diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/__tests__/eslintGenerator.spec.js b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/__tests__/eslintGenerator.spec.js
index 5d23158404..481a9ccf43 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/__tests__/eslintGenerator.spec.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/__tests__/eslintGenerator.spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const generateWithPlugin = require('@vue/cli-test-utils/generateWithPlugin')
+const create = require('@vue/cli-test-utils/createTestProject')
 
 test('base', async () => {
   const { pkg } = await generateWithPlugin({
@@ -135,3 +136,30 @@ test('lint on commit', async () => {
     lintOnSave: false
   })
 })
+
+test('generate .editorconfig for new projects', async () => {
+  const { files } = await generateWithPlugin({
+    id: 'eslint',
+    apply: require('../generator'),
+    options: {
+      config: 'airbnb'
+    }
+  })
+  expect(files['.editorconfig']).toBeTruthy()
+})
+
+test('append to existing .editorconfig', async () => {
+  const { dir, read, write } = await create('eslint-editorconfig', {
+    plugins: {
+      '@vue/cli-plugin-eslint': {}
+    }
+  }, null, true)
+  await write('.editorconfig', 'root = true\n')
+
+  const invoke = require('@vue/cli/lib/invoke')
+  await invoke(`eslint`, { config: 'airbnb' }, dir)
+
+  const editorconfig = await read('.editorconfig')
+  expect(editorconfig).toMatch('root = true')
+  expect(editorconfig).toMatch('[*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,vue}]')
+})
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/generator.js b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/generator/index.js
similarity index 75%
rename from packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/generator.js
rename to packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/generator/index.js
index 4001e4446a..ad846d59da 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/generator.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/generator/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
+const fs = require('fs')
+const path = require('path')
+
 module.exports = (api, { config, lintOn = [] }, _, invoking) => {
   if (typeof lintOn === 'string') {
     lintOn = lintOn.split(',')
   }
 
-  const eslintConfig = require('./eslintOptions').config(api)
+  const eslintConfig = require('../eslintOptions').config(api)
 
   const pkg = {
     scripts: {
@@ -20,21 +23,40 @@ module.exports = (api, { config, lintOn = [] }, _, invoking) => {
     }
   }
 
+  const injectEditorConfig = (config) => {
+    const filePath = api.resolve('.editorconfig')
+    if (fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
+      // Append to existing .editorconfig
+      api.render(files => {
+        const configPath = path.resolve(__dirname, `./template/${config}/_editorconfig`)
+        const editorconfig = fs.readFileSync(configPath, 'utf-8')
+
+        files['.editorconfig'] += `\n${editorconfig}`
+      })
+    } else {
+      api.render(`./template/${config}`)
+    }
+  }
+
   if (config === 'airbnb') {
     eslintConfig.extends.push('@vue/airbnb')
     Object.assign(pkg.devDependencies, {
       '@vue/eslint-config-airbnb': '^3.0.5'
     })
+    injectEditorConfig('airbnb')
   } else if (config === 'standard') {
     eslintConfig.extends.push('@vue/standard')
     Object.assign(pkg.devDependencies, {
       '@vue/eslint-config-standard': '^3.0.5'
     })
+    injectEditorConfig('standard')
   } else if (config === 'prettier') {
     eslintConfig.extends.push('@vue/prettier')
     Object.assign(pkg.devDependencies, {
       '@vue/eslint-config-prettier': '^3.0.5'
     })
+    // prettier & default config do not have any style rules
+    // so no need to generate an editorconfig file
   } else {
     // default
     eslintConfig.extends.push('eslint:recommended')
@@ -80,7 +102,7 @@ module.exports = (api, { config, lintOn = [] }, _, invoking) => {
   // lint & fix after create to ensure files adhere to chosen config
   if (config && config !== 'base') {
     api.onCreateComplete(() => {
-      require('./lint')({ silent: true }, api)
+      require('../lint')({ silent: true }, api)
     })
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/generator/template/airbnb/_editorconfig b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/generator/template/airbnb/_editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c24743d006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/generator/template/airbnb/_editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,vue}]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 2
+end_of_line = lf
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+insert_final_newline = true
+max_line_length = 100
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/generator/template/standard/_editorconfig b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/generator/template/standard/_editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7053c49a04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/generator/template/standard/_editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,vue}]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 2
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+insert_final_newline = true
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-test-utils/createTestProject.js b/packages/@vue/cli-test-utils/createTestProject.js
index 8cc1e6fe57..eccca7317b 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-test-utils/createTestProject.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-test-utils/createTestProject.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ const path = require('path')
 const execa = require('execa')
 
 module.exports = function createTestProject (name, preset, cwd, initGit) {
+  delete process.env.VUE_CLI_SKIP_WRITE
+
   cwd = cwd || path.resolve(__dirname, '../../test')
 
   const projectRoot = path.resolve(cwd, name)
diff --git a/scripts/buildEditorConfig.js b/scripts/buildEditorConfig.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4845cc09fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/buildEditorConfig.js
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+// Generate editorconfig templates from built-in eslint configs.
+
+// Supported rules:
+// indent_style
+// indent_size
+// end_of_line
+// trim_trailing_whitespace
+// insert_final_newline
+// max_line_length
+
+const fs = require('fs')
+const path = require('path')
+const CLIEngine = require('eslint').CLIEngine
+
+// Convert eslint rules to editorconfig rules.
+function convertRules (config) {
+  const result = {}
+
+  const eslintRules = new CLIEngine({
+    useEslintrc: false,
+    baseConfig: {
+      extends: [require.resolve(`@vue/eslint-config-${config}`)]
+    }
+  }).getConfigForFile().rules
+
+  const getRuleOptions = (ruleName, defaultOptions = []) => {
+    const ruleConfig = eslintRules[ruleName]
+
+    if (!ruleConfig || ruleConfig === 0 || ruleConfig === 'off') {
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (Array.isArray(ruleConfig) && (ruleConfig[0] === 0 || ruleConfig[0] === 'off')) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (Array.isArray(ruleConfig) && ruleConfig.length > 1) {
+      return ruleConfig.slice(1)
+    }
+
+    return defaultOptions
+  }
+
+  // https://eslint.org/docs/rules/indent
+  const indent = getRuleOptions('indent', [4])
+  if (indent) {
+    result.indent_style = indent[0] === 'tab' ? 'tab' : 'space'
+
+    if (typeof indent[0] === 'number') {
+      result.indent_size = indent[0]
+    }
+  }
+
+  // https://eslint.org/docs/rules/linebreak-style
+  const linebreakStyle = getRuleOptions('linebreak-style', ['unix'])
+  if (linebreakStyle) {
+    result.end_of_line = linebreakStyle[0] === 'unix' ? 'lf' : 'crlf'
+  }
+
+  // https://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-trailing-spaces
+  const noTrailingSpaces = getRuleOptions('no-trailing-spaces', [{ skipBlankLines: false, ignoreComments: false }])
+  if (noTrailingSpaces) {
+    if (!noTrailingSpaces[0].skipBlankLines && !noTrailingSpaces[0].ignoreComments) {
+      result.trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+    }
+  }
+
+  // https://eslint.org/docs/rules/eol-last
+  const eolLast = getRuleOptions('eol-last', ['always'])
+  if (eolLast) {
+    result.insert_final_newline = eolLast[0] !== 'never'
+  }
+
+  // https://eslint.org/docs/rules/max-len
+  const maxLen = getRuleOptions('max-len', [{ code: 80 }])
+  if (maxLen) {
+    // To simplify the implementation logic, we only read from the `code` option.
+
+    // `max-len` has an undocumented array-style configuration,
+    // where max code length specified directly as integers
+    // (used by `eslint-config-airbnb`).
+
+    if (typeof maxLen[0] === 'number') {
+      result.max_line_length = maxLen[0]
+    } else {
+      result.max_line_length = maxLen[0].code
+    }
+  }
+
+  return result
+}
+
+exports.buildEditorConfig = function buildEditorConfig () {
+  console.log('Building EditorConfig files...')
+  // Get built-in eslint configs
+  const configList = fs.readdirSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '../packages/@vue/'))
+    .map(name => {
+      const matched = /eslint-config-(\w+)/.exec(name)
+      return matched && matched[1]
+    })
+    .filter(x => x)
+
+  configList.forEach(config => {
+    let content = '[*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,vue}]\n'
+
+    const editorconfig = convertRules(config)
+
+    // `eslint-config-prettier` & `eslint-config-typescript` do not have any style rules
+    if (!Object.keys(editorconfig).length) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(editorconfig)) {
+      content += `${key} = ${value}\n`
+    }
+
+    const templateDir = path.resolve(__dirname, `../packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/generator/template/${config}`)
+    if (!fs.existsSync(templateDir)) {
+      fs.mkdirSync(templateDir)
+    }
+    fs.writeFileSync(`${templateDir}/_editorconfig`, content)
+  })
+  console.log('EditorConfig files up-to-date.')
+}
diff --git a/scripts/release.js b/scripts/release.js
index 810e704727..aa0745e149 100644
--- a/scripts/release.js
+++ b/scripts/release.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ const execa = require('execa')
 const semver = require('semver')
 const inquirer = require('inquirer')
 const { syncDeps } = require('./syncDeps')
+const { buildEditorConfig } = require('./buildEditorConfig')
 
 const curVersion = require('../lerna.json').version
 
@@ -79,6 +80,9 @@ const release = async () => {
       skipPrompt: true
     })
     delete process.env.PREFIX
+
+    buildEditorConfig()
+
     await execa('git', ['add', '-A'], { stdio: 'inherit' })
     await execa('git', ['commit', '-m', 'chore: pre release sync'], { stdio: 'inherit' })
   }