diff --git a/packages/babel-generator/src/node/parentheses.js b/packages/babel-generator/src/node/parentheses.js
index 8b043badf1..79b97902b8 100644
--- a/packages/babel-generator/src/node/parentheses.js
+++ b/packages/babel-generator/src/node/parentheses.js
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ export function TSUnionType(node: Object, parent: Object): boolean {
 
 export { TSUnionType as TSIntersectionType };
 
+export function TSInferType(node: Object, parent: Object): boolean {
+  return t.isTSArrayType(parent) || t.isTSOptionalType(parent);
+}
+
 export function BinaryExpression(node: Object, parent: Object): boolean {
   // let i = (1 in []);
   // for ((1 in []);;);
diff --git a/packages/babel-generator/test/index.js b/packages/babel-generator/test/index.js
index e247686e24..f62ae453f5 100644
--- a/packages/babel-generator/test/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-generator/test/index.js
@@ -295,6 +295,15 @@ describe("generation", function() {
     expect(generated).toHaveProperty("map");
     expect(typeof generated.map).toBe("object");
   });
+
+  it("wraps around infer inside an array type", () => {
+    const type = t.tsArrayType(
+      t.tsInferType(t.tsTypeParameter(null, null, "T")),
+    );
+
+    const output = generate(type).code;
+    expect(output).toBe("(infer T)[]");
+  });
 });
 
 describe("programmatic generation", function() {