diff --git a/packages/react-native-babel-preset/src/configs/main.js b/packages/react-native-babel-preset/src/configs/main.js
index c3b7f9d914224a..077e1a68b02287 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-babel-preset/src/configs/main.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-babel-preset/src/configs/main.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function isTSXSource(fileName) {
 const loose = true;
 
 const defaultPlugins = [
-  [require('babel-plugin-syntax-hermes-parser')],
+  [require('babel-plugin-syntax-hermes-parser'), {parseLangTypes: 'flow'}],
   [require('babel-plugin-transform-flow-enums')],
   [require('@babel/plugin-transform-block-scoping')],
   [require('@babel/plugin-transform-class-properties'), {loose}],