diff --git a/examples/react/.babelrc.js b/examples/react/.babelrc.js
index 7256ac590a22..1bd66ce106ef 100644
--- a/examples/react/.babelrc.js
+++ b/examples/react/.babelrc.js
@@ -2,4 +2,12 @@
 
 module.exports = {
   presets: ['@babel/preset-env', '@babel/preset-react'],
+  "plugins": [
+    [
+      "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties",
+      {
+        "loose": true
+      }
+    ]
+  ]
 };
diff --git a/examples/react/package.json b/examples/react/package.json
index 252d22a29c4f..c3752e4dbc0f 100644
--- a/examples/react/package.json
+++ b/examples/react/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "*",
+    "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties": "*",
     "@babel/preset-env": "*",
     "@babel/preset-react": "*",
     "babel-jest": "*",