diff --git a/packages/server/package.js b/packages/server/package.js
index 19d0ef6e2d..2f78f772ee 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.js
+++ b/packages/server/package.js
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 export default {
-  build: true
+  build: true,
+  rollup: {
+    externals: ['jsdom']
+  }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/package.js b/scripts/package.js
index 97b747762b..06a3e8e340 100644
--- a/scripts/package.js
+++ b/scripts/package.js
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ export default class Package {
     const config = {
       rootDir: this.options.rootDir,
       alias: {},
-      replace: {}
+      replace: {},
+      ...this.options.rollup
     }
 
     // Replace linkedDependencies with their suffixed version
diff --git a/scripts/rollup.config.js b/scripts/rollup.config.js
index cb52767a95..8445ec1ec2 100644
--- a/scripts/rollup.config.js
+++ b/scripts/rollup.config.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export default function rollupConfig ({
   input = 'src/index.js',
   replace = {},
   alias = {},
+  externals = [],
   resolve = {
     only: [
       /lodash/
@@ -43,7 +44,9 @@ export default function rollupConfig ({
       // Dependencies that will be installed alongise with the nuxt package
       ...Object.keys(pkg.dependencies || {}),
       // Builtin node modules
-      ...builtins
+      ...builtins,
+      // Explicit externals
+      ...externals
     ],
     plugins: [
       aliasPlugin(alias),