diff --git a/superset/assets/package.json b/superset/assets/package.json
index bb5bcc4cbe3..50667e20b11 100644
--- a/superset/assets/package.json
+++ b/superset/assets/package.json
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
     "sinon": "^2.1.0",
     "style-loader": "^0.18.2",
     "transform-loader": "^0.2.3",
+    "uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "^0.4.6",
     "url-loader": "^0.5.7",
     "webpack": "^2.3.3",
     "webpack-manifest-plugin": "1.1.0",
diff --git a/superset/assets/webpack.config.js b/superset/assets/webpack.config.js
index 829dd729a6c..be8c8c983b9 100644
--- a/superset/assets/webpack.config.js
+++ b/superset/assets/webpack.config.js
@@ -125,17 +125,16 @@ const config = {
   ],
 };
 if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
-  config.plugins.push(
-    // Using settings suggested in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/537
-    new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin({
-      sourceMap: false,
-      minimize: true,
-      compress: {
-        drop_debugger: true,
-        warnings: false,
-        drop_console: true,
-      },
-    }),
-  );
+  // Using settings suggested in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/537
+  const UJSplugin = new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin({
+    sourceMap: false,
+    minimize: true,
+    compress: {
+      drop_debugger: true,
+      warnings: false,
+      drop_console: true,
+    },
+  });
+  config.plugins.push(UJSplugin);
 }
 module.exports = config;