diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c5017e3f149..80eedcfa1b4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@
     "gulp-clean": "^0.3.2",
     "gulp-concat": "^2.6.0",
     "gulp-connect": "^5.0.0",
+    "gulp-documentation": "^3.2.1",
     "gulp-eslint": "^4.0.0",
     "gulp-footer": "^1.0.5",
     "gulp-header": "^1.7.1",
     "gulp-if": "^2.0.2",
-    "gulp-documentation": "^3.2.1",
     "gulp-optimize-js": "^1.1.0",
     "gulp-rename": "^1.2.0",
     "gulp-replace": "^0.4.0",
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
     "gulp-uglify": "^3.0.0",
     "gulp-util": "^3.0.0",
     "gulp-webdriver": "^1.0.1",
+    "ignore-loader": "^0.1.2",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.5",
     "istanbul-instrumenter-loader": "^3.0.0",
     "json-loader": "^0.5.1",
diff --git a/webpack.conf.js b/webpack.conf.js
index 59d03790a4b..68db3a389f2 100644
--- a/webpack.conf.js
+++ b/webpack.conf.js
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ module.exports = {
         test: /\.json$/,
         loader: 'json-loader'
       },
+      {
+        test: /\.md$/,
+        loader: 'ignore-loader'
+      },
       {
         test: /constants.json$/,
         include: /(src)/,