diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 378a00cc8a..667dd4ac69 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ test-changelog.md
 .eslintrc.js
 .flowconfig
 .prettierignore
-babel.config.js
 jest.config.js
 prettier.config.js
 tsconfig.eslint.json
diff --git a/babel.config.js b/babel.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4bc657061b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/babel.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-undef, import/no-extraneous-dependencies
+const { getConfig } = require('@airbnb/config-babel');
+
+const config = getConfig({
+  library: true,
+  react: true,
+  next: true,
+  node: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test',
+  typescript: true,
+  env: {
+    targets: false,
+  },
+});
+
+if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test') {
+  config.presets[0][1].modules = false;
+}
+
+// Override to allow transpile es modules inside vega-lite
+config.ignore = config.ignore.filter(item => item !== 'node_modules/');
+config.ignore.push('node_modules/(?!(vega-lite|lodash-es))');
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
+module.exports = config;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0b4d87f49a..68686cb3c4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "yarn babel && yarn type && yarn build:assets",
     "babel": "yarn babel:cjs && yarn babel:esm",
-    "babel:cjs": "nimbus babel --clean --workspaces=\"@superset-ui/!(demo|generator-superset)\"",
-    "babel:esm": "nimbus babel --clean --workspaces=\"@superset-ui/!(demo|generator-superset)\" --esm",
+    "babel:cjs": "nimbus babel --clean --workspaces=\"@superset-ui/!(demo|generator-superset)\" --config-file=../../babel.config.js",
+    "babel:esm": "nimbus babel --clean --workspaces=\"@superset-ui/!(demo|generator-superset)\" --esm --config-file=../../babel.config.js",
     "build:assets": "node ./scripts/buildAssets.js",
     "demo": "cd packages/superset-ui-demo && yarn demo:build",
     "demo:clean": "cd packages/superset-ui-demo && yarn demo:clean",
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
   ],
   "nimbus": {
     "drivers": [
-      "babel",
+      { "driver": "babel", "strategy": "none" },
       "eslint",
       "jest",
       "prettier",
@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@
       },
       "coverageThreshold": {
         "global": {
-          "branches": 25,
-          "functions": 25,
-          "lines": 25,
-          "statements": 25
+          "branches": 5,
+          "functions": 5,
+          "lines": 5,
+          "statements": 5
         }
       },
       "moduleNameMapper": {
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@
       "setupFilesAfterEnv": [
         "@airbnb/config-jest/enzyme"
       ],
+      "transformIgnorePatterns": [
+        "node_modules/(?!(vega-lite|lodash-es))"
+      ],
       "testPathIgnorePatterns": [
         "packages/generator-superset/generators"
       ],
diff --git a/temporary-plugins/babel.config.js b/temporary-plugins/babel.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4bc657061b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/temporary-plugins/babel.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-undef, import/no-extraneous-dependencies
+const { getConfig } = require('@airbnb/config-babel');
+
+const config = getConfig({
+  library: true,
+  react: true,
+  next: true,
+  node: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test',
+  typescript: true,
+  env: {
+    targets: false,
+  },
+});
+
+if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test') {
+  config.presets[0][1].modules = false;
+}
+
+// Override to allow transpile es modules inside vega-lite
+config.ignore = config.ignore.filter(item => item !== 'node_modules/');
+config.ignore.push('node_modules/(?!(vega-lite|lodash-es))');
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
+module.exports = config;