diff --git a/src/transforms/babel.js b/src/transforms/babel.js
index 0a09df25f83..d8ff0e1d88c 100644
--- a/src/transforms/babel.js
+++ b/src/transforms/babel.js
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ const JSX_EXTENSIONS = {
 const JSX_PRAGMA = {
   react: 'React.createElement',
   preact: 'h',
-  nervjs: 'Nerv.createElement'
+  nervjs: 'Nerv.createElement',
+  hyperapp: 'h'
 };
 
 async function babelTransform(asset) {
diff --git a/test/integration/jsx-hyperapp/index.js b/test/integration/jsx-hyperapp/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d097d55d7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/jsx-hyperapp/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = <div />;
diff --git a/test/integration/jsx-hyperapp/package.json b/test/integration/jsx-hyperapp/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c333e4a1bd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/jsx-hyperapp/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+ "dependencies": {
+    "hyperapp": "*"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/javascript.js b/test/javascript.js
index e394ba47407..efbce432b8d 100644
--- a/test/javascript.js
+++ b/test/javascript.js
@@ -683,6 +683,13 @@ describe('javascript', function() {
     let file = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/dist/index.js', 'utf8');
     assert(file.includes('Nerv.createElement("div"'));
   });
+  
+  it('should support compiling JSX in JS files with Hyperapp dependency', async function() {
+    await bundle(__dirname + '/integration/jsx-hyperapp/index.js');
+
+    let file = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/dist/index.js', 'utf8');
+    assert(file.includes('h("div"'));
+  });
 
   it('should support optional dependencies in try...catch blocks', async function() {
     let b = await bundle(__dirname + '/integration/optional-dep/index.js');