diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/plugin_loader.ts b/public/app/features/plugins/plugin_loader.ts
index 2c04ce7c72c..99f9783aeca 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/plugin_loader.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/plugin_loader.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ System.config({
     text: 'vendor/plugin-text/text.js',
     css: 'vendor/plugin-css/css.js'
   },
+  meta: {
+    '*': {esModule: true}
+  }
 });
 
 // add cache busting