diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/eslint-plugin/CHANGELOG.md
index a38e783e1adb9..48149ffc4c43f 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Master
 
+### New Features
+
+- The `prefer-const` rule included in the `recommended` and `esnext` rulesets has been relaxed to allow a `let` assignment if any of a [destructuring assignment](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Destructuring_assignment) are reassigned.
+
 ## 4.0.0 (2020-02-10)
 
 ### Breaking Changes
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/esnext.js b/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/esnext.js
index 35a758449571f..4cdd60b0fa05b 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/esnext.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/esnext.js
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ module.exports = {
 		'no-useless-constructor': 'error',
 		'no-var': 'error',
 		'object-shorthand': 'error',
-		'prefer-const': 'error',
+		'prefer-const': [
+			'error',
+			{
+				destructuring: 'all',
+			},
+		],
 		quotes: [
 			'error',
 			'single',