diff --git a/lib/babel/transformation/file.js b/lib/babel/transformation/file.js
index 76be03515f..e74beccab5 100644
--- a/lib/babel/transformation/file.js
+++ b/lib/babel/transformation/file.js
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 
 module.exports = File;
 
-var SHEBANG_REGEX = /^\#\!.*/;
-
 var sourceMapToComment = require("source-map-to-comment");
+var shebangRegex       = require("shebang-regex");
 var isFunction         = require("lodash/lang/isFunction");
 var transform          = require("./index");
 var generate           = require("../generation");
@@ -247,12 +246,13 @@ File.prototype.getModuleFormatter = function (type) {
 };
 
 File.prototype.parseShebang = function (code) {
-  var shebangMatch = code.match(SHEBANG_REGEX);
+  var shebangMatch = shebangRegex.exec(code);
+
   if (shebangMatch) {
     this.shebang = shebangMatch[0];
 
     // remove shebang
-    code = code.replace(SHEBANG_REGEX, "");
+    code = code.replace(shebangRegex, "");
   }
 
   return code;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 59e278bfd2..3527e868f4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
     "regenerator-babel": "0.8.10-2",
     "regexpu": "^1.1.1",
     "repeating": "^1.1.2",
+    "shebang-regex": "^1.0.0",
     "slash": "^1.0.0",
     "source-map": "^0.1.43",
     "source-map-support": "^0.2.9",