diff --git a/build/build.js b/build/build.js
index 82d4c52e631..7c67fc924a8 100644
--- a/build/build.js
+++ b/build/build.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const path = require('path')
 const zlib = require('zlib')
 const rollup = require('rollup')
 const uglify = require('uglify-js')
+const babel = require('babel-core')
 
 if (!fs.existsSync('dist')) {
   fs.mkdirSync('dist')
@@ -40,6 +41,28 @@ function build (builds) {
   next()
 }
 
+function minify (code, minifier) {
+  if (minifier === 'uglify') {
+    return uglify.minify(code, {
+      output: {
+        ascii_only: true
+      },
+      compress: {
+        pure_funcs: ['makeMap']
+      }
+    }).code
+  } else if (minifier === 'babel') {
+    return babel.transform(code, {
+      babelrc: false,
+      presets: [['minify', {
+        mangle: { topLevel: true }
+      }]]
+    }).code
+  } else {
+    return code
+  }
+}
+
 function buildEntry (config) {
   const output = config.output
   const { file, banner } = output
@@ -48,14 +71,7 @@ function buildEntry (config) {
     .then(bundle => bundle.generate(output))
     .then(({ code }) => {
       if (isProd) {
-        var minified = (banner ? banner + '\n' : '') + uglify.minify(code, {
-          output: {
-            ascii_only: true
-          },
-          compress: {
-            pure_funcs: ['makeMap']
-          }
-        }).code
+        var minified = (banner ? banner + '\n' : '') + minify(code, config._minifier || 'uglify')
         return write(file, minified, true)
       } else {
         return write(file, code)
diff --git a/build/config.js b/build/config.js
index d3069765991..e19ec0825b7 100644
--- a/build/config.js
+++ b/build/config.js
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ const builds = {
     alias: { he: './entity-decoder' },
     banner
   },
-  // Runtime+compiler ES modules build (for direct import in browser)
-  'web-full-esm-browser': {
+  // Runtime+compiler ES modules development build (for direct import in browser)
+  'web-full-esm-browser-dev': {
     entry: resolve('web/entry-runtime-with-compiler.js'),
     dest: resolve('dist/vue.esm.browser.js'),
     format: 'es',
@@ -76,6 +76,17 @@ const builds = {
     alias: { he: './entity-decoder' },
     banner
   },
+  // Runtime+compiler ES modules production build (for direct import in browser)
+  'web-full-esm-browser-prod': {
+    entry: resolve('web/entry-runtime-with-compiler.js'),
+    dest: resolve('dist/vue.esm.browser.min.js'),
+    format: 'es',
+    transpile: false,
+    minifier: 'babel',
+    env: 'production',
+    alias: { he: './entity-decoder' },
+    banner
+  },
   // runtime-only build (Browser)
   'web-runtime-dev': {
     entry: resolve('web/entry-runtime.js'),
@@ -215,6 +226,11 @@ function genConfig (name) {
     value: name
   })
 
+  Object.defineProperty(config, '_minifier', {
+    enumerable: false,
+    value: opts.minifier
+  })
+
   return config
 }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3fa5d5adc7e..7318034a70f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
     "babel-preset-flow-vue": "^1.0.0",
     "buble": "^0.16.0",
     "chalk": "^1.1.3",
+    "babel-preset-minify": "^0.4.3",
     "chromedriver": "^2.30.1",
     "codecov.io": "^0.1.6",
     "commitizen": "^2.9.6",