diff --git a/babel.config.js b/babel.config.js
index 45a7c55167cee9..c6910c0afa717e 100644
--- a/babel.config.js
+++ b/babel.config.js
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ module.exports = function getBabelConfig(api) {
       {
         useESModules,
         // any package needs to declare 7.25.0 as a runtime dependency. default is ^7.0.0
-        version: '^7.25.0',
+        version: process.env.MUI_BABEL_RUNTIME_VERSION || '^7.25.0',
       },
     ],
     [
diff --git a/packages/mui-material-pigment-css/package.json b/packages/mui-material-pigment-css/package.json
index 85426d9b892f2a..61cb768157ff0c 100644
--- a/packages/mui-material-pigment-css/package.json
+++ b/packages/mui-material-pigment-css/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "typescript:module-augmentation": "node scripts/testModuleAugmentation.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@babel/runtime": "^7.25.0",
     "@mui/system": "workspace:*",
     "@pigment-css/react": "0.0.20"
   },
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 79bfb27adb220e..0f6ca93fa65c20 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1851,6 +1851,9 @@ importers:
 
   packages/mui-material-pigment-css:
     dependencies:
+      '@babel/runtime':
+        specifier: ^7.25.0
+        version: 7.25.0
       '@mui/system':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../mui-system/build
diff --git a/scripts/build.mjs b/scripts/build.mjs
index 47c7b66ab13378..27054ee0ac17fe 100644
--- a/scripts/build.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build.mjs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import glob from 'fast-glob';
 import path from 'path';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
 import yargs from 'yargs';
+import * as fs from 'fs/promises';
 import { getVersionEnvVariables, getWorkspaceRoot } from './utils.mjs';
 
 const exec = promisify(childProcess.exec);
@@ -25,10 +26,21 @@ async function run(argv) {
     );
   }
 
+  const packageJsonPath = path.resolve('./package.json');
+  const packageJson = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(packageJsonPath, { encoding: 'utf8' }));
+
+  const babelRuntimeVersion = packageJson.dependencies['@babel/runtime'];
+  if (!babelRuntimeVersion) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'package.json needs to have a dependency on `@babel/runtime` when building with `@babel/plugin-transform-runtime`.',
+    );
+  }
+
   const env = {
     NODE_ENV: 'production',
     BABEL_ENV: bundle,
     MUI_BUILD_VERBOSE: verbose,
+    MUI_BABEL_RUNTIME_VERSION: babelRuntimeVersion,
     ...(await getVersionEnvVariables()),
   };