diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs/src/index.js
index 1ae00f1c3c..8fd67773c6 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs/src/index.js
@@ -319,9 +319,12 @@ export default function () {
                       }
                     } else if (id.isArrayPattern() && id.node.elements) {
                       for (let i = 0; i < id.node.elements.length; i++) {
-                        const elem = id.node.elements[i];
+                        let elem = id.node.elements[i];
                         if (!elem) continue;
                         if (!t.isRestElement(elem)) {
+                          if (t.isAssignmentPattern(elem)) {
+                            elem = elem.left;
+                          }
                           const name = elem.name;
                           addTo(exports, name, elem);
                           exportsToInsert.push(buildExportsAssignment(elem, elem));
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs/test/fixtures/strict/export-const-destructuring-array/actual.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs/test/fixtures/strict/export-const-destructuring-array/actual.js
index 1b7752d6c5..ae9b52c168 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs/test/fixtures/strict/export-const-destructuring-array/actual.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs/test/fixtures/strict/export-const-destructuring-array/actual.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const [ foo, bar ] = [];
+export const [foo, bar = 2] = [1];
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs/test/fixtures/strict/export-const-destructuring-array/expected.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs/test/fixtures/strict/export-const-destructuring-array/expected.js
index e2fafbd5ca..62eda5c150 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs/test/fixtures/strict/export-const-destructuring-array/expected.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs/test/fixtures/strict/export-const-destructuring-array/expected.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 "use strict";
 
-const [foo, bar] = [];
+const [foo, bar = 2] = [1];
 exports.foo = foo;
 exports.bar = bar;