diff --git a/types/babel__core/babel__core-tests.ts b/types/babel__core/babel__core-tests.ts
index ba51ac21be..b44e45c605 100644
--- a/types/babel__core/babel__core-tests.ts
+++ b/types/babel__core/babel__core-tests.ts
@@ -39,3 +39,59 @@ babel.transformFromAstAsync(parsedAst!, sourceCode, options).then(transformFromA
     const { code, map, ast } = transformFromAstAsyncResult!;
     const { body } = ast!.program;
 });
+
+function checkOptions(_options: babel.TransformOptions) {}
+function checkConfigFunction(_config: babel.ConfigFunction) {}
+
+checkOptions({ envName: 'banana' });
+// babel uses object destructuring default to provide the envName fallback so null is not allowed
+// $ExpectError
+checkOptions({ envName: null });
+checkOptions({ caller: { name: '@babel/register' } });
+checkOptions({ caller: { name: 'babel-jest', supportsStaticESM: false } });
+// don't add an index signature; users should augment the interface instead if they need to
+// $ExpectError
+checkOptions({ caller: { name: '', tomato: true } });
+checkOptions({ rootMode: 'upward-optional' });
+// $ExpectError
+checkOptions({ rootMode: 'potato' });
+
+// $ExpectError
+checkConfigFunction(() => {});
+// you technically can do that though you probably shouldn't
+checkConfigFunction(() => ({}));
+checkConfigFunction(api => {
+    api.assertVersion(7);
+    api.assertVersion("^7.2");
+
+    api.cache.forever();
+    api.cache.never();
+    api.cache.using(() => true);
+    api.cache.using(() => 1);
+    api.cache.using(() => '1');
+    api.cache.using(() => null);
+    api.cache.using(() => undefined);
+    // $ExpectError
+    api.cache.using(() => ({}));
+    api.cache.invalidate(() => 2);
+
+    // $ExpectType string
+    api.env();
+
+    api.env('development');
+    api.env(['production', 'test']);
+    // $ExpectType 42
+    api.env(name => 42);
+
+    // $ExpectType string
+    api.version;
+
+    return {
+        shouldPrintComment(comment) {
+            // $ExpectType string
+            comment;
+
+            return true;
+        }
+    };
+});
diff --git a/types/babel__core/index.d.ts b/types/babel__core/index.d.ts
index 66501d24db..3875d40d71 100644
--- a/types/babel__core/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/babel__core/index.d.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-// Type definitions for @babel/core 7.0
+// Type definitions for @babel/core 7.1
 // Project: https://github.com/babel/babel/tree/master/packages/babel-core, https://babeljs.io
 // Definitions by: Troy Gerwien <https://github.com/yortus>
 //                 Marvin Hagemeister <https://github.com/marvinhagemeister>
 //                 Melvin Groenhoff <https://github.com/mgroenhoff>
+//                 Jessica Franco <https://github.com/Jessidhia>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.9
 
@@ -54,6 +55,15 @@ export interface TransformOptions {
      */
     root?: string | null;
 
+    /**
+     * This option, combined with the "root" value, defines how Babel chooses its project root.
+     * The different modes define different ways that Babel can process the "root" value to get
+     * the final project root.
+     *
+     * @see https://babeljs.io/docs/en/next/options#rootmode
+     */
+    rootMode?: 'root' | 'upward' | 'upward-optional';
+
     /**
      * The config file to load Babel's config from. Defaults to searching for "babel.config.js" inside the "root" folder. `false` will disable searching for config files.
      *
@@ -82,7 +92,7 @@ export interface TransformOptions {
      *
      * Default: env vars
      */
-    envName?: string | null;
+    envName?: string;
 
     /**
      * Enable code generation
@@ -112,6 +122,14 @@ export interface TransformOptions {
      */
     cwd?: string | null;
 
+    /**
+     * Utilities may pass a caller object to identify themselves to Babel and
+     * pass capability-related flags for use by configs, presets and plugins.
+     *
+     * @see https://babeljs.io/docs/en/next/options#caller
+     */
+    caller?: TransformCaller;
+
     /**
      * This is an object of keys that represent different environments. For example, you may have: `{ env: { production: { \/* specific options *\/ } } }`
      * which will use those options when the `envName` is `production`
@@ -284,6 +302,14 @@ export interface TransformOptions {
     wrapPluginVisitorMethod?: ((pluginAlias: string, visitorType: "enter" | "exit", callback: (path: NodePath, state: any) => void) => (path: NodePath, state: any) => void) | null;
 }
 
+export interface TransformCaller {
+    // the only required property
+    name: string;
+    // e.g. set to true by `babel-loader` and false by `babel-jest`
+    supportsStaticESM?: boolean;
+    // augment this with a "declare module '@babel/core' { ... }" if you need more keys
+}
+
 export type FileResultCallback = (err: Error | null, result: BabelFileResult | null) => any;
 
 /**
@@ -528,4 +554,129 @@ export interface CreateConfigItemOptions {
  */
 export function createConfigItem(value: PluginTarget | [PluginTarget, PluginOptions] | [PluginTarget, PluginOptions, string | undefined], options?: CreateConfigItemOptions): ConfigItem;
 
+// NOTE: the documentation says the ConfigAPI also exposes @babel/core's exports, but it actually doesn't
+/**
+ * @see https://babeljs.io/docs/en/next/config-files#config-function-api
+ */
+export interface ConfigAPI {
+    /**
+     * The version string for the Babel version that is loading the config file.
+     *
+     * @see https://babeljs.io/docs/en/next/config-files#apiversion
+     */
+    version: string;
+    /**
+     * @see https://babeljs.io/docs/en/next/config-files#apicache
+     */
+    cache: SimpleCacheConfigurator;
+    /**
+     * @see https://babeljs.io/docs/en/next/config-files#apienv
+     */
+    env: EnvFunction;
+    // undocumented; currently hardcoded to return 'false'
+    // async(): boolean
+    /**
+     * This API is used as a way to access the `caller` data that has been passed to Babel.
+     * Since many instances of Babel may be running in the same process with different `caller` values,
+     * this API is designed to automatically configure `api.cache`, the same way `api.env()` does.
+     *
+     * The `caller` value is available as the first parameter of the callback function.
+     * It is best used with something like this to toggle configuration behavior
+     * based on a specific environment:
+     *
+     * @example
+     * function isBabelRegister(caller?: { name: string }) {
+     *   return !!(caller && caller.name === "@babel/register")
+     * }
+     * api.caller(isBabelRegister)
+     *
+     * @see https://babeljs.io/docs/en/next/config-files#apicallercb
+     */
+    caller<T extends SimpleCacheKey>(callerCallback: (caller: TransformOptions['caller']) => T): T;
+    /**
+     * While `api.version` can be useful in general, it's sometimes nice to just declare your version.
+     * This API exposes a simple way to do that with:
+     *
+     * @example
+     * api.assertVersion(7) // major version only
+     * api.assertVersion("^7.2")
+     *
+     * @see https://babeljs.io/docs/en/next/config-files#apiassertversionrange
+     */
+    assertVersion(versionRange: number | string): boolean;
+    // NOTE: this is an undocumented reexport from "@babel/parser" but it's missing from its types
+    // tokTypes: typeof tokTypes
+}
+
+/**
+ * JS configs are great because they can compute a config on the fly,
+ * but the downside there is that it makes caching harder.
+ * Babel wants to avoid re-executing the config function every time a file is compiled,
+ * because then it would also need to re-execute any plugin and preset functions
+ * referenced in that config.
+ *
+ * To avoid this, Babel expects users of config functions to tell it how to manage caching
+ * within a config file.
+ *
+ * @see https://babeljs.io/docs/en/next/config-files#apicache
+ */
+export interface SimpleCacheConfigurator {
+    // there is an undocumented call signature that is a shorthand for forever()/never()/using().
+    // (ever: boolean): void
+    // <T extends SimpleCacheKey>(callback: CacheCallback<T>): T
+    /**
+     * Permacache the computed config and never call the function again.
+     */
+    forever(): void;
+    /**
+     * Do not cache this config, and re-execute the function every time.
+     */
+    never(): void;
+    /**
+     * Any time the using callback returns a value other than the one that was expected,
+     * the overall config function will be called again and a new entry will be added to the cache.
+     *
+     * @example
+     * api.cache.using(() => process.env.NODE_ENV)
+     */
+    using<T extends SimpleCacheKey>(callback: SimpleCacheCallback<T>): T;
+    /**
+     * Any time the using callback returns a value other than the one that was expected,
+     * the overall config function will be called again and all entries in the cache will
+     * be replaced with the result.
+     *
+     * @example
+     * api.cache.invalidate(() => process.env.NODE_ENV)
+     */
+    invalidate<T extends SimpleCacheKey>(callback: SimpleCacheCallback<T>): T;
+}
+
+// https://github.com/babel/babel/blob/v7.3.3/packages/babel-core/src/config/caching.js#L231
+export type SimpleCacheKey = string | boolean | number | null | undefined;
+export type SimpleCacheCallback<T extends SimpleCacheKey> = () => T;
+
+/**
+ * Since `NODE_ENV` is a fairly common way to toggle behavior, Babel also includes an API function
+ * meant specifically for that. This API is used as a quick way to check the `"envName"` that Babel
+ * was loaded with, which takes `NODE_ENV` into account if no other overriding environment is set.
+ *
+ * @see https://babeljs.io/docs/en/next/config-files#apienv
+ */
+export interface EnvFunction {
+    /**
+     * @returns the current `envName` string
+     */
+    (): string;
+    /**
+     * @returns `true` if the `envName` is `===` any of the given strings
+     */
+    (envName: string | ReadonlyArray<string>): boolean;
+    // the official documentation is misleading for this one...
+    // this just passes the callback to `cache.using` but with an additional argument.
+    // it returns its result instead of necessarily returning a boolean.
+    <T extends SimpleCacheKey>(envCallback: (envName: NonNullable<TransformOptions['envName']>) => T): T;
+}
+
+export type ConfigFunction = (api: ConfigAPI) => TransformOptions;
+
 export as namespace babel;
diff --git a/types/node-cache/index.d.ts b/types/node-cache/index.d.ts
index 6bac061ecb..61100a574d 100644
--- a/types/node-cache/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/node-cache/index.d.ts
@@ -283,3 +283,4 @@ declare class NodeCache extends events.EventEmitter implements NodeCache.NodeCac
 }
 
 export = NodeCache;
+export as namespace NodeCache;