diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/package.json b/packages/babel-preset-env/package.json
index a1f3a7b8af..326b690789 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-env/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     "@babel/plugin-transform-template-literals": "7.0.0-rc.2",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-typeof-symbol": "7.0.0-rc.2",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-unicode-regex": "7.0.0-rc.2",
-    "browserslist": "^3.0.0",
+    "browserslist": "^4.1.0",
     "invariant": "^2.2.2",
     "js-levenshtein": "^1.1.3",
     "semver": "^5.3.0"
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/src/normalize-options.js b/packages/babel-preset-env/src/normalize-options.js
index 6d1e58ffce..75144356e1 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-env/src/normalize-options.js
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/src/normalize-options.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import browserslist from "browserslist";
 import builtInsList from "../data/built-ins.json";
 import { defaultWebIncludes } from "./default-includes";
 import moduleTransformations from "./module-transformations";
+import { isBrowsersQueryValid } from "./targets-parser";
 import { getValues, findSuggestion } from "./utils";
 import pluginsList from "../data/plugins.json";
 import { TopLevelOptions, ModulesOption, UseBuiltInsOption } from "./options";
@@ -92,6 +93,16 @@ export const checkDuplicateIncludeExcludes = (
   );
 };
 
+const normalizeTargets = (targets: any): Targets => {
+  // TODO: Allow to use only query or strings as a targets from next breaking change.
+  if (isBrowsersQueryValid(targets)) {
+    return { browsers: targets };
+  }
+  return {
+    ...targets,
+  };
+};
+
 export const validateConfigPathOption = (
   configPath: string = process.cwd(),
 ) => {
@@ -203,9 +214,7 @@ export default function normalizeOptions(opts: Options) {
       false,
     ),
     spec: validateBoolOption(TopLevelOptions.spec, opts.spec, false),
-    targets: {
-      ...opts.targets,
-    },
+    targets: normalizeTargets(opts.targets),
     useBuiltIns: validateUseBuiltInsOption(opts.useBuiltIns),
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/src/targets-parser.js b/packages/babel-preset-env/src/targets-parser.js
index f054d9d746..c2a446d7ea 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-env/src/targets-parser.js
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/src/targets-parser.js
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@ const browserNameMap = {
   ie: "ie",
   ios_saf: "ios",
   safari: "safari",
+  node: "node",
 };
 
-const isBrowsersQueryValid = (browsers: string | Array<string>): boolean =>
-  typeof browsers === "string" || Array.isArray(browsers);
+export const isBrowsersQueryValid = (
+  browsers: string | Array<string> | Targets,
+): boolean => typeof browsers === "string" || Array.isArray(browsers);
 
 const validateBrowsers = browsers => {
   invariant(
@@ -174,10 +176,17 @@ const getTargets = (targets: Object = {}, options: Object = {}): Targets => {
 
   // Parse browsers target via browserslist
   const browsersquery = validateBrowsers(targets.browsers);
-  if (targets.esmodules || !options.ignoreBrowserslistConfig) {
+  const shouldParseBrowsers = !!targets.browsers;
+  const shouldSearchForConfig =
+    !options.ignoreBrowserslistConfig && !Object.keys(targets).length;
+
+  if (shouldParseBrowsers || shouldSearchForConfig) {
     browserslist.defaults = objectToBrowserslist(targets);
 
-    const browsers = browserslist(browsersquery, { path: options.configPath });
+    const browsers = browserslist(browsersquery, {
+      path: options.configPath,
+    });
+
     const queryBrowsers = getLowestVersions(browsers);
     targets = mergeBrowsers(queryBrowsers, targets);
 
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options-add-used-built-ins/browserslist-config-ignore/options.json b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options-add-used-built-ins/browserslist-config-ignore/options.json
index 7792da9ef4..b90edbbf84 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options-add-used-built-ins/browserslist-config-ignore/options.json
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options-add-used-built-ins/browserslist-config-ignore/options.json
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     ["../../../../lib", {
       "configPath": "../fixtures/preset-options-add-used-built-ins/browserslist-config-ignore",
       "modules": false,
-      "ignoreBrowserslistConfig": true,
       "targets": { "esmodules": true },
       "useBuiltIns": "usage",
       "debug": true
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options-add-used-built-ins/source-type-script-query/input.js b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options-add-used-built-ins/source-type-script-query/input.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39f9e5858b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options-add-used-built-ins/source-type-script-query/input.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+require("foo");
+
+const x = new Promise(resolve => {
+  const p = [];
+
+  if (p.includes("a")) {
+  }
+});
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options-add-used-built-ins/source-type-script-query/options.json b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options-add-used-built-ins/source-type-script-query/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a92e3abd7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options-add-used-built-ins/source-type-script-query/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "presets": [
+    ["../../../../lib", {
+      "modules": false,
+      "targets": {
+        "node": "4.0.0"
+      },
+      "useBuiltIns": "usage",
+      "shippedProposals": true
+    }]
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options-add-used-built-ins/source-type-script-query/output.js b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options-add-used-built-ins/source-type-script-query/output.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d98c7e41c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options-add-used-built-ins/source-type-script-query/output.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+require("core-js/modules/es7.array.includes");
+
+require("core-js/modules/es6.promise");
+
+require("foo");
+
+var x = new Promise(function (resolve) {
+  var p = [];
+
+  if (p.includes("a")) {}
+});
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-with-false/browserslist b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-config-with-false/browserslist
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-with-false/browserslist
rename to packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-config-with-false/browserslist
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-with-false/input.mjs b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-config-with-false/input.mjs
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-with-false/input.mjs
rename to packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-config-with-false/input.mjs
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-with-false/options.json b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-config-with-false/options.json
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-with-false/options.json
rename to packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-config-with-false/options.json
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-with-false/output.mjs b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-config-with-false/output.mjs
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-with-false/output.mjs
rename to packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-config-with-false/output.mjs
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-array/input.mjs b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-package-with-false/input.mjs
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-array/input.mjs
rename to packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-package-with-false/input.mjs
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-package-with-false/options.json b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-package-with-false/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d575e094d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-package-with-false/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "presets": [
+    ["../../../../lib", {
+      "configPath": "../fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-with-false",
+      "modules": false,
+      "ignoreBrowserslistConfig": true
+    }]
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-package-with-false/output.mjs b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-package-with-false/output.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f688910ec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-package-with-false/output.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+var a = 1;
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-package-with-false/package.json b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-package-with-false/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5862d68270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-config-ignore-package-with-false/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "browserslist": "last 1 chrome version"
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-array/package.json b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-array/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 409d45c7fc..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-array/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "browserslist": "> 2%"
-}
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-array/output.mjs b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-targets/input.mjs
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-array/output.mjs
rename to packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-targets/input.mjs
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-array/options.json b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-targets/options.json
similarity index 81%
rename from packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-array/options.json
rename to packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-targets/options.json
index 4d3b8a30f1..4cbd932c33 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-array/options.json
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-targets/options.json
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
     ["../../../../lib", {
       "configPath": "../fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-array",
       "targets": {
-        "chrome": 55,
-        "browsers": []
+        "chrome": 55
       },
       "modules": false
     }]
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-targets/output.mjs b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-targets/output.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54b82a09ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-targets/output.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+const a = 1;
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-targets/package.json b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-targets/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..321ba17e87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package-ignore-with-targets/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "browserslist": "last 1 ie version"
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package/options.json b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package/options.json
index c10fd049d7..4df4752e3d 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package/options.json
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package/options.json
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
   "presets": [
     ["../../../../lib", {
       "configPath": "packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package",
-      "targets": {
-        "chrome": 55
-      },
       "modules": false
     }]
   ]
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package/output.mjs b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package/output.mjs
index f688910ec0..54b82a09ad 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package/output.mjs
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package/output.mjs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-var a = 1;
+const a = 1;
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package/package.json b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package/package.json
index 409d45c7fc..5862d68270 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/browserslist-package/package.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "browserslist": "> 2%"
+  "browserslist": "last 1 chrome version"
 }
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/targets-as-object/input.mjs b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/targets-as-object/input.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54b82a09ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/targets-as-object/input.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+const a = 1;
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/targets-as-object/options.json b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/targets-as-object/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad464f5e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/targets-as-object/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "presets": [
+    ["../../../../lib", {
+      "targets": {
+        "chrome": "55"
+      },
+      "modules": false
+    }]
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/targets-as-object/output.mjs b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/targets-as-object/output.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54b82a09ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/targets-as-object/output.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+const a = 1;
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/targets-as-string/input.mjs b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/targets-as-string/input.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54b82a09ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/targets-as-string/input.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+const a = 1;
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/targets-as-string/options.json b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/targets-as-string/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f0564700a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/targets-as-string/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "presets": [
+    ["../../../../lib", {
+      "targets": "chrome 55",
+      "modules": false
+    }]
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/targets-as-string/output.mjs b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/targets-as-string/output.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54b82a09ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/fixtures/preset-options/targets-as-string/output.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+const a = 1;
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/targets-parser.spec.js b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/targets-parser.spec.js
index 59bba47af6..fe6e2fac31 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-env/test/targets-parser.spec.js
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/test/targets-parser.spec.js
@@ -86,6 +86,47 @@ describe("getTargets", () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it("works with node versions", () => {
+      expect(
+        getTargets({
+          browsers: "node 8.5",
+        }),
+      ).toEqual({
+        node: "8.5.0",
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("works with current node version and string type browsers", () => {
+      expect(
+        getTargets({
+          browsers: "current node, chrome 55",
+        }),
+      ).toEqual({
+        node: process.versions.node,
+        chrome: "55.0.0",
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("does throws on unsupported versions", () => {
+      expect(() => {
+        getTargets({
+          browsers: "node 15.0.0, chrome 1000",
+        });
+      }).toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it("works with current node version and array type browsers", () => {
+      expect(
+        getTargets({
+          browsers: ["ie 11", "current node", "chrome 55"],
+        }),
+      ).toEqual({
+        node: process.versions.node,
+        chrome: "55.0.0",
+        ie: "11.0.0",
+      });
+    });
+
     it("prefers released version over TP", () => {
       expect(
         getTargets({