diff --git a/react/react-tests.ts b/react/react-tests.ts
index 2802a34cdf..64b59e1950 100644
--- a/react/react-tests.ts
+++ b/react/react-tests.ts
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ var classicComponent: React.ClassicComponent<Props, any> =
     React.render(classicElement, container);
 var domComponent: React.DOMComponent<any> =
     React.render(domElement, container);
+var modernComponent = 
+    React.render(React.createElement(ModernComponent, props), container);
 
 // Other Top-Level API
 var unmounted: boolean = React.unmountComponentAtNode(container);