diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 794e7e45a5..b9fead03b9 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -158,17 +158,21 @@ gulp.task('bundle', ['transpile'], function(done){
   //   }
 
   var config = require('./scripts/npm/ionic.webpack.config.js');
-  bundle({
-    config: config,
-    cb: finished,
-    stats: true
-  });
+  bundle({ config: config, stats: true });
+
+  // build minified bundle
+  var minConfig = require('./scripts/npm/ionic.min.webpack.config.js');
+  bundle({ config: minConfig, cb: finished, stats: true });
+
+  var outputPaths = [
+    config.output.path + path.sep + config.output.filename,
+    minConfig.output.path + path.sep + minConfig.output.filename
+  ];
 
   function finished(){
-    var outputPath = config.output.path + path.sep + config.output.filename;
-    gulp.src(outputPath)
+    gulp.src(outputPaths)
       .pipe(connect.reload())
-      .on('end', done)
+      .on('end', done);
   }
 })
 
diff --git a/scripts/npm/ionic.min.webpack.config.js b/scripts/npm/ionic.min.webpack.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98fbf6c0b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/npm/ionic.min.webpack.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+var webpack = require('webpack');
+
+module.exports = {
+  entry: [
+    "./dist/ionic.js"
+  ],
+  output: {
+    path: 'dist/bundles',
+    filename: 'ionic.min.js',
+    libraryTarget: 'commonjs2'
+  },
+  externals: [
+    {
+      'angular2/core': {
+        commonjs2: ['angular2', 'core']
+      },
+      'angular2/common': {
+        commonjs2: ['angular2', 'common']
+      },
+      'angular2/router' : {
+        commonjs2: ['angular2', 'router']
+      },
+      'angular2/http': {
+        commonjs2: ['angular2', 'http']
+      },
+      'angular2/platform/browser': {
+        commonjs2: ['angular2', 'platform', 'browser']
+      },
+      'angular2/instrumentation': {
+        commonjs2: ['angular2', 'instrumentation']
+      },
+    }
+  ],
+  plugins:[ new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin({
+    compress: { warnings: false },
+    sourceMap: false
+  })]
+};