diff --git a/core/src/components/slides/slides.tsx b/core/src/components/slides/slides.tsx
index 7c33ca39e6..b5768cdd07 100644
--- a/core/src/components/slides/slides.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/slides/slides.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import { SwiperInterface, SwiperOptions } from './swiper/swiper-interface';
   styleUrls: {
     ios: 'slides.ios.scss',
     md: 'slides.md.scss'
-  }
+  },
+  assetsDir: 'swiper',
 })
 export class Slides implements ComponentInterface {