diff --git a/lib/babel/transformation/helpers/build-react-transformer.js b/lib/babel/transformation/helpers/build-react-transformer.js
index 3076873888..7506a305a8 100644
--- a/lib/babel/transformation/helpers/build-react-transformer.js
+++ b/lib/babel/transformation/helpers/build-react-transformer.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ module.exports = function (exports, opts) {
       return t.inherits(t.property("init", node.name, value), node);
     }
   };
+
   exports.JSXOpeningElement = {
     exit: function (node, parent, scope, file) {
       var tagExpr = node.name;
diff --git a/lib/babel/transformation/transformers/other/react.js b/lib/babel/transformation/transformers/other/react.js
index b8d7a727fb..8473f33270 100644
--- a/lib/babel/transformation/transformers/other/react.js
+++ b/lib/babel/transformation/transformers/other/react.js
@@ -9,9 +9,17 @@ exports.Program = function (node, parent, scope, file) {
   var id = "React.createElement";
 
   var comment = file.ast.comments[0];
-  if (comment) {
+  for (var i = 0; i < file.ast.comments.length; i++) {
+    var comment = file.ast.comments[i];
     var matches = JSX_ANNOTATION_REGEX.exec(comment.value);
-    if (matches) id = matches[1];
+    if (matches) {
+      id = matches[1];
+      if (id === "React.DOM") {
+        throw file.errorWithNode(comment, "The @jsx React.DOM pragma has been deprecated as of React 0.12");
+      } else {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   file.set("jsxIdentifier", id.split(".").map(t.identifier).reduce(function (object, property) {