diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/bin/_babel-node b/packages/babel-cli/bin/_babel-node
index 16da983be0..c7e9596416 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/bin/_babel-node
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/bin/_babel-node
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ babel.register({
 //
 
 var _eval = function (code, filename) {
+  code = code.trim();
   if (!code) return undefined;
 
   code = babel.transform(code, {