diff --git a/src/loader.js b/src/loader.js
index 2f41b821fae11127a923f32e6b3e25361416f96b..be39d473f9977e940fa2ba1ac66af9283d7d3924 100644
--- a/src/loader.js
+++ b/src/loader.js
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ function scriptLoaderString (loaders, config, customLoader) {
       name: defaultLoaders.babel,
       query: {
         presets: [loadBabelModule('@babel/preset-env')],
+        targets: 'node 8',
         plugins: [loadBabelModule('@babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs')],
         comments: 'false'
       }