diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/BuildHIR.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/BuildHIR.ts
index ae526f94f6..413a41aa36 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/BuildHIR.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/BuildHIR.ts
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ export function lower(
   return Ok({
     id,
     params,
+    returnType: null, // TODO: extract the actual return type node if present
     body: builder.build(),
     context,
     generator: func.node.generator === true,
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/HIR.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/HIR.ts
index c2dc19eab4..009053754d 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/HIR.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/HIR.ts
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ export type HIRFunction = {
   id: string | null;
   env: Environment;
   params: Array<Place | SpreadPattern>;
+  returnType: t.FlowType | t.TSType | null;
   context: Array<Place>;
   body: HIR;
   generator: boolean;