diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-emotion/src/gatsby-node.js b/packages/gatsby-plugin-emotion/src/gatsby-node.js
index eef37f23f0743..18c6d2a48abd0 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-emotion/src/gatsby-node.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-emotion/src/gatsby-node.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export const onCreateBabelConfig = ({ actions }, pluginOptions) => {
     name: `@babel/plugin-transform-react-jsx`,
     options: {
       pragma: pragmaName,
+      pragmaFrag: `React.Fragment`,
     },
   })