diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f5ff07ee1..f1db566d3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
+language: node_js
+node_js:
+  - "node"
 script:
-- cd tns-core-modules && npm i && cd ..
+# circular references check
+- cd tests && npm i
+- node_modules/.bin/webpack --env.android
+- node_modules/.bin/webpack --env.ios
+# modules transpilation
+- cd ../tns-core-modules && npm i && cd ..
 - npm install
 - npm run tsc
 - npm run tslint
diff --git a/tests/package.json b/tests/package.json
index b1a3a76c6..1f1974f23 100644
--- a/tests/package.json
+++ b/tests/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "tns-core-modules": "file:../tns-core-modules"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "circular-dependency-plugin": "5.2.0",
     "nativescript-dev-webpack": "next",
     "node-sass": "^4.12.0",
     "tns-platform-declarations": "file:../tns-platform-declarations",
diff --git a/tests/webpack.config.js b/tests/webpack.config.js
index a084e6fe9..574fd1a57 100644
--- a/tests/webpack.config.js
+++ b/tests/webpack.config.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const { join, relative, resolve, sep } = require("path");
 const webpack = require("webpack");
 const nsWebpack = require("nativescript-dev-webpack");
 const nativescriptTarget = require("nativescript-dev-webpack/nativescript-target");
+const CircularDependencyPlugin = require('circular-dependency-plugin');
 const CleanWebpackPlugin = require("clean-webpack-plugin");
 const CopyWebpackPlugin = require("copy-webpack-plugin");
 const ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin = require('fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin');
@@ -11,6 +12,10 @@ const { NativeScriptWorkerPlugin } = require("nativescript-worker-loader/NativeS
 const TerserPlugin = require("terser-webpack-plugin");
 const hashSalt = Date.now().toString();
 
+const ANDROID_MAX_CYCLES = 68;
+const IOS_MAX_CYCLES = 39;
+let numCyclesDetected = 0;
+
 module.exports = env => {
     // Add your custom Activities, Services and other Android app components here.
     const appComponents = [
@@ -230,6 +235,32 @@ module.exports = env => {
                 "global.TNS_WEBPACK": "true",
                 "process": "global.process",
             }),
+            new CircularDependencyPlugin({
+                onStart({ compilation }) {
+                    console.log('start detecting webpack modules cycles');
+                    numCyclesDetected = 0;
+                },
+                onDetected({ module: webpackModuleRecord, paths, compilation }) {
+                    numCyclesDetected++;
+                    compilation.warnings.push(new Error(paths.join(' -> ')))
+                },
+                onEnd({ compilation }) {
+                    console.log('end detecting webpack modules cycles');
+                    if (platform === "android" && numCyclesDetected !== ANDROID_MAX_CYCLES) {
+                        compilation.errors.push(new Error(
+                            `Detected ${numCyclesDetected} cycles which differs configured limit of ${ANDROID_MAX_CYCLES}.`
+                        ));
+                    } else if (platform === "ios" && numCyclesDetected !== IOS_MAX_CYCLES) {
+                        compilation.errors.push(new Error(
+                            `Detected ${numCyclesDetected} cycles which differs configured limit of ${IOS_MAX_CYCLES}.`
+                        ));
+                    } else {
+                        compilation.warnings.push(new Error(
+                            `${numCyclesDetected} cycles detected.`
+                        ));
+                    }
+                },
+            }),
             // Remove all files from the out dir.
             new CleanWebpackPlugin(itemsToClean, { verbose: !!verbose }),
             // Copy assets to out dir. Add your own globs as needed.