] }
 rayon = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/context/host.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/context/host.rs
index b84d91146735e..32376793da66c 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/context/host.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/context/host.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use crate::{
     utils, FrameworkFlags, RuleWithSeverity,
 };
 
-use super::{plugin_name_to_prefix, LintContext};
+use super::{plugin_name_to_prefix, LintContext, RuleState};
 
 /// Stores shared information about a file being linted.
 ///
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ pub struct ContextHost<'a> {
     pub(super) config: Arc<LintConfig>,
     pub(super) frameworks: FrameworkFlags,
     pub(super) plugins: LintPlugins,
+
+    pub(super) state: RuleState,
 }
 
 impl<'a> ContextHost<'a> {
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ impl<'a> ContextHost<'a> {
         file_path: P,
         semantic: Rc<Semantic<'a>>,
         options: LintOptions,
+        rules: &Vec<RuleWithSeverity>,
     ) -> Self {
         // We should always check for `semantic.cfg()` being `Some` since we depend on it and it is
         // unwrapped without any runtime checks after construction.
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ impl<'a> ContextHost<'a> {
             config: Arc::new(LintConfig::default()),
             frameworks: options.framework_hints,
             plugins: options.plugins,
+            state: RuleState::new(rules),
         }
         .sniff_for_frameworks()
     }
@@ -116,6 +120,7 @@ impl<'a> ContextHost<'a> {
         LintContext {
             parent: self,
             diagnostics: RefCell::new(Vec::with_capacity(DIAGNOSTICS_INITIAL_CAPACITY)),
+            current_rule_id: rule.id(),
             current_rule_name: rule_name,
             current_plugin_name: plugin_name,
             current_plugin_prefix: plugin_name_to_prefix(plugin_name),
@@ -132,6 +137,7 @@ impl<'a> ContextHost<'a> {
         LintContext {
             parent: Rc::clone(&self),
             diagnostics: RefCell::new(Vec::with_capacity(DIAGNOSTICS_INITIAL_CAPACITY)),
+            current_rule_id: 0,
             current_rule_name: "",
             current_plugin_name: "eslint",
             current_plugin_prefix: "eslint",
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/context/mod.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/context/mod.rs
index c4c8ead2d43cc..71412f7f3df5f 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/context/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/context/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #![allow(rustdoc::private_intra_doc_links)] // useful for intellisense
 mod host;
+mod rule_state;
 
-use std::{cell::RefCell, path::Path, rc::Rc};
+use std::{
+    cell::{RefCell, RefMut},
+    path::Path,
+    rc::Rc,
+};
 
 use oxc_cfg::ControlFlowGraph;
 use oxc_diagnostics::{OxcDiagnostic, Severity};
@@ -15,10 +20,11 @@ use crate::{
     disable_directives::DisableDirectives,
     fixer::{FixKind, Message, RuleFix, RuleFixer},
     javascript_globals::GLOBALS,
-    AllowWarnDeny, FrameworkFlags, OxlintEnv, OxlintGlobals, OxlintSettings,
+    AllowWarnDeny, FrameworkFlags, OxlintEnv, OxlintGlobals, OxlintSettings, RuleMeta,
 };
 
 pub use host::ContextHost;
+pub(crate) use rule_state::RuleState;
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 #[must_use]
@@ -32,6 +38,7 @@ pub struct LintContext<'a> {
     diagnostics: RefCell<Vec<Message<'a>>>,
 
     // states
+    current_rule_id: usize,
     current_plugin_name: &'static str,
     current_plugin_prefix: &'static str,
     current_rule_name: &'static str,
@@ -134,6 +141,12 @@ impl<'a> LintContext<'a> {
         &self.parent.config.globals
     }
 
+    #[inline]
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn state<R: RuleMeta + 'static>(&self) -> RefMut<'_, R::State> {
+        self.parent.state.get_mut::<R>(self.current_rule_id)
+    }
+
     /// Runtime environments turned on/off by the user.
     ///
     /// Examples of environments are `builtin`, `browser`, `node`, etc.
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/context/rule_state.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/context/rule_state.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8e3edf3266e2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/context/rule_state.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+use std::{
+    any::Any,
+    cell::{RefCell, RefMut},
+};
+
+use nohash_hasher::IntMap;
+
+use crate::{rules::RuleEnum, RuleMeta};
+
+#[must_use]
+pub struct RuleState {
+    inner: IntMap</* RuleId */ usize, Box<RefCell<dyn Any>>>,
+}
+
+impl RuleState {
+    pub fn new<I, R>(rules: I) -> Self
+    where
+        R: AsRef<RuleEnum>,
+        I: IntoIterator<Item = R>,
+    {
+        let inner = rules
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|rule| {
+                let rule = rule.as_ref();
+                (rule.id(), rule.new_state())
+            })
+            .collect();
+        Self { inner }
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_raw_mut(&self, rule_id: usize) -> RefMut<'_, dyn Any> {
+        self.inner[&rule_id].borrow_mut()
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_mut<R: RuleMeta + 'static>(&self, rule_id: usize) -> RefMut<'_, R::State> {
+        RefMut::map(self.get_raw_mut(rule_id), |state| {
+            state.downcast_mut().expect("downcast failed")
+        })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/lib.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/lib.rs
index ca28492762dbc..96a2f86c71398 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/lib.rs
@@ -115,8 +115,9 @@ impl Linter {
     }
 
     pub fn run<'a>(&self, path: &Path, semantic: Rc<Semantic<'a>>) -> Vec<Message<'a>> {
-        let ctx_host =
-            Rc::new(ContextHost::new(path, semantic, self.options).with_config(&self.config));
+        let ctx_host = Rc::new(
+            ContextHost::new(path, semantic, self.options, &self.rules).with_config(&self.config),
+        );
 
         let rules = self
             .rules
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rule.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rule.rs
index 4d45b793db9e6..50bdc367ef310 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rule.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rule.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ pub trait RuleMeta {
     /// What kind of auto-fixing can this rule do?
     const FIX: RuleFixMeta = RuleFixMeta::None;
 
+    /// Data stored between each call to [run](`Rule::run`),
+    /// [run_on_symbol](`Rule::run_on_symbol`), and
+    /// [run_once](`Rule::run_once`). State is reset between files.
+    ///
+    /// By default, this is the unit type (aka `()`).
+    type State: Default + 'static;
+
     fn documentation() -> Option<&'static str> {
         None
     }
@@ -261,6 +268,12 @@ impl Deref for RuleWithSeverity {
     }
 }
 
+impl AsRef<RuleEnum> for RuleWithSeverity {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &RuleEnum {
+        &self.rule
+    }
+}
+
 impl RuleWithSeverity {
     pub fn new(rule: RuleEnum, severity: AllowWarnDeny) -> Self {
         Self { rule, severity }
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/react/jsx_boolean_value.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/react/jsx_boolean_value.rs
index 3a949bdff6152..1be09561f92a0 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/react/jsx_boolean_value.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/react/jsx_boolean_value.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ declare_oxc_lint!(
     /// ```
     JsxBooleanValue,
     style,
-    fix,
+    fix
 );
 
 impl Rule for JsxBooleanValue {
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/unicorn/prefer_structured_clone.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/unicorn/prefer_structured_clone.rs
index a7405db022a55..d6dc19acdd0ae 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/unicorn/prefer_structured_clone.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/unicorn/prefer_structured_clone.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ declare_oxc_lint!(
     /// ```
     PreferStructuredClone,
     style,
-    pending,
+    pending
 );
 
 impl Rule for PreferStructuredClone {
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/utils/jest.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/utils/jest.rs
index 21d6c8c5d1e56..17621b0aa3d5d 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/utils/jest.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/utils/jest.rs
@@ -321,8 +321,13 @@ mod test {
         let semantic_ret = Rc::new(semantic_ret);
 
         let build_ctx = |path: &'static str| {
-            Rc::new(ContextHost::new(path, Rc::clone(&semantic_ret), LintOptions::default()))
-                .spawn_for_test()
+            Rc::new(ContextHost::new(
+                path,
+                Rc::clone(&semantic_ret),
+                LintOptions::default(),
+                &vec![],
+            ))
+            .spawn_for_test()
         };
 
         let ctx = build_ctx("foo.js");
diff --git a/crates/oxc_macros/src/declare_all_lint_rules.rs b/crates/oxc_macros/src/declare_all_lint_rules.rs
index b6e429b9f42dc..da78307f30f6c 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_macros/src/declare_all_lint_rules.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_macros/src/declare_all_lint_rules.rs
@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ pub fn declare_all_lint_rules(metadata: AllLintRulesMeta) -> TokenStream {
                     #(Self::#struct_names(rule) => rule.should_run(ctx)),*
                 }
             }
+
+            pub(crate) fn new_state(&self) -> Box<std::cell::RefCell<dyn std::any::Any>> {
+                match self {
+                    #(Self::#struct_names(_) => Box::new(std::cell::RefCell::new(<#struct_names as RuleMeta>::State::default()))),*
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         impl std::hash::Hash for RuleEnum {
diff --git a/crates/oxc_macros/src/declare_oxc_lint.rs b/crates/oxc_macros/src/declare_oxc_lint.rs
index 8f80bcbe30cf4..81f1e5fdca546 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_macros/src/declare_oxc_lint.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_macros/src/declare_oxc_lint.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ pub struct LintRuleMeta {
     /// Describes what auto-fixing capabilities the rule has
     fix: Option<Ident>,
     documentation: String,
+    state: Option<Ident>,
     pub used_in_test: bool,
 }
 
@@ -45,10 +46,17 @@ impl Parse for LintRuleMeta {
             None
         };
 
+        let state = if input.peek(Token!(,)) {
+            input.parse::<Token!(,)>()?;
+            Some(input.parse()?)
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+
         // Ignore the rest
         input.parse::<proc_macro2::TokenStream>()?;
 
-        Ok(Self { name: struct_name, category, fix, documentation, used_in_test: false })
+        Ok(Self { name: struct_name, category, fix, documentation, state, used_in_test: false })
     }
 }
 
@@ -57,7 +65,7 @@ fn rule_name_converter() -> Converter {
 }
 
 pub fn declare_oxc_lint(metadata: LintRuleMeta) -> TokenStream {
-    let LintRuleMeta { name, category, fix, documentation, used_in_test } = metadata;
+    let LintRuleMeta { name, category, fix, documentation, state, used_in_test } = metadata;
 
     let canonical_name = rule_name_converter().convert(name.to_string());
     let category = match category.to_string().as_str() {
@@ -83,6 +91,12 @@ pub fn declare_oxc_lint(metadata: LintRuleMeta) -> TokenStream {
         Some(quote! { use crate::{rule::{RuleCategory, RuleMeta, RuleFixMeta}, fixer::FixKind}; })
     };
 
+    let state_type = if let Some(ty) = state {
+        quote! { type State = #ty; }
+    } else {
+        quote! { type State = (); }
+    };
+
     let output = quote! {
         #import_statement
 
@@ -93,6 +107,8 @@ pub fn declare_oxc_lint(metadata: LintRuleMeta) -> TokenStream {
 
             #fix
 
+            #state_type
+
             fn documentation() -> Option<&'static str> {
                 Some(#documentation)
             }