diff --git a/.babelrc.js b/babel.config.js
similarity index 100%
rename from .babelrc.js
rename to babel.config.js
diff --git a/build/files-checker.php b/build/files-checker.php
index a6a71e149eb..ed9ff9ac5ef 100644
--- a/build/files-checker.php
+++ b/build/files-checker.php
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 $expectedFiles = [
 	'.',
 	'..',
-	'.babelrc.js',
 	'.codecov.yml',
 	'.drone.yml',
 	'.eslintrc.js',
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ $expectedFiles = [
 	'autotest-external.sh',
 	'autotest-js.sh',
 	'autotest.sh',
+	'babel.config.js',
 	'build',
 	'CHANGELOG.md',
 	'CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md',
diff --git a/webpack.common.js b/webpack.common.js
index 53c5d5e6769..4a8cf1d2a0f 100644
--- a/webpack.common.js
+++ b/webpack.common.js
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ module.exports = []
 				{
 					test: /\.js$/,
 					loader: 'babel-loader',
-					exclude: /node_modules/
+					// automatically detect necessary packages to
+					// transpile in the node_modules folder
+					exclude: /node_modules(?!(\/|\\)(p-finally|p-limit|p-locate|p-queue|p-timeout|p-try)(\/|\\))/
+
 				},
 				{
 					test: /\.(png|jpg|gif)$/,