diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/package.json b/packages/babel-cli/package.json
index 108c351cf4..20e62a05fd 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
     "babel-runtime": "^5.0.0",
     "bin-version-check": "^2.1.0",
     "chalk": "1.1.1",
-    "chokidar": "^1.0.0",
     "commander": "^2.8.1",
     "convert-source-map": "^1.1.0",
     "fs-readdir-recursive": "^0.1.0",
@@ -28,6 +27,9 @@
     "source-map": "^0.5.0",
     "v8flags": "^2.0.10"
   },
+  "optionalDependencies": {
+    "chokidar": "^1.0.0"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-helper-fixtures": "^6.3.13"
   },