From b2dc560a2d4d7062ca60ef76d0232bd094f137de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian McKenzie <sebmck@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 14:33:18 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] allow a string to be passed as the `optional` option

---
 CHANGELOG.md     | 5 +++++
 lib/6to5/file.js | 1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8192090636..6ccd2fab09 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
 
 _Note: Gaps between patch versions are faulty/broken releases._
 
+## 2.11.3
+
+ * **Bug Fix**
+  * Allow a string to be passed as the `optional` option.
+
 ## 2.11.2
 
  * **Bug Fix**
diff --git a/lib/6to5/file.js b/lib/6to5/file.js
index 70a0b900b6..d18a53bdc2 100644
--- a/lib/6to5/file.js
+++ b/lib/6to5/file.js
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ File.normaliseOptions = function (opts) {
 
   opts.blacklist = util.arrayify(opts.blacklist);
   opts.whitelist = util.arrayify(opts.whitelist);
+  opts.optional  = util.arrayify(opts.optional);
 
   _.defaults(opts, {
     moduleRoot: opts.sourceRoot