diff --git a/examples/typescript/.babelrc.js b/examples/typescript/.babelrc.js
index 7548884652ad..d3420d566912 100644
--- a/examples/typescript/.babelrc.js
+++ b/examples/typescript/.babelrc.js
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2014-present, Facebook, Inc. All rights reserved.
 
 module.exports = {
-  presets: ['@babel/preset-typescript', '@babel/preset-react'],
+  presets: [
+    '@babel/preset-env',
+    '@babel/preset-typescript',
+    '@babel/preset-react',
+  ],
 };
diff --git a/examples/typescript/package.json b/examples/typescript/package.json
index 35fe2cdffbfa..08915984fd34 100644
--- a/examples/typescript/package.json
+++ b/examples/typescript/package.json
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "*",
-    "@babel/preset-typescript": "*",
+    "@babel/preset-env": "*",
     "@babel/preset-react": "*",
+    "@babel/preset-typescript": "*",
     "@types/jest": "^23.1.1",
     "babel-jest": "*",
     "jest": "*"