diff --git a/src/babel/traversal/path/evaluation.js b/src/babel/traversal/path/evaluation.js
index 067bc3c7a9..73d5346eba 100644
--- a/src/babel/traversal/path/evaluation.js
+++ b/src/babel/traversal/path/evaluation.js
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ export function evaluate(): { confident: boolean; value: any } {
         case "/": return left / right;
         case "*": return left * right;
         case "%": return left % right;
+        case "**": return Math.pow(left, right);
         case "<": return left < right;
         case ">": return left > right;
         case "<=": return left <= right;