diff --git a/packages/config/types/build.d.ts b/packages/config/types/build.d.ts
index 43df12e941..db05940209 100644
--- a/packages/config/types/build.d.ts
+++ b/packages/config/types/build.d.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   Options as WebpackOptions,
   Plugin as WebpackPlugin
 } from 'webpack'
+import { TransformOptions } from '@babel/core'
 import { BundleAnalyzerPlugin } from 'webpack-bundle-analyzer'
 import { Options as WebpackDevMiddlewareOptions } from 'webpack-dev-middleware'
 import { Options as WebpackHotMiddlewareOptions } from 'webpack-hot-middleware'
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ type NuxtConfigurationLoaders = any // TBD
 
 export interface NuxtConfigurationBuild {
   analyze?: BundleAnalyzerPlugin.Options | boolean
-  babel?: any // TBD
+  babel?: TransformOptions
   cache?: boolean
   crossorigin?: string
   cssSourceMap?: boolean
diff --git a/packages/typescript/package.json b/packages/typescript/package.json
index e4f28b3ca9..5706475fe2 100644
--- a/packages/typescript/package.json
+++ b/packages/typescript/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   ],
   "main": "dist/typescript.js",
   "dependencies": {
+    "@types/babel__core": "^7.1.1",
     "@types/chokidar": "^2.1.3",
     "@types/compression": "^0.0.36",
     "@types/etag": "^1.8.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 30b8069c1e..d822c43f78 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1578,7 +1578,7 @@
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/anymatch/-/anymatch-1.3.1.tgz#336badc1beecb9dacc38bea2cf32adf627a8421a"
   integrity sha512-/+CRPXpBDpo2RK9C68N3b2cOvO0Cf5B9aPijHsoDQTHivnGSObdOF2BRQOYjojWTDy6nQvMjmqRXIxH55VjxxA==
 
-"@types/babel__core@^7.1.0":
+"@types/babel__core@^7.1.0", "@types/babel__core@^7.1.1":
   version "7.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/babel__core/-/babel__core-7.1.1.tgz#ce9a9e5d92b7031421e1d0d74ae59f572ba48be6"
   integrity sha512-+hjBtgcFPYyCTo0A15+nxrCVJL7aC6Acg87TXd5OW3QhHswdrOLoles+ldL2Uk8q++7yIfl4tURtztccdeeyOw==