diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/src/_babel-node.js b/packages/babel-cli/src/_babel-node.js
index 40e08852fdea..3c7c40ed4d80 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/src/_babel-node.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/src/_babel-node.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ register({
 
 //
 
-let replPlugin = () => ({
+let replPlugin = ({ types: t }) => ({
   visitor: {
     ModuleDeclaration(path) {
       throw path.buildCodeFrameError("Modules aren't supported in the REPL");
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ let replPlugin = () => ({
       if (path.node.kind !== "var") {
         throw path.buildCodeFrameError("Only `var` variables are supported in the REPL");
       }
+    },
+
+    Program(path) {
+      if (path.get("body").some((child) => child.isExpressionStatement())) return;
+
+      // If the executed code doesn't evaluate to a value,
+      // prevent implicit strict mode from printing 'use strict'.
+      path.pushContainer("body", t.expressionStatement(t.identifier("undefined")));
     }
   }
 });
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/no-strict/options.json b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/no-strict/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..63fc4b34f430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel-node/no-strict/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "args": ["--eval","--print", "var a = 1;"],
+  "stdout": "undefined"
+}