diff --git a/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/minify-test.js b/packages/metro-minify-uglify/__tests__/minify-test.js
similarity index 82%
rename from packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/minify-test.js
rename to packages/metro-minify-uglify/__tests__/minify-test.js
index ae6a2d30..61f25487 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/minify-test.js
+++ b/packages/metro-minify-uglify/__tests__/minify-test.js
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
  * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
  *
+ * @flow
  * @format
  * @emails oncall+js_foundation
  */
 'use strict';
 
+import type {BabelSourceMap} from '@babel/core';
+
 jest.mock('uglify-es', () => ({
   minify: jest.fn(code => {
     return {
@@ -20,20 +23,29 @@ jest.mock('uglify-es', () => ({
   }),
 }));
 
-const minify = require('../minify');
+const minify = require('..');
 const {objectContaining} = jasmine;
 
+function getFakeMap(): BabelSourceMap {
+  return {
+    version: 3,
+    sources: ['?'],
+    mappings: '',
+    names: [],
+  };
+}
+
 describe('Minification:', () => {
   const filename = '/arbitrary/file.js';
   const code = 'arbitrary(code)';
-  let map;
+  let map: BabelSourceMap;
   let uglify;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     uglify = require('uglify-es');
     uglify.minify.mockClear();
     uglify.minify.mockReturnValue({code: '', map: '{}'});
-    map = {version: 3, sources: ['?'], mappings: ''};
+    map = getFakeMap();
   });
 
   it('passes file name, code, and source map to `uglify`', () => {
@@ -64,14 +76,14 @@ describe('Minification:', () => {
 
   it('returns the code provided by uglify', () => {
     uglify.minify.mockReturnValue({code, map: '{}'});
-    const result = minify.withSourceMap('', {}, '');
+    const result = minify.withSourceMap('', getFakeMap(), '');
     expect(result.code).toBe(code);
     expect(minify.noSourceMap('')).toBe(code);
   });
 
   it('parses the source map object provided by uglify and sets the sources property', () => {
     uglify.minify.mockReturnValue({map: JSON.stringify(map), code: ''});
-    const result = minify.withSourceMap('', {}, filename);
+    const result = minify.withSourceMap('', getFakeMap(), filename);
     expect(result.map).toEqual({...map, sources: [filename]});
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/metro-minify-uglify/package.json b/packages/metro-minify-uglify/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd735f1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/metro-minify-uglify/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "name": "metro-minify-uglify",
+  "version": "0.26.0",
+  "description": "🚇 Default minifier for Metro",
+  "main": "src/index.js",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git@github.com:facebook/metro.git"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "prepare-release": "test -d build && rm -rf src.real && mv src src.real && mv build src",
+    "cleanup-release": "test ! -e build && mv src build && mv src.real src"
+  },
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "uglify-es": "^3.1.9"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {}
+}
diff --git a/packages/metro-minify-uglify/src/index.js b/packages/metro-minify-uglify/src/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..866e9dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/metro-minify-uglify/src/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *
+ * @flow
+ * @format
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const minifier = require('./minifier');
+
+export type {MetroMinifier} from './types.js.flow';
+export type {ResultWithMap} from './types.js.flow';
+export type {ResultWithoutMap} from './types.js.flow';
+
+module.exports = minifier;
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/minify.js b/packages/metro-minify-uglify/src/minifier.js
similarity index 88%
rename from packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/minify.js
rename to packages/metro-minify-uglify/src/minifier.js
index 3bf8a4e8..0d7838d0 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/minify.js
+++ b/packages/metro-minify-uglify/src/minifier.js
@@ -14,13 +14,10 @@
 
 const uglify = require('uglify-es');
 
+import type {MetroMinifier} from './types.js.flow';
+import type {ResultWithMap} from './types.js.flow';
 import type {BabelSourceMap} from '@babel/core';
 
-export type ResultWithMap = {
-  code: string,
-  map: BabelSourceMap,
-};
-
 function noSourceMap(code: string): string {
   return minify(code).code;
 }
@@ -66,7 +63,9 @@ function minify(inputCode: string, inputMap: ?BabelSourceMap) {
   };
 }
 
-module.exports = {
+const metroMinifier: MetroMinifier = {
   noSourceMap,
   withSourceMap,
 };
+
+module.exports = metroMinifier;
diff --git a/packages/metro-minify-uglify/src/types.js.flow b/packages/metro-minify-uglify/src/types.js.flow
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e36d35da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/metro-minify-uglify/src/types.js.flow
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *
+ * @flow
+ * @format
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+import type {BabelSourceMap} from '@babel/core';
+
+export type ResultWithMap = {
+  code: string,
+  map: BabelSourceMap,
+};
+
+export type ResultWithoutMap = string;
+
+type MinifierWithSourceMap = (
+  code: string,
+  inputMap?: ?BabelSourceMap,
+  filename: string,
+) => ResultWithMap;
+
+type MinifierWithoutSourceMap = (code: string) => ResultWithoutMap;
+
+export type MetroMinifier = {
+  noSourceMap: MinifierWithoutSourceMap,
+  withSourceMap: MinifierWithSourceMap,
+};
diff --git a/packages/metro/package.json b/packages/metro/package.json
index 9178a681..4a31baca 100644
--- a/packages/metro/package.json
+++ b/packages/metro/package.json
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
     "source-map": "^0.5.6",
     "temp": "0.8.3",
     "throat": "^4.1.0",
-    "uglify-es": "^3.1.9",
     "wordwrap": "^1.0.0",
     "write-file-atomic": "^1.2.0",
     "ws": "^1.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/Bundler/__tests__/Bundler-test.js b/packages/metro/src/Bundler/__tests__/Bundler-test.js
index 38260489..f2919ba2 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/Bundler/__tests__/Bundler-test.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/Bundler/__tests__/Bundler-test.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 jest
   .setMock('jest-worker', () => ({}))
-  .setMock('../../JSTransformer/worker/minify')
+  .setMock('metro-minify-uglify')
   .mock('image-size')
   .mock('fs')
   .mock('os')
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/index.js b/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/index.js
index f080d4dd..f9d0a377 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/index.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/index.js
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ const Worker = require('jest-worker').default;
 import type {BabelSourceMap} from '@babel/core';
 import type {Options, TransformedCode} from './worker';
 import type {LocalPath} from '../node-haste/lib/toLocalPath';
-import type {ResultWithMap} from './worker/minify';
+import type {MetroMinifier} from 'metro-minify-uglify';
+import type {ResultWithMap} from 'metro-minify-uglify';
 import type {DynamicRequiresBehavior} from '../ModuleGraph/worker/collectDependencies';
 
-import typeof {minify as Minify, transform as Transform} from './worker';
+import typeof {transform as Transform} from './worker';
 
 type WorkerInterface = Worker & {
-  minify: Minify,
+  minify: MetroMinifier,
   transform: Transform,
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/worker-test.js b/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/worker-test.js
index 79164734..b8a5fff2 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/worker-test.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/worker-test.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 jest
   .mock('../constant-folding')
   .mock('../inline')
-  .mock('../minify');
+  .mock('metro-minify-uglify');
 
 const path = require('path');
 const transformCode = require('..').transform;
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/index.js b/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/index.js
index 657b3e30..00abd68b 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/index.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/index.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const assetTransformer = require('../../assetTransformer');
 const collectDependencies = require('../../ModuleGraph/worker/collectDependencies');
 const constantFolding = require('./constant-folding');
 const inline = require('./inline');
-const minify = require('./minify');
+const minify = require('metro-minify-uglify');
 const optimizeDependencies = require('../../ModuleGraph/worker/optimizeDependencies');
 const path = require('path');
 
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ const {toSegmentTuple} = require('metro-source-map');
 
 import type {DynamicRequiresBehavior} from '../../ModuleGraph/worker/collectDependencies';
 import type {LocalPath} from '../../node-haste/lib/toLocalPath';
-import type {ResultWithMap} from './minify';
 import type {Ast} from '@babel/core';
 import type {BabelSourceMap} from '@babel/core';
 import type {Plugins as BabelPlugins} from 'babel-core';
 import type {LogEntry} from 'metro-core/src/Logger';
+import type {ResultWithMap} from 'metro-minify-uglify';
 import type {MetroSourceMapSegmentTuple} from 'metro-source-map';
 
 export type TransformedCode = {
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/ModuleGraph/worker/optimize-module.js b/packages/metro/src/ModuleGraph/worker/optimize-module.js
index 6748def1..753b60c0 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/ModuleGraph/worker/optimize-module.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/ModuleGraph/worker/optimize-module.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const constantFolding = require('../../JSTransformer/worker/constant-folding')
 const generate = require('./generate');
 const inline = require('../../JSTransformer/worker/inline').plugin;
 const invariant = require('fbjs/lib/invariant');
-const minify = require('../../JSTransformer/worker/minify');
+const minify = require('metro-minify-uglify');
 const optimizeDependencies = require('./optimizeDependencies');
 const sourceMap = require('source-map');
 
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/Server/__tests__/Server-test.js b/packages/metro/src/Server/__tests__/Server-test.js
index 2a765a8d..321f6a7e 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/Server/__tests__/Server-test.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/Server/__tests__/Server-test.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 jest
   .mock('jest-worker', () => ({}))
-  .mock('../../JSTransformer/worker/minify')
+  .mock('metro-minify-uglify')
   .mock('crypto')
   .mock('../symbolicate', () => ({
     createWorker: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(jest.fn()),