diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4687bc4f44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.babelrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "presets": ["es2015", "react", "stage-0"]
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 02de9f47da..67e5d32e2d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@
       "/_site/"
     ],
     "testPathIgnorePatterns": [
-      "/node_modules/",
-      "/dist/"
+      "/node_modules/"
     ],
     "scriptPreprocessor": "<rootDir>/node_modules/webpack-babel-jest",
     "testDirectoryName": "tests"