diff --git a/packages/babel/src/transformation/file/index.js b/packages/babel/src/transformation/file/index.js
index e16aacb978da..aefe11e40b47 100644
--- a/packages/babel/src/transformation/file/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel/src/transformation/file/index.js
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ export default class File {
     "temporal-undefined",
     "temporal-assert-defined",
     "self-global",
+    "typeof-react-element",
     "default-props",
     "instanceof",
 
diff --git a/packages/babel/src/transformation/templates/helper-typeof-react-element.js b/packages/babel/src/transformation/templates/helper-typeof-react-element.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac36f49c67ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel/src/transformation/templates/helper-typeof-react-element.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+(typeof Symbol === 'function' && Symbol.for && Symbol.for('react.element')) || 0xeac7
diff --git a/packages/babel/src/transformation/transformers/optimisation/react.inline-elements.js b/packages/babel/src/transformation/transformers/optimisation/react.inline-elements.js
index 8c7c182ed430..5e3554262cf6 100644
--- a/packages/babel/src/transformation/transformers/optimisation/react.inline-elements.js
+++ b/packages/babel/src/transformation/transformers/optimisation/react.inline-elements.js
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ export var visitor = {
     }
 
     // metadata
+    pushElemProp("$$typeof", file.addHelper("typeof-react-element"));
     pushElemProp("type", type);
     pushElemProp("ref", t.literal(null));