diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 647a0f8626..def6e13976 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ test/tmp
 /runtime.js
 coverage
 dist
+.package.json
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 85fb0a68ef..d8e51136b0 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ Makefile
 dist
 tests.json
 CHANGELOG.md
+.package.json
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9538271726..d0cef11981 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ MOCHA_CMD = node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha
 
 export NODE_ENV = test
 
-.PHONY: clean test test-cov test-clean lint test-travis test-simple test-all test-browser publish build bootstrap
+.PHONY: clean test test-cov test-clean lint test-travis test-simple test-all test-browser publish build bootstrap publish-core
 
 build:
 	mkdir -p dist
@@ -66,6 +66,18 @@ test-browser:
 
 	test -n "`which open`" && open test/browser.html
 
+publish-core:
+	# generate
+	bin/generate-core-package-json >package2.json
+	mv package.json .package.json
+	mv package2.json package.json
+
+	npm publish
+
+	# restore
+	rm -rf package.json
+	mv .package.json package.json
+
 publish:
 	git pull --rebase
 
@@ -85,6 +97,8 @@ publish:
 
 	git push --follow-tags
 
+	make publish-core
+
 	rm -rf templates.json browser.js runtime.js browser-polyfill.js
 
 bootstrap:
diff --git a/bin/generate-core-package-json b/bin/generate-core-package-json
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..895df76acc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/generate-core-package-json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+var pkg = require("../package.json");
+pkg.name += "-core";
+delete pkg.dependencies.chokidar;
+delete pkg.optionalDependencies;
+delete pkg.devDependencies;
+delete pkg.preferGlobal;
+delete pkg.scripts;
+delete pkg.bin;
+console.log(JSON.stringify(pkg, null, "  "));