diff --git a/packager/react-packager/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/worker-test.js b/packager/react-packager/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/worker-test.js
index b08035098..b66dabe2a 100644
--- a/packager/react-packager/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/worker-test.js
+++ b/packager/react-packager/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/worker-test.js
@@ -68,7 +68,20 @@ describe('code transformation worker:', () => {
       done();
     });
   });
-
+  
+  it('removes shebang when present', done => {
+    const shebang = '#!/usr/bin/env node';
+    const result = {
+      code: `${shebang} \n arbitrary(code)`,
+    };
+    transform.mockImplementation((_, callback) => callback(null, result));
+    transformCode(transform, 'arbitrary/file.js', 'b', {}, (_, data) => {
+      expect(data.code).not.toContain(shebang);
+      expect(data.code.split('\n').length).toEqual(result.code.split('\n').length);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+  
   it('calls back with any error yielded by the transform', done => {
     const error = Error('arbitrary error');
     transform.mockImplementation((_, callback) => callback(error));
diff --git a/packager/react-packager/src/JSTransformer/worker/index.js b/packager/react-packager/src/JSTransformer/worker/index.js
index 1b68feaed..a767f9996 100644
--- a/packager/react-packager/src/JSTransformer/worker/index.js
+++ b/packager/react-packager/src/JSTransformer/worker/index.js
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ function transformCode(transform, filename, sourceCode, options, callback) {
 
     if (isJson) {
       code = code.replace(/^\w+\.exports=/, '');
+    } else {
+      // Remove shebang
+      code = code.replace(/^#!.*/, '');
     }
 
     const result = isJson || options.extern