diff --git a/config/webpack/loaders/babel.js b/config/webpack/loaders/babel.js
index ae65db9eb59..a1992a450a9 100644
--- a/config/webpack/loaders/babel.js
+++ b/config/webpack/loaders/babel.js
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 module.exports = {
   test: /\.js$/,
   // include react-intl because transform-react-remove-prop-types needs to apply to it
-  exclude: /node_modules[\/\\](?!react-intl)/,
+  exclude: {
+    test: /node_modules/,
+    exclude: /react-intl[\/\\](?!locale-data)/,
+  },
   loader: 'babel-loader',
   options: {
     forceEnv: process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development',