diff --git a/src/transforms/babel.js b/src/transforms/babel.js
index 841d6a65ba9..4b14dfe6f27 100644
--- a/src/transforms/babel.js
+++ b/src/transforms/babel.js
@@ -265,6 +265,14 @@ async function getEnvPlugins(targets, useBuiltIns = false) {
     {},
     {targets, modules: false, useBuiltIns: useBuiltIns ? 'entry' : false}
   ).plugins;
+
+  // babel-preset-env version 6.x does not cover object-rest-spread so always
+  // add it.
+  plugins.push([
+    require('babel-plugin-transform-object-rest-spread'),
+    {useBuiltIns}
+  ]);
+
   envCache.set(key, plugins);
   return plugins;
 }
diff --git a/test/javascript.js b/test/javascript.js
index 0a9840624e9..e2a28891da5 100644
--- a/test/javascript.js
+++ b/test/javascript.js
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ describe('javascript', function() {
   });
 
   it('should produce a basic JS bundle with object rest spread support', async function() {
-    let b = await bundle(__dirname + '/integration/object-rest-spread/object-rest-spread.js');
+    let b = await bundle(
+      __dirname + '/integration/object-rest-spread/object-rest-spread.js'
+    );
 
     assert.equal(b.assets.size, 1);