diff --git a/config/polyfills.js b/config/polyfills.js
index 1f71e4ac4f204f316b317013e9b0e5c72dad9ba8..7e601502b24b7ffeb3d4eebd9e33eaae6680c8c8 100644
--- a/config/polyfills.js
+++ b/config/polyfills.js
@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@ if (typeof Promise === 'undefined') {
 
 // fetch() polyfill for making API calls.
 require('whatwg-fetch');
+
+// Object.assign() is commonly used with React.
+// It will use the native implementation if it's present and isn't buggy.
+Object.assign = require('object-assign');
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4f82dd29a1309a31dc3f5f41f46ef05382c982e9..4dafc9670e7519b09bdf49c4ebf84a0470456044 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
     "http-proxy-middleware": "0.17.0",
     "jest": "14.1.0",
     "json-loader": "0.5.4",
+    "object-assign": "4.1.0",
     "opn": "4.0.2",
     "path-exists": "3.0.0",
     "postcss-loader": "0.9.1",