diff --git a/components/babelrc b/components/babelrc
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/babelrc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "presets": [
+    "@babel/preset-env"
+  ],
+  "compact": false
+}
diff --git a/template/Makefile b/template/Makefile
--- a/template/Makefile
+++ b/template/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #   Main targets
 #   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 
-ALL_TARGETS=package.json .browserslistrc gulpfile.babel.js node_modules
+ALL_TARGETS=package.json .babelrc .browserslistrc gulpfile.babel.js node_modules
 CLEAN_TARGETS=dist/ ${ALL_TARGETS}
 
 all: ${ALL_TARGETS}
@@ -31,5 +31,8 @@
 node_modules: package.json
 	npm install
 
+.babelrc:
+	${CP} ${SOURCE}/babelrc .babelrc
+
 gulpfile.babel.js:
 	${CP} ${SOURCE}/gulpfile.js gulpfile.babel.js