diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
index 980bbb108ba..42004dc7f6c 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
@@ -598,6 +598,16 @@ module.exports = function(webpackEnv) {
       new ManifestPlugin({
         fileName: 'asset-manifest.json',
         publicPath: publicPath,
+        generate: (seed, files) => {
+          const manifestFiles = files.reduce(function(manifest, file) {
+            manifest[file.name] = file.path;
+            return manifest;
+          }, seed);
+
+          return {
+            files: manifestFiles,
+          };
+        },
       }),
       // Moment.js is an extremely popular library that bundles large locale files
       // by default due to how Webpack interprets its code. This is a practical