diff --git a/src/babel/transformation/file/index.js b/src/babel/transformation/file/index.js
index 94c92d9117..c83194fdfe 100644
--- a/src/babel/transformation/file/index.js
+++ b/src/babel/transformation/file/index.js
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ export default class File {
     "create-decorated-object",
     "tagged-template-literal",
     "tagged-template-literal-loose",
-    "interop-require",
     "to-array",
     "to-consumable-array",
     "sliced-to-array",
@@ -74,6 +73,7 @@ export default class File {
     "define-property",
     "async-to-generator",
     "interop-require-wildcard",
+    "interop-require-default",
     "typeof",
     "extends",
     "get",
@@ -83,7 +83,10 @@ export default class File {
     "temporal-undefined",
     "temporal-assert-defined",
     "self-global",
-    "default-props"
+    "default-props",
+
+    // legacy
+    "interop-require",
   ];
 
   static soloHelpers = [
diff --git a/src/babel/transformation/modules/common.js b/src/babel/transformation/modules/common.js
index 20527e71ae..0679e2ed76 100644
--- a/src/babel/transformation/modules/common.js
+++ b/src/babel/transformation/modules/common.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export default class CommonJSFormatter extends DefaultFormatter {
         var uid = this.scope.generateUidBasedOnNode(node, "import");
 
         nodes.push(t.variableDeclaration("var", [
-          t.variableDeclarator(uid, t.callExpression(this.file.addHelper("interop-require-wildcard"), [ref]))
+          t.variableDeclarator(uid, t.callExpression(this.file.addHelper("interop-require-default"), [ref]))
         ]));
 
         this.internalRemap[variableName.name] = t.memberExpression(uid, t.identifier("default"));
diff --git a/src/babel/transformation/templates/helper-interop-require-default.js b/src/babel/transformation/templates/helper-interop-require-default.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..495e2ee2d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/babel/transformation/templates/helper-interop-require-default.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+(function (obj) {
+  return obj && obj.__esModule ? obj : { default: obj };
+})
diff --git a/src/babel/transformation/templates/helper-interop-require-wildcard.js b/src/babel/transformation/templates/helper-interop-require-wildcard.js
index 6e4e95f3f6..61411d8723 100644
--- a/src/babel/transformation/templates/helper-interop-require-wildcard.js
+++ b/src/babel/transformation/templates/helper-interop-require-wildcard.js
@@ -2,15 +2,13 @@
   if (obj && obj.__esModule) {
     return obj;
   } else {
-    var hop = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty;
-    var es_obj = { "default": obj };
+    var newObj = {};
     if (typeof obj === "object" && obj !== null) {
       for (var key in obj) {
-        if (key !== "default" && hop.call(obj, key)) {
-          es_obj[key] = obj[key];
-        }
+        if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, key)) newObj[key] = obj[key];
       }
     }
-    return es_obj;
+    newObj.default = obj;
+    return newObj;
   }
 })
diff --git a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-amd/exports-from/expected.js b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-amd/exports-from/expected.js
index 996f66aea3..db5a7c3606 100644
--- a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-amd/exports-from/expected.js
+++ b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-amd/exports-from/expected.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 define(["exports", "foo"], function (exports, _foo) {
   "use strict";
 
-  var _interopRequireWildcard = function (obj) { if (obj && obj.__esModule) { return obj; } else { var hop = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty; var es_obj = { "default": obj }; if (typeof obj === "object" && obj !== null) { for (var key in obj) { if (key !== "default" && hop.call(obj, key)) { es_obj[key] = obj[key]; } } } return es_obj; } };
+  var _interopRequireWildcard = function (obj) { if (obj && obj.__esModule) { return obj; } else { var newObj = {}; if (typeof obj === "object" && obj !== null) { for (var key in obj) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, key)) newObj[key] = obj[key]; } } newObj["default"] = obj; return newObj; } };
 
   var _defaults = function (obj, defaults) { var keys = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(defaults); for (var i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) { var key = keys[i]; var value = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(defaults, key); if (value && value.configurable && obj[key] === undefined) { Object.defineProperty(obj, key, value); } } return obj; };
 
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ define(["exports", "foo"], function (exports, _foo) {
       return _foo.bar;
     }
   });
-});
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/exports-from/expected.js b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/exports-from/expected.js
index 1a75c39e4a..9ab68d6c9d 100644
--- a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/exports-from/expected.js
+++ b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/exports-from/expected.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 
-var _interopRequireWildcard = function (obj) { if (obj && obj.__esModule) { return obj; } else { var hop = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty; var es_obj = { "default": obj }; if (typeof obj === "object" && obj !== null) { for (var key in obj) { if (key !== "default" && hop.call(obj, key)) { es_obj[key] = obj[key]; } } } return es_obj; } };
+var _interopRequireWildcard = function (obj) { if (obj && obj.__esModule) { return obj; } else { var newObj = {}; if (typeof obj === "object" && obj !== null) { for (var key in obj) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, key)) newObj[key] = obj[key]; } } newObj["default"] = obj; return newObj; } };
 
 var _defaults = function (obj, defaults) { var keys = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(defaults); for (var i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) { var key = keys[i]; var value = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(defaults, key); if (value && value.configurable && obj[key] === undefined) { Object.defineProperty(obj, key, value); } } return obj; };
 
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ Object.defineProperty(exports, "bar", {
   get: function get() {
     return _foo.bar;
   }
-});
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/imports-default/expected.js b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/imports-default/expected.js
index e2402e5892..e746b176e9 100644
--- a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/imports-default/expected.js
+++ b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/imports-default/expected.js
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 "use strict";
 
-var _interopRequireWildcard = function (obj) { if (obj && obj.__esModule) { return obj; } else { var hop = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty; var es_obj = { "default": obj }; if (typeof obj === "object" && obj !== null) { for (var key in obj) { if (key !== "default" && hop.call(obj, key)) { es_obj[key] = obj[key]; } } } return es_obj; } };
-
 var _foo = require("foo");
 
-var _foo2 = _interopRequireWildcard(_foo);
+var _foo2 = babelHelpers.interopRequireDefault(_foo);
 
-var _foo22 = _interopRequireWildcard(_foo);
+var _foo22 = babelHelpers.interopRequireDefault(_foo);
 
 _foo2["default"];
-_foo22["default"];
+_foo22["default"];
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/imports-default/options.json b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/imports-default/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d6e6cda1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/imports-default/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "externalHelpers": true
+}
diff --git a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/imports-glob/expected.js b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/imports-glob/expected.js
index 7122feb0d4..ef361817e2 100644
--- a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/imports-glob/expected.js
+++ b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/imports-glob/expected.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
-var _interopRequireWildcard = function (obj) { if (obj && obj.__esModule) { return obj; } else { var hop = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty; var es_obj = { "default": obj }; if (typeof obj === "object" && obj !== null) { for (var key in obj) { if (key !== "default" && hop.call(obj, key)) { es_obj[key] = obj[key]; } } } return es_obj; } };
+var _interopRequireWildcard = function (obj) { if (obj && obj.__esModule) { return obj; } else { var newObj = {}; if (typeof obj === "object" && obj !== null) { for (var key in obj) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, key)) newObj[key] = obj[key]; } } newObj["default"] = obj; return newObj; } };
 
 var _import = require("foo");
 
-var foo = _interopRequireWildcard(_import);
+var foo = _interopRequireWildcard(_import);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/imports-mixing/expected.js b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/imports-mixing/expected.js
index 23c26deb1d..a12225a350 100644
--- a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/imports-mixing/expected.js
+++ b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/imports-mixing/expected.js
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 "use strict";
 
-var _interopRequireWildcard = function (obj) { if (obj && obj.__esModule) { return obj; } else { var hop = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty; var es_obj = { "default": obj }; if (typeof obj === "object" && obj !== null) { for (var key in obj) { if (key !== "default" && hop.call(obj, key)) { es_obj[key] = obj[key]; } } } return es_obj; } };
-
 var _foo$xyz = require("foo");
 
-var _foo$xyz2 = _interopRequireWildcard(_foo$xyz);
+var _foo$xyz2 = babelHelpers.interopRequireDefault(_foo$xyz);
 
 _foo$xyz2["default"];
-_foo$xyz.baz;
+_foo$xyz.baz;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/imports-mixing/options.json b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/imports-mixing/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d6e6cda1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/imports-mixing/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "externalHelpers": true
+}
diff --git a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/overview/expected.js b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/overview/expected.js
index 3505641d79..55be7569e4 100644
--- a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/overview/expected.js
+++ b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/overview/expected.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 "use strict";
 
-var _interopRequireWildcard = function (obj) { if (obj && obj.__esModule) { return obj; } else { var hop = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty; var es_obj = { "default": obj }; if (typeof obj === "object" && obj !== null) { for (var key in obj) { if (key !== "default" && hop.call(obj, key)) { es_obj[key] = obj[key]; } } } return es_obj; } };
-
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", {
   value: true
 });
@@ -14,11 +12,11 @@ require("./directory/foo-bar");
 
 var _foo = require("foo2");
 
-var _foo2 = _interopRequireWildcard(_foo);
+var _foo2 = babelHelpers.interopRequireDefault(_foo);
 
 var _import = require("foo3");
 
-var foo2 = _interopRequireWildcard(_import);
+var foo2 = babelHelpers.interopRequireWildcard(_import);
 
 var _bar = require("foo4");
 
@@ -30,4 +28,4 @@ var test = 5;
 exports.test = test;
 _bar.bar;
 _bar2.foo;
-_foo2["default"];
+_foo2["default"];
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/overview/options.json b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/overview/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d6e6cda1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-common/overview/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "externalHelpers": true
+}
diff --git a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-umd/exports-from/expected.js b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-umd/exports-from/expected.js
index 55390f918b..85293a2999 100644
--- a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-umd/exports-from/expected.js
+++ b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es6.modules-umd/exports-from/expected.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 })(this, function (exports, _foo) {
   "use strict";
 
-  var _interopRequireWildcard = function (obj) { if (obj && obj.__esModule) { return obj; } else { var hop = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty; var es_obj = { "default": obj }; if (typeof obj === "object" && obj !== null) { for (var key in obj) { if (key !== "default" && hop.call(obj, key)) { es_obj[key] = obj[key]; } } } return es_obj; } };
+  var _interopRequireWildcard = function (obj) { if (obj && obj.__esModule) { return obj; } else { var newObj = {}; if (typeof obj === "object" && obj !== null) { for (var key in obj) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, key)) newObj[key] = obj[key]; } } newObj["default"] = obj; return newObj; } };
 
   var _defaults = function (obj, defaults) { var keys = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(defaults); for (var i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) { var key = keys[i]; var value = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(defaults, key); if (value && value.configurable && obj[key] === undefined) { Object.defineProperty(obj, key, value); } } return obj; };
 
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@
       return _foo.bar;
     }
   });
-});
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es7.decorators/class-modules/expected.js b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es7.decorators/class-modules/expected.js
index a061a0b3de..730b97d0ad 100644
--- a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es7.decorators/class-modules/expected.js
+++ b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es7.decorators/class-modules/expected.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", {
 
 var _foo = require("foo");
 
-var _foo2 = babelHelpers.interopRequireWildcard(_foo);
+var _foo2 = babelHelpers.interopRequireDefault(_foo);
 
 var Foo = (function () {
   function Foo() {
diff --git a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es7.export-extensions/default-commonjs/expected.js b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es7.export-extensions/default-commonjs/expected.js
index a6080cb65e..40f2fd7f7d 100644
--- a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es7.export-extensions/default-commonjs/expected.js
+++ b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/es7.export-extensions/default-commonjs/expected.js
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", {
 
 var _foo2 = require("bar");
 
-var _foo3 = babelHelpers.interopRequireWildcard(_foo2);
+var _foo3 = babelHelpers.interopRequireDefault(_foo2);
 
-exports.foo = _foo3["default"];
\ No newline at end of file
+exports.foo = _foo3["default"];
diff --git a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/misc/regression-lodash-tostring-import/expected.js b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/misc/regression-lodash-tostring-import/expected.js
index 86d5e19c3d..b7470e7ab4 100644
--- a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/misc/regression-lodash-tostring-import/expected.js
+++ b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/misc/regression-lodash-tostring-import/expected.js
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 var _toString = require("foo");
 
-var _toString2 = babelHelpers.interopRequireWildcard(_toString);
+var _toString2 = babelHelpers.interopRequireDefault(_toString);
 
 _toString2["default"];
diff --git a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/runtime/full/expected.js b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/runtime/full/expected.js
index 309d9659c8..e6f5afb696 100644
--- a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/runtime/full/expected.js
+++ b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/runtime/full/expected.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ var _Symbol = require("babel-runtime/core-js/symbol")["default"];
 
 var _regeneratorRuntime = require("babel-runtime/regenerator")["default"];
 
+var _interopRequireDefault = require("babel-runtime/helpers/interop-require-default")["default"];
+
 var _interopRequireWildcard = require("babel-runtime/helpers/interop-require-wildcard")["default"];
 
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", {
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ var marked0$0 = [giveWord].map(_regeneratorRuntime.mark);
 
 var _foo = require("someModule");
 
-var _foo2 = _interopRequireWildcard(_foo);
+var _foo2 = _interopRequireDefault(_foo);
 
 var bar = _interopRequireWildcard(_foo);
 
diff --git a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/runtime/modules-common/expected.js b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/runtime/modules-common/expected.js
index 83da9d72d2..97bff324fb 100644
--- a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/runtime/modules-common/expected.js
+++ b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/runtime/modules-common/expected.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 "use strict";
 
-var _interopRequireWildcard = require("babel-runtime/helpers/interop-require-wildcard")["default"];
+var _interopRequireDefault = require("babel-runtime/helpers/interop-require-default")["default"];
 
 var _foo = require("foo");
 
-var _foo2 = _interopRequireWildcard(_foo);
+var _foo2 = _interopRequireDefault(_foo);
 
-_foo2["default"];
\ No newline at end of file
+_foo2["default"];
diff --git a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/spec.function-name/modules-2/expected.js b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/spec.function-name/modules-2/expected.js
index a30628860c..5c833ee601 100644
--- a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/spec.function-name/modules-2/expected.js
+++ b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/spec.function-name/modules-2/expected.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", {
 
 var _last2 = require("lodash/array/last");
 
-var _last3 = babelHelpers.interopRequireWildcard(_last2);
+var _last3 = babelHelpers.interopRequireDefault(_last2);
 
 var Container = (function () {
   function Container() {
diff --git a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/spec.function-name/modules/expected.js b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/spec.function-name/modules/expected.js
index e300cd5a3f..0bb896b81e 100644
--- a/test/core/fixtures/transformation/spec.function-name/modules/expected.js
+++ b/test/core/fixtures/transformation/spec.function-name/modules/expected.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 var _events2 = require("events");
 
-var _events3 = babelHelpers.interopRequireWildcard(_events2);
+var _events3 = babelHelpers.interopRequireDefault(_events2);
 
 var Template = (function () {
   function Template() {