diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
index 0578679..554d2ac 100644
--- a/.babelrc
+++ b/.babelrc
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 {
-  "presets": ["react", "es2015"]
+  "presets": ["react"],
+  "plugins": [
+    ["transform-es2015-modules-commonjs", { "loose": true }],
+    "transform-es2015-block-scoping",
+    "transform-es2015-function-name",
+    "transform-es3-property-literals",
+    "check-es2015-constants"
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6733e86..8bd91c4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## v0.6.2 - Apr 23 2016
+
+* Configure Babel transforms so the bundled output works in IE8. Thanks [@SimenB](https://github.com/SimenB)!
+
 ## v0.6.1 - Apr 8 2016
 
 * Allow React 15.x as a peer dependency
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 395ee5b..c3dd6dc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-spin",
-  "version": "0.6.1",
+  "version": "0.6.2",
   "description": "A React component wrapper for spin.js",
   "main": "lib/main.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@
     "babel-cli": "^6.6.0",
     "babel-eslint": "^5.0.0",
     "babel-loader": "^6.2.4",
-    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.6.0",
+    "babel-plugin-check-es2015-constants": "^6.7.2",
+    "babel-plugin-transform-es2015-block-scoping": "^6.7.1",
+    "babel-plugin-transform-es2015-function-name": "^6.5.0",
+    "babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs": "^6.7.0",
+    "babel-plugin-transform-es3-property-literals": "^6.5.0",
     "babel-preset-react": "^6.5.0",
     "eslint": "^1.10.3",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^4.1.0",
@@ -38,6 +42,8 @@
     "webpack": "^1.12.14"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "create-react-class": "^15.5.3",
+    "prop-types": "^15.5.10",
     "spin.js": "^2.0.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 5bca4ac..173bc9d 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import createReactClass from 'create-react-class';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import Spinner from 'spin.js';
 
-const ReactSpinner = React.createClass({
+const ReactSpinner = createReactClass({
   propTypes: {
-    config: React.PropTypes.object,
-    stopped: React.PropTypes.bool
+    config: PropTypes.object,
+    stopped: PropTypes.bool
   },
 
   componentDidMount: function() {