diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a356222df4..6e3b401eb2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
     "gulp-strip-debug": "1.1.0",
     "gulp-tslint": "6.1.1",
     "gulp-typescript": "2.13.6",
+    "gulp-uglify": "2.0.0",
     "gulp-util": "3.0.7",
     "gulp-watch": "4.3.9",
     "html-entities": "1.2.0",
@@ -122,7 +123,6 @@
     "tslint": "3.15.1",
     "tslint-ionic-rules": "0.0.7",
     "typescript": "2.0.9",
-    "uglify-js": "2.7.5",
     "vinyl": "1.2.0",
     "webpack": "2.1.0-beta.26",
     "yargs": "5.0.0"
diff --git a/scripts/gulp/constants.ts b/scripts/gulp/constants.ts
index 861a1309c0..362feb7fad 100644
--- a/scripts/gulp/constants.ts
+++ b/scripts/gulp/constants.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export const SCRIPTS_ROOT = join(PROJECT_ROOT, SCRIPTS_NAME);
 export const SRC_ROOT = join(PROJECT_ROOT, SRC_NAME);
 
 export const SRC_COMPONENTS_ROOT = join(SRC_ROOT, COMPONENTS_NAME);
+export const WORKERS_SRC = join(SCRIPTS_ROOT, 'workers');
 
 
 // NPM
diff --git a/scripts/gulp/gulpfile.ts b/scripts/gulp/gulpfile.ts
index 5d6fe71295..22a2433514 100644
--- a/scripts/gulp/gulpfile.ts
+++ b/scripts/gulp/gulpfile.ts
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ import './tasks/snapshot';
 import './tasks/test';
 import './tasks/polyfill';
 import './tasks/polyfill.source';
-//import './tasks/theme';
+import './tasks/workers';
diff --git a/scripts/gulp/tasks/e2e.dev.ts b/scripts/gulp/tasks/e2e.dev.ts
index 9625048ed3..06087a5f4f 100644
--- a/scripts/gulp/tasks/e2e.dev.ts
+++ b/scripts/gulp/tasks/e2e.dev.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ function e2eBuild(done: (err: any) => void) {
   runSequence(
     'e2e.clean',
     'e2e.build',
+    'e2e.workers',
     'e2e.polyfill',
     'e2e.copyExternalDependencies',
     'e2e.sass',
diff --git a/scripts/gulp/tasks/release.ts b/scripts/gulp/tasks/release.ts
index 60f3e984e4..514ad15ee5 100644
--- a/scripts/gulp/tasks/release.ts
+++ b/scripts/gulp/tasks/release.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import { exec, spawnSync, spawn } from 'child_process';
-import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
-
+import { writeFileSync } from 'fs';
 import * as changelog from 'conventional-changelog';
 import * as GithubApi from 'github';
-import * as glob from 'glob';
 import { dest, src, task } from 'gulp';
 import { rollup } from 'rollup';
 import * as commonjs from 'rollup-plugin-commonjs';
@@ -108,6 +106,7 @@ task('release.copyProdVersion', () => {
 task('release.prepareReleasePackage', (done: (err: any) => void) => {
   runSequence('clean',
           'release.polyfill',
+          'release.workers',
           'compile.release',
           'release.copyTemplates',
           'release.copyNpmInfo',
diff --git a/scripts/gulp/tasks/workers.ts b/scripts/gulp/tasks/workers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..995afe8770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/gulp/tasks/workers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { task, src, dest } from 'gulp';
+import { join } from 'path';
+import { DIST_E2E_ROOT, DIST_BUILD_ROOT, WORKERS_SRC } from '../constants';
+
+const WORKER_FILES = join(WORKERS_SRC, '**', '*.js');
+
+
+task('release.workers', (done: Function) => {
+  const uglify = require('gulp-uglify');
+  const workersDesc = join(DIST_BUILD_ROOT, 'workers');
+  return src(WORKER_FILES)
+    .pipe(uglify())
+    .pipe(dest(workersDesc), done);
+});
+
+
+task('e2e.workers', (done: Function) => {
+  const workersDesc = join(DIST_E2E_ROOT, 'workers');
+  return src(WORKER_FILES)
+    .pipe(dest(workersDesc), done);
+});