diff --git a/src/plugins/estree.js b/src/plugins/estree.js
index 61e2a8e69c..179f16f963 100644
--- a/src/plugins/estree.js
+++ b/src/plugins/estree.js
@@ -221,16 +221,15 @@ export default (superClass: Class<Parser>): Class<Parser> => class extends super
     isAsync: boolean,
     isPattern: boolean
   ): ?N.ObjectMethod {
-    const node = super.parseObjectMethod(prop, isGenerator, isAsync, isPattern);
+    const node: N.EstreeProperty = (super.parseObjectMethod(prop, isGenerator, isAsync, isPattern): any);
 
     if (node) {
-      // $FlowIgnore
-      if (node.kind === "method") node.kind = "init";
-      // $FlowIgnore
       node.type = "Property";
+      if (node.kind === "method") node.kind = "init";
+      node.shorthand = false;
     }
 
-    return node;
+    return (node: any);
   }
 
   parseObjectProperty(
@@ -240,16 +239,16 @@ export default (superClass: Class<Parser>): Class<Parser> => class extends super
     isPattern: boolean,
     refShorthandDefaultPos: ?Pos
   ): ?N.ObjectProperty {
-    const node = super.parseObjectProperty(prop, startPos, startLoc, isPattern, refShorthandDefaultPos);
+    const node: N.EstreeProperty = (
+      super.parseObjectProperty(prop, startPos, startLoc, isPattern, refShorthandDefaultPos): any
+    );
 
     if (node) {
-      // $FlowIgnore
       node.kind = "init";
-      // $FlowIgnore
       node.type = "Property";
     }
 
-    return node;
+    return (node: any);
   }
 
   toAssignable(
diff --git a/src/types.js b/src/types.js
index 950c2fdc6f..d4c1041ae8 100644
--- a/src/types.js
+++ b/src/types.js
@@ -724,3 +724,18 @@ export type FlowFunctionTypeParam = Node;
 export type FlowTypeAnnotation = Node;
 export type FlowVariance = Node;
 export type FlowClassImplements = Node;
+
+
+// estree
+
+export type EstreeProperty = NodeBase & {
+  type: "Property";
+  shorthand: boolean;
+  key: Expression;
+  computed: boolean;
+  value: Expression;
+  decorators: $ReadOnlyArray<Decorator>;
+  kind?: "get" | "set" | "init";
+
+  variance?: ?FlowVariance;
+};
diff --git a/test/fixtures/estree/object-method/basic/expected.json b/test/fixtures/estree/object-method/basic/expected.json
index b432d8ad2d..de9baf8dff 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/estree/object-method/basic/expected.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/estree/object-method/basic/expected.json
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@
                       },
                       "body": []
                     }
-                  }
+                  },
+                  "shorthand": false
                 }
               ]
             }