diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..facd1809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.babelrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "presets": ["es2015", "react"]
+}
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index baece9d3..b6c8f71a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
   ],
   "license": "MIT",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "browserify": "11.1.0",
-    "browserify-shim": "3.8.10",
-    "envify": "3.4.0",
+    "babel-core": "^6.7.4",
+    "babel-loader": "^6.2.4",
+    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.6.0",
+    "babel-preset-react": "^6.5.0",
     "expect": "1.10.0",
-    "jsx-loader": "0.13.2",
     "karma": "0.13.10",
     "karma-browserify": "^4.2.1",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "0.2.0",
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
     "react": "^0.14.0",
     "react-addons-test-utils": "^0.14.0",
     "react-dom": "^0.14.0",
-    "reactify": "^1.1.1",
     "rf-release": "0.4.0",
     "sinon": "^1.17.3",
     "uglify-js": "2.4.24",
@@ -62,9 +61,5 @@
     "react-component",
     "modal",
     "dialog"
-  ],
-  "browserify-shim": {
-    "react": "global:React",
-    "react-dom": "global:ReactDOM"
-  }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/scripts/build b/scripts/build
index b9cd5395..ae0f6d1c 100755
--- a/scripts/build
+++ b/scripts/build
@@ -1,11 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-mkdir -p dist
-NODE_ENV=production node_modules/.bin/browserify lib/index.js \
-  -t reactify \
-  -t browserify-shim \
-  -t envify \
-  --detect-globals false \
-  -s ReactModal > dist/react-modal.js
-node_modules/.bin/uglifyjs dist/react-modal.js \
-  --compress warnings=false > dist/react-modal.min.js
-
+webpack --config webpack.dist.config.js
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diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index b99a8eef..b15571c6 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
   module: {
     loaders: [
-      { test: /\.js$/, loader: 'jsx-loader?harmony' }
+      { test: /\.js$/, loader: 'babel' }
     ]
   },
 
diff --git a/webpack.dist.config.js b/webpack.dist.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ac98798
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webpack.dist.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+var webpack = require('webpack');
+var UglifyJsPlugin = webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin;
+var env = process.env.WEBPACK_ENV;
+
+module.exports = {
+
+  entry: {
+    'react-modal': './lib/index.js',
+    'react-modal.min': './lib/index.js'
+  },
+
+  output: {
+    filename: '[name].js',
+    chunkFilename: '[id].chunk.js',
+    path: 'dist',
+    publicPath: '/',
+    libraryTarget: 'umd',
+    library: 'ReactModal'
+  },
+
+  plugins: [
+    new webpack.DefinePlugin({
+      'process.env.NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify(process.env.NODE_ENV)
+    }),
+    new UglifyJsPlugin({
+      include: /\.min\.js$/,
+      minimize: true,
+      compress: {
+        warnings: false
+      }
+    })
+  ],
+
+  module: {
+    loaders: [
+      { test: /\.js?$/, exclude: /node_modules/, loader: 'babel'},
+    ]
+  }
+
+};
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