diff --git a/templates/projects/web/project.json b/templates/projects/web/project.json
index 7f2515d3..ee545064 100755
--- a/templates/projects/web/project.json
+++ b/templates/projects/web/project.json
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
   },
 
   "scripts": {
+    "precompile": [ "dotnet bundle" ],
     "prepublish": [ "bower install" ],
     "postpublish": [ "dotnet publish-iis --publish-folder %publish:OutputPath% --framework %publish:FullTargetFramework%" ]
   },
diff --git a/templates/projects/webbasic/project.json b/templates/projects/webbasic/project.json
index 1bfb59f2..2abce44c 100755
--- a/templates/projects/webbasic/project.json
+++ b/templates/projects/webbasic/project.json
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
   },
 
   "scripts": {
+    "precompile": [ "dotnet bundle" ],
     "prepublish": [ "bower install" ],
     "postpublish": [ "dotnet publish-iis --publish-folder %publish:OutputPath% --framework %publish:FullTargetFramework%" ]
   },