diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 55d9f4af..c81505f5 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 var gulp = require('gulp');
 var minimist = require('minimist');
+var uglify = require('gulp-uglify');
+var rename = require("gulp-rename");
 
 var flagConfig = {
   string: ['port', 'version', 'ngVersion', 'animations'],
@@ -11,3 +13,13 @@ var flags = minimist(process.argv.slice(2), flagConfig);
 
 /* Docs tasks */
 require('./scripts/docs/gulp-tasks')(gulp, flags);
+
+
+gulp.task("minify:dist", function(){
+  gulp.src('./dist/ionic.native.js')
+  .pipe(uglify())
+  .pipe(rename({
+    suffix: '.min'
+  }))
+  .pipe(gulp.dest('./dist'));
+});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 97a8d700..20732206 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
     "dgeni-packages": "^0.10.18",
     "glob": "^6.0.4",
     "gulp": "~3.9.0",
+    "gulp-rename": "^1.2.2",
+    "gulp-uglify": "^1.5.3",
     "lodash": "3.10.1",
     "minimist": "^1.1.3",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
     "build": "tsc --module commonjs --sourcemap --outDir dist/ --experimentalDecorators -d typings/es6-shim/es6-shim.d.ts src/index.ts --target ES5",
-    "build_bundle": "npm run-script build && browserify dist/index.js > dist/ionic.native.js"
+    "build_bundle": "npm run-script build && browserify dist/index.js > dist/ionic.native.js && gulp minify:dist"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",