diff --git a/packages/react-input/.babelrc.json b/packages/react-input/.babelrc.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b51a5457ced10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-input/.babelrc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "plugins": ["module:@fluentui/babel-make-styles", "annotate-pure-calls", "@babel/transform-react-pure-annotations"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-input/package.json b/packages/react-input/package.json
index e1d773bfbc333..4766e6592c2b2 100644
--- a/packages/react-input/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-input/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "storybook": "start-storybook"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@fluentui/babel-make-styles": "9.0.0-beta.2",
     "@fluentui/eslint-plugin": "*",
     "@fluentui/jest-serializer-make-styles": "9.0.0-beta.2",
     "@fluentui/react-conformance": "*",