diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 732eb384..60cf6fc4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
     "autoprefixer": "^6.3.3",
     "babel-plugin-transform-builtin-extend": "^1.1.0",
     "classnames": "^2.2.5",
+    "create-react-class": "^15.6.0",
     "dateformat": "^1.0.12",
     "deep-equal": "^1.0.1",
     "fuzzy": "^0.1.1",
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 3884354c..be5d2cf6 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import createReactClass from 'create-react-class';
 import { render } from 'react-dom';
 import { AppContainer } from 'react-hot-loader';
 import 'file-loader?name=index.html!../example/index.html';
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ for (const method in registry) { // eslint-disable-line
 
 if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
   window.CMS = CMS;
-  window.createClass = window.createClass || React.createClass;
+  window.createClass = window.createClass || createReactClass;
   window.h = window.h || React.createElement;
 }