diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c1ef25f5a0d..07a12430187 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,10 +34,12 @@
     "sliced": "1.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "acorn": "5.7.3",
     "acquit": "1.0.0",
     "acquit-ignore": "0.1.0",
     "acquit-require": "0.1.1",
     "babel-loader": "7.1.4",
+    "babel-preset-es2015": "6.24.1",
     "benchmark": "2.1.2",
     "bluebird": "3.5.0",
     "chalk": "^2.4.1",
diff --git a/test/webpack.test.js b/test/webpack.test.js
index 1d312c811cb..ca999a5dd76 100644
--- a/test/webpack.test.js
+++ b/test/webpack.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 'use strict';
 
+const acorn = require('acorn');
 const assert = require('assert');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
 const utils = require('../lib/utils');
 const semver = require('semver');
 
@@ -27,8 +30,14 @@ describe('webpack', function() {
         rules: [
           {
             test: /\.js$/,
-            exclude: /node_modules/i,
-            loader: 'babel-loader'
+            include: [
+              /\/mongoose\//i,
+              /\/kareem\//i
+            ],
+            loader: 'babel-loader',
+            options: {
+              presets: ['es2015']
+            }
           }
         ]
       },
@@ -49,9 +58,15 @@ describe('webpack', function() {
     webpack(config, utils.tick(function(error, stats) {
       assert.ifError(error);
       assert.deepEqual(stats.compilation.errors, []);
+
       // Avoid expressions in `require()` because that scares webpack (gh-6705)
       assert.ok(!stats.compilation.warnings.
         find(msg => msg.toString().startsWith('ModuleDependencyWarning:')));
+
+      const content = fs.readFileSync(`${__dirname}/files/main.js`, 'utf8');
+
+      acorn.parse(content, { ecmaVersion: 5 });
+
       done();
     }));
     // acquit:ignore:end