diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/package.json b/packages/babel-cli/package.json
index be27502a25..d68633db4b 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   "preferGlobal": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "babel-core": "^5.6.21",
+    "babel-polyfill": "^5.0.0",
     "chokidar": "^1.0.0",
     "commander": "^2.6.0",
     "convert-source-map": "^1.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/src/_babel-node.js b/packages/babel-cli/src/_babel-node.js
index 8e89bf0e63..2f168b7f09 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/src/_babel-node.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/src/_babel-node.js
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ import Module from "module";
 import { inspect } from "util";
 import path from "path";
 import repl from "repl";
+import register from "babel-core/register";
 import { util } from "babel-core";
 import * as babel from "babel-core";
 import vm from "vm";
 import _ from "lodash";
+import "babel-polyfill";
 
 let program = new commander.Command("babel-node");
 
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ program.parse(process.argv);
 
 //
 
-babel.register({
+register({
   extensions:   program.extensions,
   optional:     program.optional,
   ignore:       program.ignore,