diff --git a/packages/metro-bundler/src/Bundler/index.js b/packages/metro-bundler/src/Bundler/index.js
index 0d338217..6d633950 100644
--- a/packages/metro-bundler/src/Bundler/index.js
+++ b/packages/metro-bundler/src/Bundler/index.js
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ class Bundler {
     });
   }
 
-  getShallowDependencies({
+  async getShallowDependencies({
     entryFile,
     rootEntryFile,
     platform,
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ class Bundler {
     minify = !dev,
     hot = false,
     generateSourceMaps = false,
+    bundlingOptions,
   }: {
     entryFile: string,
     +rootEntryFile: string,
@@ -580,19 +581,24 @@ class Bundler {
     minify?: boolean,
     hot?: boolean,
     generateSourceMaps?: boolean,
+    bundlingOptions?: BundlingOptions,
   }): Promise<Array<string>> {
-    return this.getTransformOptions(rootEntryFile, {
-      enableBabelRCLookup: this._opts.enableBabelRCLookup,
-      dev,
-      generateSourceMaps,
-      hot,
-      minify,
-      platform,
-      projectRoots: this._projectRoots,
-    }).then(bundlingOptions =>
-      this._resolverPromise.then(resolver =>
-        resolver.getShallowDependencies(entryFile, bundlingOptions.transformer),
-      ),
+    if (!bundlingOptions) {
+      bundlingOptions = await this.getTransformOptions(rootEntryFile, {
+        enableBabelRCLookup: this._opts.enableBabelRCLookup,
+        dev,
+        generateSourceMaps,
+        hot,
+        minify,
+        platform,
+        projectRoots: this._projectRoots,
+      });
+    }
+
+    const notNullOptions = bundlingOptions;
+
+    return this._resolverPromise.then(resolver =>
+      resolver.getShallowDependencies(entryFile, notNullOptions.transformer),
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/metro-bundler/src/Server/index.js b/packages/metro-bundler/src/Server/index.js
index 0016cee0..0fc27019 100644
--- a/packages/metro-bundler/src/Server/index.js
+++ b/packages/metro-bundler/src/Server/index.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const {
 import type Module, {HasteImpl} from '../node-haste/Module';
 import type {IncomingMessage, ServerResponse} from 'http';
 import type ResolutionResponse from '../node-haste/DependencyGraph/ResolutionResponse';
+import type {BundlingOptions} from '../Bundler';
 import type Bundle from '../Bundler/Bundle';
 import type HMRBundle from '../Bundler/HMRBundle';
 import type {Reporter} from '../lib/reporting';
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ type DependencyOptions = {|
   +platform: ?string,
   +recursive: boolean,
   +rootEntryFile: string,
+  +bundlingOptions?: BundlingOptions,
 |};
 
 type BuildInfo = {|
@@ -342,7 +344,14 @@ class Server {
         options.platform != null
           ? options.platform
           : parsePlatformFilePath(options.entryFile, this._platforms).platform;
-      const {entryFile, dev, minify, hot, rootEntryFile} = options;
+      const {
+        entryFile,
+        dev,
+        minify,
+        hot,
+        rootEntryFile,
+        bundlingOptions,
+      } = options;
       return this._bundler.getShallowDependencies({
         entryFile,
         rootEntryFile,
@@ -351,6 +360,7 @@ class Server {
         minify,
         hot,
         generateSourceMaps: false,
+        bundlingOptions,
       });
     });
   }