diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
index 5943c14502..f7235ca5fa 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ module.exports = {
       },
       output: {
         comments: false,
+        // Turned on because emoji and regex is not minified properly using default
+        // https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/issues/2488
+        ascii_only: true,
       },
       sourceMap: true,
     }),