diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/index.js b/packages/babel-core/src/index.js
index 075351715ab1..56f3e0e57052 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-core/src/index.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export { version } from "../package.json";
 export { getEnv } from "./config/helpers/environment";
 
 export * as types from "@babel/types";
+export * as parser from "@babel/parser";
 export { default as traverse } from "@babel/traverse";
 export { default as template } from "@babel/template";
 
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/test/api.js b/packages/babel-core/test/api.js
index 0d8cf8fb3b99..0532aec47d03 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/test/api.js
+++ b/packages/babel-core/test/api.js
@@ -154,6 +154,14 @@ describe("api", function() {
     );
   });
 
+  it("exposes the parser", function() {
+    expect(babel.parser).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it("exposes types", function() {
+    expect(babel.types).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
   it("transformFile", function(done) {
     const options = {
       babelrc: false,