diff --git a/templates/Angular2Spa/project.json b/templates/Angular2Spa/project.json
index c9066fc5d3..140942989e 100755
--- a/templates/Angular2Spa/project.json
+++ b/templates/Angular2Spa/project.json
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
   "scripts": {
     "prepublish": [
       "npm install",
-      "node node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --config webpack.config.vendor.js",
-      "node node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js"
+      "node node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --config webpack.config.vendor.js --env.prod",
+      "node node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --env.prod"
     ],
     "postpublish": [ "dotnet publish-iis --publish-folder %publish:OutputPath% --framework %publish:FullTargetFramework%" ]
   },
diff --git a/templates/Angular2Spa/webpack.config.js b/templates/Angular2Spa/webpack.config.js
index 9d1b48cbdc..ffbfd47d95 100644
--- a/templates/Angular2Spa/webpack.config.js
+++ b/templates/Angular2Spa/webpack.config.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
+var isDevBuild = process.argv.indexOf('--env.prod') < 0;
 var path = require('path');
 var webpack = require('webpack');
 
-var isDevBuild = process.env.ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT === 'Development';
-
 module.exports = {
     devtool: isDevBuild ? 'inline-source-map' : null,
     resolve: { extensions: [ '', '.js', '.ts' ] },
diff --git a/templates/Angular2Spa/webpack.config.vendor.js b/templates/Angular2Spa/webpack.config.vendor.js
index 9c03275aa4..7c78efdfd5 100644
--- a/templates/Angular2Spa/webpack.config.vendor.js
+++ b/templates/Angular2Spa/webpack.config.vendor.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+var isDevBuild = process.argv.indexOf('--env.prod') < 0;
 var path = require('path');
 var webpack = require('webpack');
 var ExtractTextPlugin = require('extract-text-webpack-plugin');
 var extractCSS = new ExtractTextPlugin('vendor.css');
-var isDevelopment = process.env.ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT === 'Development';
 
 module.exports = {
     resolve: {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ module.exports = {
             path: path.join(__dirname, 'wwwroot', 'dist', '[name]-manifest.json'),
             name: '[name]_[hash]'
         })
-    ].concat(isDevelopment ? [] : [
+    ].concat(isDevBuild ? [] : [
         new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin({ compress: { warnings: false } })
     ])
 };