diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6a34f2e4f..1e75b8f2d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     "lockfile": "^1.0.3",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
     "mongodb-download": "^2.2.3",
+    "regenerator-runtime": "^0.11.0",
     "tmp": "^0.0.33",
     "uuid": "^3.0.1"
   },
diff --git a/src/MongoMemoryServer.js b/src/MongoMemoryServer.js
index e613cca4c..8bb9165b7 100644
--- a/src/MongoMemoryServer.js
+++ b/src/MongoMemoryServer.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import getport from 'get-port';
 import Debug from 'debug';
 import MongoInstance from './util/MongoInstance';
 
+require('regenerator-runtime/runtime'); // eslint-disable-line
 tmp.setGracefulCleanup();
 
 export type MongoMemoryServerOptsT = {
diff --git a/src/util/MongoBinary.js b/src/util/MongoBinary.js
index b640da762..9714fb1b5 100644
--- a/src/util/MongoBinary.js
+++ b/src/util/MongoBinary.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import path from 'path';
 import LockFile from 'lockfile';
 import mkdirp from 'mkdirp';
 
+require('regenerator-runtime/runtime'); // eslint-disable-line
+
 export type MongoBinaryCache = {
   [version: string]: string,
 };
diff --git a/src/util/MongoInstance.js b/src/util/MongoInstance.js
index 60bf4f8b0..16010fc0b 100644
--- a/src/util/MongoInstance.js
+++ b/src/util/MongoInstance.js
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 import { ChildProcess, spawn as spawnChild } from 'child_process';
 import path from 'path';
 import MongoBinary from './MongoBinary';
-
 import type { MongoBinaryOpts } from './MongoBinary';
 
+require('regenerator-runtime/runtime'); // eslint-disable-line
+
 export type MongodOps = {
   // instance options
   instance: {