diff --git a/dune-project b/dune-project
index fa180f87f..40cf7f7cb 100644
--- a/dune-project
+++ b/dune-project
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@
   reason-react-ppx
   (reason
    (>= 3.6.0))
-  (ocaml-lsp-server :with-test)))
+  (ocaml-lsp-server :with-test)
+  (opam-check-npm-deps
+   (= 1.0.0 :with-dev-setup))))
 
 (package
  (name reason-react-ppx)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1767cfa4a..1534d62f0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@
     "react-dom": "^16.8.1",
     "react-test-renderer": "^16.13.1"
   },
-  "peerDependencies": {
-    "react": "^16.8.1",
-    "react-dom": "^16.8.1"
-  },
   "jest": {
     "moduleDirectories": [
       "node_modules"
diff --git a/reason-react.opam b/reason-react.opam
index b8356ba73..1eda446b8 100644
--- a/reason-react.opam
+++ b/reason-react.opam
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ depends: [
   "reason-react-ppx"
   "reason" {>= "3.6.0"}
   "ocaml-lsp-server" {with-test}
+  "opam-check-npm-deps" {"1.0.0" = with-dev-setup}
   "odoc" {with-doc}
 ]
 build: [
@@ -40,3 +41,7 @@ build: [
   ]
 ]
 dev-repo: "git+https://github.com/reasonml/reason-react.git"
+depexts: [
+  ["react"] {npm-version = "^16.0.0"}
+  ["react-dom"] {npm-version = "^16.0.0"}
+]
diff --git a/reason-react.opam.template b/reason-react.opam.template
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d19261ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reason-react.opam.template
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+depexts: [
+  ["react"] {npm-version = "^16.0.0"}
+  ["react-dom"] {npm-version = "^16.0.0"}
+]