diff --git a/lib/core/src/server/common/es6Transpiler.js b/lib/core/src/server/common/es6Transpiler.js
index b731e992e857..eca520f19adc 100644
--- a/lib/core/src/server/common/es6Transpiler.js
+++ b/lib/core/src/server/common/es6Transpiler.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { plugins } from './babel';
 const es6Transpiler = () => {
   // TODO: generate regexp using are-you-es5
 
-  const include = /[\\/]node_modules[\\/](@storybook\/node-logger|are-you-es5|better-opn|boxen|chalk|commander|find-cache-dir|find-up|fs-extra|json5|node-fetch|pkg-dir|resolve-from|semver)/;
+  const include = /[\\/]node_modules[\\/](@storybook\/node-logger|are-you-es5|better-opn|boxen|chalk|commander|find-cache-dir|find-up|fs-extra|highlight.js|json5|node-fetch|pkg-dir|resolve-from|semver)/;
   return {
     test: /\.js$/,
     use: [