diff --git a/packages/babel-node/src/babel-node.js b/packages/babel-node/src/babel-node.js
index e67c8022c4..5b018f6633 100755
--- a/packages/babel-node/src/babel-node.js
+++ b/packages/babel-node/src/babel-node.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function getNormalizedV8Flag(arg) {
 }
 
 getV8Flags(function(err, v8Flags) {
-  babelArgs.forEach(function(arg) {
+  babelArgs.forEach(function(arg, index) {
     const flag = arg.split("=")[0];
 
     switch (flag) {
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ getV8Flags(function(err, v8Flags) {
         args.unshift(arg);
         break;
 
+      case "-r":
+      case "--require":
+        args.push(babelArgs[index + 1]);
+        args.push(flag);
+        delete babelArgs[index + 1];
+        break;
+
       case "-gc":
         args.unshift("--expose-gc");
         break;