diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f401384df..7cad125a7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -222,3 +222,4 @@ The following option has been changed to resourceQuery:
 - `transformAssetUrls`
 - `optimizeSSR`
 - `hotReload`
+- `productionMode`
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index feeb28005..1fc558c41 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ module.exports = function (source) {
 
   const isServer = target === 'node'
   const isShadow = incomingQuery.shadow != null
-  const isProduction = minimize || process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
+  const isProduction = options.productionMode || minimize || process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
   const filename = path.basename(resourcePath)
   const context = rootContext || process.cwd()
   const sourceRoot = path.dirname(path.relative(context, resourcePath))