diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3996175e..a3ffed94 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ module.exports = Object.assign(jestConfig, {
 > configuring things to make it less magical and more straightforward. Extending
 > can take place on your terms. I think this is actually a great way to do this.
 
+### Flow support
+
+If the `flow-bin` is a dependency on the project the `@babel/preset-flow` will automatically get loaded you only need to install it manually by running `npm install --save-dev @babel/preset-flow`
+
 ## Inspiration
 
 This is inspired by `react-scripts`.
diff --git a/src/__tests__/utils.js b/src/__tests__/utils.js
index 4aaca33d..724bee53 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/utils.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/utils.js
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   readPkgUpSyncMock = require('read-pkg-up').sync
 })
 
+test(`optionalRequire returns undefined for not existing module`, () => {
+  expect(
+    require('../utils').optionalRequire('this-module-is-missing'),
+  ).toBeUndefined()
+})
+
+test(`optionalRequire returns undefined for known module`, () => {
+  expect(require('../utils').optionalRequire('prettier')).not.toBeUndefined()
+})
+
 test('pkg is the package.json', () => {
   const myPkg = {name: 'blah'}
   mockPkg({pkg: myPkg})
diff --git a/src/config/babelrc.js b/src/config/babelrc.js
index 30fb764d..0e1459a1 100644
--- a/src/config/babelrc.js
+++ b/src/config/babelrc.js
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 const browserslist = require('browserslist')
 const semver = require('semver')
 
-const {ifAnyDep, parseEnv, appDirectory, pkg} = require('../utils')
+const {
+  ifAnyDep,
+  parseEnv,
+  appDirectory,
+  pkg,
+  optionalRequire,
+} = require('../utils')
 
 const {BABEL_ENV, NODE_ENV, BUILD_FORMAT} = process.env
 const isTest = (BABEL_ENV || NODE_ENV) === 'test'
@@ -13,8 +19,11 @@ const isWebpack = parseEnv('BUILD_WEBPACK', false)
 const treeshake = parseEnv('BUILD_TREESHAKE', isRollup || isWebpack)
 const alias = parseEnv('BUILD_ALIAS', isPreact ? {react: 'preact'} : null)
 
-const hasBabelRuntimeDep = Boolean(pkg.dependencies && pkg.dependencies['@babel/runtime'])
-const RUNTIME_HELPERS_WARN = 'You should add @babel/runtime as dependency to your package. It will allow reusing so-called babel helpers from npm rather than bundling their copies into your files.'
+const hasBabelRuntimeDep = Boolean(
+  pkg.dependencies && pkg.dependencies['@babel/runtime'],
+)
+const RUNTIME_HELPERS_WARN =
+  'You should add @babel/runtime as dependency to your package. It will allow reusing so-called babel helpers from npm rather than bundling their copies into your files.'
 
 if (!treeshake && !hasBabelRuntimeDep) {
   throw new Error(RUNTIME_HELPERS_WARN)
@@ -35,8 +44,8 @@ const browsersConfig = browserslist.loadConfig({path: appDirectory}) || [
 const envTargets = isTest
   ? {node: 'current'}
   : isWebpack || isRollup
-    ? {browsers: browsersConfig}
-    : {node: getNodeVersion(pkg)}
+  ? {browsers: browsersConfig}
+  : {node: getNodeVersion(pkg)}
 const envOptions = {modules: false, loose: true, targets: envTargets}
 
 module.exports = () => ({
@@ -49,9 +58,13 @@ module.exports = () => ({
         {pragma: isPreact ? 'React.h' : undefined},
       ],
     ),
+    ifAnyDep(['flow-bin'], [optionalRequire('@babel/preset-flow')]),
   ].filter(Boolean),
   plugins: [
-    [require.resolve('@babel/plugin-transform-runtime'), { useESModules: treeshake && !isCJS }],
+    [
+      require.resolve('@babel/plugin-transform-runtime'),
+      {useESModules: treeshake && !isCJS},
+    ],
     require.resolve('babel-plugin-macros'),
     alias
       ? [
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 74539493..18367eba 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ const ifDevDep = ifPkgSubProp('devDependencies')
 const ifAnyDep = (deps, t, f) => (hasAnyDep(arrify(deps)) ? t : f)
 const ifScript = ifPkgSubProp('scripts')
 
+function optionalRequire(name) {
+  try {
+    return require.resolve(name)
+  } catch (e) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+}
+
 function parseEnv(name, def) {
   if (envIsSet(name)) {
     try {
@@ -189,4 +197,5 @@ module.exports = {
   resolveKcdScripts,
   uniq,
   writeExtraEntry,
+  optionalRequire,
 }