diff --git a/scripts/gulp/constants.ts b/scripts/gulp/constants.ts
index 6775729cb2..3736fb7b5c 100644
--- a/scripts/gulp/constants.ts
+++ b/scripts/gulp/constants.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ export const BUILD_NAME = 'build';
 export const SRC_NAME = 'src';
 export const VENDOR_NAME = 'vendor';
 export const NODE_MODULES = 'node_modules';
-export const COMMONJS_MODULE = 'commonjs';
-export const ES_MODULE = 'es2015';
-
+export const UMD_MODULE = 'umd';
+export const ES_2015 = 'es2015';
+export const ES5 = 'es5';
 
 // File Paths
 export const PROJECT_ROOT = join(__dirname, '../..');
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ export const DIST_ROOT = join(PROJECT_ROOT, DIST_NAME);
 export const DIST_E2E_ROOT = join(DIST_ROOT, E2E_NAME);
 export const DIST_E2E_COMPONENTS_ROOT = join(DIST_E2E_ROOT, COMPONENTS_NAME);
 export const DIST_BUILD_ROOT = join(DIST_ROOT, PACKAGE_NAME);
-export const DIST_BUILD_COMMONJS_ROOT = join(DIST_BUILD_ROOT, COMMONJS_MODULE);
+export const DIST_BUILD_UMD_ROOT = join(DIST_BUILD_ROOT, UMD_MODULE);
+export const DIST_BUILD_ES2015_ROOT = join(DIST_BUILD_ROOT, ES_2015);
 export const DIST_VENDOR_ROOT = join(DIST_ROOT, VENDOR_NAME);
 export const NODE_MODULES_ROOT = join(PROJECT_ROOT, NODE_MODULES);
 export const SCRIPTS_ROOT = join(PROJECT_ROOT, SCRIPTS_NAME);
diff --git a/scripts/gulp/tasks/build.ts b/scripts/gulp/tasks/build.ts
index f48bfd7b18..0c4f88f165 100644
--- a/scripts/gulp/tasks/build.ts
+++ b/scripts/gulp/tasks/build.ts
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 import { task } from 'gulp';
-import { COMMONJS_MODULE, DIST_BUILD_ROOT, DIST_BUILD_COMMONJS_ROOT, ES_MODULE } from '../constants';
+import { DIST_BUILD_ROOT, DIST_BUILD_ES2015_ROOT, DIST_BUILD_UMD_ROOT, ES5, ES_2015, UMD_MODULE } from '../constants';
 import { copySourceToDest, copySwiperToPath, createTempTsConfig, deleteFiles, runNgc} from '../util';
 
 
-export function buildIonicAngularCommonJs(excludeSpec: boolean, done: Function) {
-  const stream = copySourceToDest(DIST_BUILD_COMMONJS_ROOT, excludeSpec, true);
+export function buildIonicAngularUmd(excludeSpec: boolean, done: Function) {
+  const stream = copySourceToDest(DIST_BUILD_UMD_ROOT, excludeSpec, true);
   stream.on('end', () => {
     // the source files are copied, copy over a tsconfig from
-    createTempTsConfig(['./**/*.ts'], COMMONJS_MODULE, `${DIST_BUILD_COMMONJS_ROOT}/tsconfig.json`);
-    runNgc(`${DIST_BUILD_COMMONJS_ROOT}/tsconfig.json`, (err) => {
+    createTempTsConfig(['./**/*.ts'], ES5, UMD_MODULE, `${DIST_BUILD_UMD_ROOT}/tsconfig.json`);
+    runNgc(`${DIST_BUILD_UMD_ROOT}/tsconfig.json`, (err) => {
       if (err) {
         done(err);
         return;
       }
 
-      copySwiperToPath(`${DIST_BUILD_COMMONJS_ROOT}/components/slides`, COMMONJS_MODULE);
+      copySwiperToPath(`${DIST_BUILD_UMD_ROOT}/components/slides`, UMD_MODULE);
       // clean up any .ts files that remain as well as ngc metadata
-      deleteFiles([`${DIST_BUILD_COMMONJS_ROOT}/**/*.ts`,
-                  `${DIST_BUILD_COMMONJS_ROOT}/node_modules`,
-                  `${DIST_BUILD_COMMONJS_ROOT}/tsconfig.json`,
-                  `!${DIST_BUILD_COMMONJS_ROOT}/**/*.d.ts`], done);
+      deleteFiles([`${DIST_BUILD_UMD_ROOT}/**/*.ts`,
+                  `${DIST_BUILD_UMD_ROOT}/node_modules`,
+                  `${DIST_BUILD_UMD_ROOT}/tsconfig.json`,
+                  `!${DIST_BUILD_UMD_ROOT}/**/*.d.ts`], done);
     });
   });
 }
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ export function buildIonicAngularEsm(done: Function) {
   const stream = copySourceToDest(DIST_BUILD_ROOT, true, true);
   stream.on('end', () => {
     // the source files are copied, copy over a tsconfig from
-    createTempTsConfig(['./**/*.ts'], ES_MODULE, `${DIST_BUILD_ROOT}/tsconfig.json`);
+    createTempTsConfig(['./**/*.ts'], ES5, ES_2015, `${DIST_BUILD_ROOT}/tsconfig.json`);
     runNgc(`${DIST_BUILD_ROOT}/tsconfig.json`, (err) => {
       if (err) {
         done(err);
         return;
       }
-      copySwiperToPath(`${DIST_BUILD_ROOT}/components/slides`, ES_MODULE);
+      copySwiperToPath(`${DIST_BUILD_ROOT}/components/slides`, ES_2015);
       // clean up any .ts files that remain as well as ngc metadata
       deleteFiles([`${DIST_BUILD_ROOT}/**/*.ts`,
                   `${DIST_BUILD_ROOT}/node_modules`,
@@ -44,14 +44,36 @@ export function buildIonicAngularEsm(done: Function) {
   });
 }
 
+export function buildIonicPureEs6(done: Function) {
+  const stream = copySourceToDest(DIST_BUILD_ES2015_ROOT, true, true);
+  stream.on('end', () => {
+    // the source files are copied, copy over a tsconfig from
+    createTempTsConfig(['./**/*.ts'], ES_2015, ES_2015, `${DIST_BUILD_ES2015_ROOT}/tsconfig.json`);
+    runNgc(`${DIST_BUILD_ES2015_ROOT}/tsconfig.json`, (err) => {
+      if (err) {
+        done(err);
+        return;
+      }
+      copySwiperToPath(`${DIST_BUILD_ES2015_ROOT}/components/slides`, ES_2015);
+      // clean up any .ts files that remain as well as ngc metadata
+      deleteFiles([`${DIST_BUILD_ES2015_ROOT}/**/*.ts`,
+                  `${DIST_BUILD_ES2015_ROOT}/node_modules`,
+                  `${DIST_BUILD_ES2015_ROOT}/tsconfig.json`,
+                  `!${DIST_BUILD_ES2015_ROOT}/**/*.d.ts`], done);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
 /* this task builds out the necessary stuff for karma */
 task('compile.karma', (done: Function) => {
-  buildIonicAngularCommonJs(false, done);
+  buildIonicAngularUmd(false, done);
 });
 
 /* this task builds out the ionic-angular (commonjs and esm) directories for release */
 task('compile.release', (done: Function) => {
   buildIonicAngularEsm(() => {
-    buildIonicAngularCommonJs(true, done);
+    buildIonicAngularUmd(true, () => {
+      buildIonicPureEs6(done);
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/scripts/gulp/tasks/e2e.ts b/scripts/gulp/tasks/e2e.ts
index 4ce638df60..9373d0b129 100644
--- a/scripts/gulp/tasks/e2e.ts
+++ b/scripts/gulp/tasks/e2e.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { obj } from 'through2';
 import * as VinylFile from 'vinyl';
 import { argv } from 'yargs';
 
-import { DIST_E2E_COMPONENTS_ROOT, DIST_E2E_ROOT, DIST_NAME, E2E_NAME, ES_MODULE, LOCAL_SERVER_PORT, PROJECT_ROOT, SCRIPTS_ROOT, SRC_COMPONENTS_ROOT, SRC_ROOT } from '../constants';
+import { DIST_E2E_COMPONENTS_ROOT, DIST_E2E_ROOT, DIST_NAME, E2E_NAME, ES5, ES_2015, LOCAL_SERVER_PORT, PROJECT_ROOT, SCRIPTS_ROOT, SRC_COMPONENTS_ROOT, SRC_ROOT } from '../constants';
 import { compileSass, copyFonts, createTempTsConfig, createTimestamp, deleteFiles, runNgc, setSassIonicVersion, writePolyfills } from '../util';
 
 task('e2e', e2eBuild);
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ function buildE2ETests(folderInfo: any, done: Function) {
       `./components/${folderInfo.componentName}/test/${folderInfo.componentTest}/entry.ts`,
     ];
   }
-  createTempTsConfig(includeGlob, ES_MODULE, `${DIST_E2E_ROOT}/tsconfig.json`);
+  createTempTsConfig(includeGlob, ES5, ES_2015, `${DIST_E2E_ROOT}/tsconfig.json`);
   runNgc(`${DIST_E2E_ROOT}/tsconfig.json`, (err) => {
     if (err) {
       done(err);
diff --git a/scripts/gulp/util.ts b/scripts/gulp/util.ts
index b03951799a..2a1cfd3963 100644
--- a/scripts/gulp/util.ts
+++ b/scripts/gulp/util.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { COMMONJS_MODULE, ES_MODULE, NODE_MODULES_ROOT, PROJECT_ROOT, SRC_ROOT, SRC_COMPONENTS_ROOT } from './constants';
+import { UMD_MODULE, ES_2015, NODE_MODULES_ROOT, PROJECT_ROOT, SRC_ROOT, SRC_COMPONENTS_ROOT } from './constants';
 import { src, dest } from 'gulp';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function getRootTsConfig(): any {
   return tsConfig;
 }
 
-export function createTempTsConfig(includeGlob: string[], moduleType: String, pathToWriteFile: string): any {
+export function createTempTsConfig(includeGlob: string[], target: string, moduleType: string, pathToWriteFile: string): any {
   let config = getRootTsConfig();
   if (!config.compilerOptions) {
     config.compilerOptions = {};
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export function createTempTsConfig(includeGlob: string[], moduleType: String, pa
   }
   if (config.compilerOptions) {
     config.compilerOptions.module = moduleType;
+    config.compilerOptions.target = target;
   }
   config.include = includeGlob;
   let json = JSON.stringify(config, null, 2);
@@ -121,9 +122,9 @@ export function copyFile(srcPath: string, destPath: string) {
 
 export function copySwiperToPath(distPath: string, moduleType: string) {
   copyFile(`${SRC_COMPONENTS_ROOT}/slides/swiper-widget.d.ts`, `${distPath}/swiper-widget.d.ts`);
-  if (!moduleType || moduleType === COMMONJS_MODULE) {
+  if (!moduleType || moduleType === UMD_MODULE) {
     copyFile(`${SRC_COMPONENTS_ROOT}/slides/swiper-widget.js`, `${distPath}/swiper-widget.js`);
-  } else if (moduleType === ES_MODULE) {
+  } else if (moduleType === ES_2015) {
     copyFile(`${SRC_COMPONENTS_ROOT}/slides/swiper-widget.es2015.js`, `${distPath}/swiper-widget.js`);
   } else {
     copyFile(`${SRC_COMPONENTS_ROOT}/slides/swiper-widget.system.js`, `${distPath}/swiper-widget.system.js`);
diff --git a/scripts/karma/system.config.js b/scripts/karma/system.config.js
index ade90b16fb..5801d5cd51 100644
--- a/scripts/karma/system.config.js
+++ b/scripts/karma/system.config.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ System.config({
     '@angular/http': 'vendor/@angular/http/bundles/http.umd.js',
     '@angular/forms': 'vendor/@angular/forms/bundles/forms.umd.js',
     'rxjs': 'vendor/rxjs',
-    'ionic-angular': 'ionic-angular/commonjs'
+    'ionic-angular': 'ionic-angular/umd'
   },
   packages: {
     'ionic-angular': {