@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import Vue, { VueConstructor } from 'vue'
 import { VueClass } from './declarations'
 
-export const reflectionIsSupported = typeof Reflect !== 'undefined' && Reflect.defineMetadata
+// The rational behind the verbose Reflect-feature check below is the fact that there are Reflect-polyfills
+// this add and implementation for Reflect.defineMetadata but not Reflect.getOwnMetadataKeys. Without this
+// check consumers will encounter runtime errors.
+export const reflectionIsSupported = typeof Reflect !== 'undefined' && Reflect.defineMetadata && Reflect.getOwnMetadataKeys
 
 export function copyReflectionMetadata (
 to: VueConstructor,