diff --git a/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/configuration.js b/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/configuration.js
index cffab4f884ab..cef371cf526b 100644
--- a/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/configuration.js
+++ b/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/configuration.js
@@ -21,6 +21,26 @@ export function normalizeESLintConfig(options) {
   };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Merge user supplied estree plugin options to default estree plugin options
+ *
+ * @param {*} babelOptions
+ * @returns {Array} Merged parser plugin descriptors
+ */
+function getParserPlugins(babelOptions) {
+  const babelParserPlugins = babelOptions.parserOpts?.plugins ?? [];
+  // todo: enable classFeatures when it is supported by ESLint
+  const estreeOptions = { classFeatures: false };
+  for (const plugin of babelParserPlugins) {
+    if (Array.isArray(plugin) && plugin[0] === "estree") {
+      Object.assign(estreeOptions, plugin[1]);
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  // estree must be the first parser plugin to work with other parser plugins
+  return [["estree", estreeOptions], ...babelParserPlugins];
+}
+
 export function normalizeBabelParseConfig(options) {
   const parseOptions = {
     sourceType: options.sourceType,
@@ -31,10 +51,7 @@ export function normalizeBabelParseConfig(options) {
       allowReturnOutsideFunction: true,
       allowSuperOutsideMethod: true,
       ...options.babelOptions.parserOpts,
-      plugins: [
-        ["estree", { classFeatures: false }],
-        ...(options.babelOptions.parserOpts?.plugins ?? []),
-      ],
+      plugins: getParserPlugins(options.babelOptions),
       ranges: true,
       tokens: true,
     },
diff --git a/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/test/index.js b/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/test/index.js
index 60868edf3003..350e17ea2e58 100644
--- a/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/test/index.js
+++ b/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/test/index.js
@@ -327,6 +327,26 @@ describe("Babel and Espree", () => {
     expect(babylonAST.tokens[3].value).toEqual("#");
   });
 
+  it("parse to PropertyDeclaration when `classFeatures: true`", () => {
+    const code = "class A { #x }";
+    const babylonAST = parseForESLint(code, {
+      eslintVisitorKeys: true,
+      eslintScopeManager: true,
+      babelOptions: {
+        filename: "test.js",
+        parserOpts: {
+          plugins: [
+            ["estree", { classFeatures: true }],
+            "classPrivateProperties",
+            "classProperties",
+          ],
+        },
+      },
+    }).ast;
+    const classDeclaration = babylonAST.body[0];
+    expect(classDeclaration.body.body[0].type).toEqual("PropertyDefinition");
+  });
+
   it("empty program with line comment", () => {
     parseAndAssertSame("// single comment");
   });