diff --git a/lib/build.js b/lib/build.js
index 43e664aeb4..10dd0f49c9 100644
--- a/lib/build.js
+++ b/lib/build.js
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ const defaults = {
   analyze: false,
   publicPath: '/_nuxt/',
   filenames: {
+    manifest: 'manifest.[hash].js',
     vendor: 'vendor.bundle.[hash].js',
     app: 'nuxt.bundle.[chunkhash].js'
   },
diff --git a/lib/webpack/client.config.js b/lib/webpack/client.config.js
index 7e40a22d29..75a69cbf54 100644
--- a/lib/webpack/client.config.js
+++ b/lib/webpack/client.config.js
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ export default function () {
       name: 'vendor',
       filename: this.options.build.filenames.vendor
     }),
+    // Extract manifest
+    new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin({
+      name: 'manifest',
+      filename: this.options.build.filenames.manifest
+    }),
     // Generate output HTML
     new HTMLPlugin({
       template: this.options.appTemplatePath