diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2b31b5064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.babelrc
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "presets": [
+    "es2015"
+  ],
+  "plugins": [
+    "transform-object-rest-spread"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 0ca95cbc99..0066e0851c 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
 		});
 	}
 
+	grunt.loadNpmTasks("grunt-browserify");
 	grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-clean');
 	grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-concat');
 	grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-connect');
@@ -25,6 +26,20 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
 	grunt.initConfig({
 		pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
 		clean: ['dist', 'tmp'],
+		babelify: {
+			dist: {
+				options: {
+					transform: [
+						["babelify"]
+					]
+				},
+				files: {
+					"./dist/axe.js": [
+						"./dist/axe.js"
+					]
+				}
+			}
+		},
 		concat: {
 			engine: {
 				src: [
@@ -265,9 +280,9 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
 	grunt.registerTask('default', ['build']);
 
 	grunt.registerTask('build', ['clean', 'validate', 'concat:commons', 'configure',
-		'concat:engine', 'copy', 'uglify']);
+		'concat:engine', 'copy', 'browserify', 'uglify']);
 
-	grunt.registerTask('test', ['build',  'testconfig', 'fixture', 'connect',
+	grunt.registerTask('test', ['build',	'testconfig', 'fixture', 'connect',
 		'mocha', 'jshint']);
 
 	grunt.registerTask('test-ci', ['build', 'fixture', 'connect', 'continue:on', 'saucelabs-mocha',
diff --git a/lib/intro.stub b/lib/intro.stub
index 5c1d324773..a2653d3023 100644
--- a/lib/intro.stub
+++ b/lib/intro.stub
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@
  * distribute or in any file that contains substantial portions of this source
  * code.
  */
-(function (global) {
+(function () {
+  // A window reference is required to access the axe object in a "global".
+  var global = window;
diff --git a/lib/outro.stub b/lib/outro.stub
index faef449b9d..53b27402c7 100644
--- a/lib/outro.stub
+++ b/lib/outro.stub
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 
 	axe.version = '<%= pkg.version %>';
-}(this));
+}());
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e0f94d028f..e73ff069f2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,12 +27,17 @@
     "test": "grunt test"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "babel-plugin-transform-object-rest-spread": "^6.6.5",
+    "babel-polyfill": "^6.7.4",
+    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.6.0",
+    "babelify": "^7.2.0",
     "blanket": "~1.1.7",
     "chai": "~3.0.0",
     "clone": "~1.0.2",
     "dot": "~1.0.3",
     "grunt": "~0.4.5",
     "grunt-blanket-mocha": "~0.5.0",
+    "grunt-browserify": "^5.0.0",
     "grunt-continue": "^0.1.0",
     "grunt-contrib-clean": "~0.6.0",
     "grunt-contrib-concat": "~0.5.1",