diff --git a/templates/package.hbs.json b/templates/package.hbs.json
index 501eff1142..811473eaef 100644
--- a/templates/package.hbs.json
+++ b/templates/package.hbs.json
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/Shopify/quilt/issues"
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/Shopify/quilt/blob/master/packages/{{name}}/README.md",
-  "dependencies": {},
+  "dependencies": {
+    "tslib": "^1.14.1"
+  },
   "files": ["dist/*", "!tsconfig.tsbuildinfo"]
 }