diff --git a/packages/babel-node/src/_babel-node.js b/packages/babel-node/src/_babel-node.js
index cb5e0210f8..8583c2a7fb 100644
--- a/packages/babel-node/src/_babel-node.js
+++ b/packages/babel-node/src/_babel-node.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ function collect(value, previousValue): Array<string> {
 }
 
 program.option("-e, --eval [script]", "Evaluate script");
+program.option("-r, --require [module]", "Require module");
 program.option("-p, --print [code]", "Evaluate script and print result");
 program.option(
   "-o, --only [globs]",
@@ -130,7 +131,11 @@ if (program.eval || program.print) {
 
       if (arg[0] === "-") {
         const parsedArg = program[arg.slice(2)];
-        if (parsedArg && parsedArg !== true) {
+        if (
+          arg === "-r" ||
+          arg === "--require" ||
+          (parsedArg && parsedArg !== true)
+        ) {
           ignoreNext = true;
         }
       } else {
@@ -140,6 +145,15 @@ if (program.eval || program.print) {
     });
     args = args.slice(i);
 
+    // We have to handle require ourselfs, as we want to require it in the context of babel-register
+    if (program.require) {
+      let requireFileName = program.require;
+      if (!path.isAbsolute(requireFileName)) {
+        requireFileName = path.join(process.cwd(), requireFileName);
+      }
+      require(requireFileName);
+    }
+
     // make the filename absolute
     const filename = args[0];
     if (!path.isAbsolute(filename)) {
diff --git a/packages/babel-node/src/babel-node.js b/packages/babel-node/src/babel-node.js
index 31e3634a1a..cb3f20ab85 100755
--- a/packages/babel-node/src/babel-node.js
+++ b/packages/babel-node/src/babel-node.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function getNormalizedV8Flag(arg) {
 }
 
 getV8Flags(function(err, v8Flags) {
-  babelArgs.forEach(function(arg) {
+  babelArgs.forEach(function(arg, index) {
     const flag = arg.split("=")[0];
 
     switch (flag) {
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ getV8Flags(function(err, v8Flags) {
         args.unshift(arg);
         break;
 
+      case "-r":
+      case "--require":
+        args.push(flag);
+        args.push(babelArgs[index + 1]);
+        delete babelArgs[index + 1];
+        break;
+
       case "-gc":
         args.unshift("--expose-gc");
         break;