diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ede6343eec09..02c2aeeb4668 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
     "babel-plugin-add-module-exports": "^0.1.1",
     "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.1.18",
     "babel-preset-react": "^6.1.18",
+    "babel-preset-react-hmre": "^1.1.0",
     "babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.1.18",
     "busboy": "^0.2.9",
     "chalk": "^1.1.0",
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index f6ca0c258cd6..bcba32864ec3 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ module.exports = {
       loader: 'babel',
       query: {
         cacheDirectory: true,
-        presets: ['es2015', 'react', 'stage-0'],
+        presets: ['es2015', 'react', 'stage-0', 'react-hmre'],
         plugins: ['add-module-exports']
       }
     }, {