diff --git a/aio/tools/cli-patches/patch.js b/aio/tools/cli-patches/patch.js
index f175269d52..259d688d9e 100644
--- a/aio/tools/cli-patches/patch.js
+++ b/aio/tools/cli-patches/patch.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ const sh = require('shelljs');
 
 const PATCH_LOCK = 'node_modules/@angular/cli/models/webpack-configs/.patched';
 
-// if (!fs.existsSync(PATCH_LOCK)) {
-//   sh.touch(PATCH_LOCK);
-// }
+if (!fs.existsSync(PATCH_LOCK)) {
+  sh.exec('patch -p0 -i tools/cli-patches/webpack-no-global.patch');
+  sh.touch(PATCH_LOCK);
+}
 
diff --git a/aio/tools/cli-patches/webpack-no-global.patch b/aio/tools/cli-patches/webpack-no-global.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..335d86d70c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aio/tools/cli-patches/webpack-no-global.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- node_modules/@angular/cli/models/webpack-configs/browser.js   2017-10-20 22:11:38.000000000 -0700
++++ node_modules/@angular/cli/models/webpack-configs/browser.js   2017-10-20 22:11:47.000000000 -0700
+@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@
+             fs: 'empty',
+             // `global` should be kept true, removing it resulted in a
+             // massive size increase with Build Optimizer on AIO.
+-            global: true,
++            global: false,
+             crypto: 'empty',
+             tls: 'empty',
+             net: 'empty',
+-            process: true,
++            process: false,
+             module: false,
+             clearImmediate: false,
+             setImmediate: false