diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-pure-annotations/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-pure-annotations/src/index.js
index 14ed44c12708..28073da90a5a 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-pure-annotations/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-pure-annotations/src/index.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const PURE_CALLS = new Map([
     "react",
     [
       "cloneElement",
+      "createContext",
       "createElement",
       "createFactory",
       "createRef",
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-pure-annotations/test/fixtures/react/createContext/input.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-pure-annotations/test/fixtures/react/createContext/input.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7765195e4b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-pure-annotations/test/fixtures/react/createContext/input.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { createContext } from 'react';
+
+const context = createContext({});
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-pure-annotations/test/fixtures/react/createContext/options.json b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-pure-annotations/test/fixtures/react/createContext/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d5601dabff95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-pure-annotations/test/fixtures/react/createContext/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "sourceType": "module",
+  "plugins": ["transform-react-pure-annotations"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-pure-annotations/test/fixtures/react/createContext/output.mjs b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-pure-annotations/test/fixtures/react/createContext/output.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1daff87a9cbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-pure-annotations/test/fixtures/react/createContext/output.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import { createContext } from 'react';
+const context = /*#__PURE__*/createContext({});