diff --git a/src/parser.js b/src/parser.js
index 889093dc1..9de488dd1 100644
--- a/src/parser.js
+++ b/src/parser.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function parseWithBabylon(text) {
   const babylonOptions = {
     sourceType: "module",
     allowImportExportEverywhere: false,
-    allowReturnOutsideFunction: false,
+    allowReturnOutsideFunction: true,
     plugins: [
       "jsx",
       "flow",
diff --git a/tests/return-outside-function/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap b/tests/return-outside-function/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae4e8beb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/return-outside-function/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`return-outside-function.js 1`] = `
+return someVeryLongStringA && someVeryLongStringB && someVeryLongStringC && someVeryLongStringD
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+return (
+  someVeryLongStringA &&
+  someVeryLongStringB &&
+  someVeryLongStringC &&
+  someVeryLongStringD
+);
+
+`;
diff --git a/tests/return-outside-function/jsfmt.spec.js b/tests/return-outside-function/jsfmt.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a6711aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/return-outside-function/jsfmt.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+run_spec(__dirname, { parser: "babylon" }, ["typescript"]);
diff --git a/tests/return-outside-function/return-outside-function.js b/tests/return-outside-function/return-outside-function.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29e96c8a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/return-outside-function/return-outside-function.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+return someVeryLongStringA && someVeryLongStringB && someVeryLongStringC && someVeryLongStringD