diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/package.json b/packages/babel-cli/package.json
index 9ac90e5e98..5f328ab95c 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   "preferGlobal": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "babel-core": "^6.1.2",
+    "babel-register": "^6.0.0",
     "babel-polyfill": "^6.0.14",
     "babel-runtime": "^5.0.0",
     "bin-version-check": "^2.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/src/_babel-node.js b/packages/babel-cli/src/_babel-node.js
index 6fa82ac3f8..f7c889ffa3 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/src/_babel-node.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/src/_babel-node.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import Module from "module";
 import { inspect } from "util";
 import path from "path";
 import repl from "repl";
-import register from "babel-core/register";
+import register from "babel-register";
 import { util } from "babel-core";
 import * as babel from "babel-core";
 import vm from "vm";
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/package.json b/packages/babel-core/package.json
index 79970f5dd6..c6548207df 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-core/package.json
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
   "homepage": "https://babeljs.io/",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": "https://github.com/babel/babel/tree/master/packages/babel-core",
-  "browser": {
-    "./lib/api/register/node.js": "./lib/api/register/browser.js",
-    "esprima-fb": false
-  },
   "keywords": [
     "6to5",
     "babel",
@@ -34,6 +30,7 @@
     "babel-messages": "^6.0.15",
     "babel-template": "^6.0.16",
     "babel-runtime": "^5.0.0",
+    "babel-register": "^6.0.0",
     "babel-traverse": "^6.1.2",
     "babel-types": "^6.1.2",
     "babylon": "^6.1.2",
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/register.js b/packages/babel-core/register.js
index 6b85c7bcf8..80d8dbc771 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/register.js
+++ b/packages/babel-core/register.js
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-module.exports = require("./lib/api/register/node");
+// TODO: eventually deprecate this console.trace("use the `babel-register` package instead of `babel-core/register`");
+module.exports = require("babel-register");
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/api/node.js b/packages/babel-core/src/api/node.js
index 64ef29ee3e..dcfe8b5c19 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/src/api/node.js
+++ b/packages/babel-core/src/api/node.js
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ export { t as types };
 import traverse from "babel-traverse";
 export { traverse };
 
+import OptionManager from "../transformation/file/options/option-manager";
+export { OptionManager };
+
 //
 
 import Pipeline from "../transformation/pipeline";
diff --git a/packages/babel-register/README.md b/packages/babel-register/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db8a4759ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-register/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# babel-register
diff --git a/packages/babel-register/package.json b/packages/babel-register/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7190c8394
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-register/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "name": "babel-register",
+  "version": "6.0.14",
+  "description": "babel require hook",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "repository": "https://github.com/babel/babel/tree/master/packages/babel-register",
+  "author": "Sebastian McKenzie <sebmck@gmail.com>",
+  "main": "lib/node.js",
+  "browser": "lib/browser.js",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "core-js": "^1.0.0",
+    "home-or-tmp": "^1.0.0",
+    "path-exists": "^1.0.0",
+    "lodash": "^3.10.0",
+    "source-map-support": "^0.2.10",
+    "babel-core": "^6.0.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "babel-runtime": "^5.0.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/api/register/browser.js b/packages/babel-register/src/browser.js
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/babel-core/src/api/register/browser.js
rename to packages/babel-register/src/browser.js
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/api/register/cache.js b/packages/babel-register/src/cache.js
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/babel-core/src/api/register/cache.js
rename to packages/babel-register/src/cache.js
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/api/register/node.js b/packages/babel-register/src/node.js
similarity index 95%
rename from packages/babel-core/src/api/register/node.js
rename to packages/babel-register/src/node.js
index 8f2878ef82..4a6c757a90 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/src/api/register/node.js
+++ b/packages/babel-register/src/node.js
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
 import deepClone from "lodash/lang/cloneDeep";
 import sourceMapSupport from "source-map-support";
 import * as registerCache from "./cache";
-import OptionManager from "../../transformation/file/options/option-manager";
 import extend from "lodash/object/extend";
-import * as babel from "../node";
+import * as babel from "babel-core";
 import each from "lodash/collection/each";
-import * as util from  "../../util";
+import { util, OptionManager } from "babel-core";
 import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";