diff --git a/src/babel/api/register/cache.js b/src/babel/api/register/cache.js
index 9b5cb8f4bc..6ee51980ae 100644
--- a/src/babel/api/register/cache.js
+++ b/src/babel/api/register/cache.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ function getUserHome() {
   return process.env.HOME || process.env.HOMEPATH || process.env.USERPROFILE;
 }
 
-const FILENAME = process.env.BABEL_CACHE_PATH || path.join(getUserHome() || os.tmpdir(), "babel.json");
+const FILENAME = process.env.BABEL_CACHE_PATH || path.join(getUserHome() || os.tmpdir(), ".babel.json");
 var data = {};
 
 export function save() {