diff --git a/packages/metro/src/Bundler/__tests__/Bundler-test.js b/packages/metro/src/Bundler/__tests__/Bundler-test.js
index fa9104a1..3f0756c4 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/Bundler/__tests__/Bundler-test.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/Bundler/__tests__/Bundler-test.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ var commonOptions = {
   cacheVersion: 'smth',
   enableBabelRCLookup: true,
   extraNodeModules: {},
+  minifierPath: defaults.DEFAULT_METRO_MINIFIER_PATH,
   platforms: defaults.platforms,
   postMinifyProcess: e => e,
   resetCache: false,
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/Bundler/index.js b/packages/metro/src/Bundler/index.js
index aab42cea..185ac224 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/Bundler/index.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/Bundler/index.js
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ class Bundler {
     this._transformer = new Transformer({
       asyncRequireModulePath: opts.asyncRequireModulePath,
       maxWorkers: opts.maxWorkers,
+      // TODO t26063242 make this an option
+      minifierPath: defaults.DEFAULT_METRO_MINIFIER_PATH,
       reporters: {
         stdoutChunk: chunk =>
           opts.reporter.update({type: 'worker_stdout_chunk', chunk}),
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/__tests__/Transformer-test.js b/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/__tests__/Transformer-test.js
index a6e2a664..30898622 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/__tests__/Transformer-test.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/__tests__/Transformer-test.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ jest
   .mock('jest-worker', () => ({__esModule: true, default: jest.fn()}));
 
 const Transformer = require('../');
+const defaults = require('../../defaults');
 
 const {Readable} = require('stream');
 
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ describe('Transformer', function() {
   const opts = {
     asyncRequireModulePath: 'asyncRequire',
     maxWorkers: 4,
+    minifierPath: defaults.DEFAULT_METRO_MINIFIER_PATH,
     reporters: {},
     transformModulePath,
     dynamicDepsInPackages: 'reject',
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/index.js b/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/index.js
index f5f4244f..09e27dcf 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/index.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/index.js
@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@ module.exports = class Transformer {
   _transformModulePath: string;
   _asyncRequireModulePath: string;
   _dynamicDepsInPackages: DynamicRequiresBehavior;
+  _minifierPath: string;
 
   constructor(options: {|
     +maxWorkers: number,
+    +minifierPath: string,
     +reporters: Reporters,
     +transformModulePath: string,
     +asyncRequireModulePath: string,
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ module.exports = class Transformer {
     this._transformModulePath = options.transformModulePath;
     this._asyncRequireModulePath = options.asyncRequireModulePath;
     this._dynamicDepsInPackages = options.dynamicDepsInPackages;
+    this._minifierPath = options.minifierPath;
     const {workerPath = require.resolve('./worker')} = options;
 
     if (options.maxWorkers > 1) {
@@ -86,7 +89,12 @@ module.exports = class Transformer {
     code: string,
     sourceMap: BabelSourceMap,
   ): Promise<ResultWithMap> {
-    return await this._worker.minify(filename, code, sourceMap);
+    return await this._worker.minify(
+      filename,
+      code,
+      sourceMap,
+      this._minifierPath,
+    );
   }
 
   async transform(
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/index.js b/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/index.js
index 1e130eaa..8ff2bb3a 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/index.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/index.js
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ const JsFileWrapping = require('../../ModuleGraph/worker/JsFileWrapping');
 const assetTransformer = require('../../assetTransformer');
 const collectDependencies = require('../../ModuleGraph/worker/collectDependencies');
 const constantFolding = require('./constant-folding');
+const getMinifier = require('../../lib/getMinifier');
 const inline = require('./inline');
-const minify = require('metro-minify-uglify');
 const optimizeDependencies = require('../../ModuleGraph/worker/optimizeDependencies');
 const path = require('path');
 
@@ -272,7 +272,9 @@ function minifyCode(
   filename: string,
   code: string,
   sourceMap: BabelSourceMap,
+  minifierPath: string,
 ): ResultWithMap | Promise<ResultWithMap> {
+  const minify = getMinifier(minifierPath);
   try {
     return minify.withSourceMap(code, sourceMap, filename);
   } catch (error) {
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/ModuleGraph/worker/__tests__/optimize-module-test.js b/packages/metro/src/ModuleGraph/worker/__tests__/optimize-module-test.js
index bfbff605..bf3409de 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/ModuleGraph/worker/__tests__/optimize-module-test.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/ModuleGraph/worker/__tests__/optimize-module-test.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
+const defaults = require('../../../defaults');
 const invariant = require('fbjs/lib/invariant');
 const nullthrows = require('fbjs/lib/nullthrows');
 const optimizeModule = require('../optimize-module');
@@ -22,15 +23,13 @@ const {SourceMapConsumer} = require('source-map');
 
 const {objectContaining} = jasmine;
 
-const METRO_MINIFIER = 'metro-minify-uglify';
-
 describe('optimizing JS modules', () => {
   const filename = 'arbitrary/file.js';
   const sourceExts = new Set(['js', 'json']);
   const asyncRequireModulePath = 'asyncRequire';
   const optimizationOptions = {
     dev: false,
-    minifierPath: METRO_MINIFIER,
+    minifierPath: defaults.DEFAULT_METRO_MINIFIER_PATH,
     platform: 'android',
     postMinifyProcess: x => x,
   };
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ describe('optimizing JS modules', () => {
       optimizeModule(new Buffer(JSON.stringify(data), 'utf8'), {
         dev: true,
         platform: '',
-        minifierPath: METRO_MINIFIER,
+        minifierPath: defaults.DEFAULT_METRO_MINIFIER_PATH,
         postMinifyProcess: ({code, map}) => ({code, map}),
       }),
     ).toEqual(data);
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/defaults.js b/packages/metro/src/defaults.js
index b5e06e97..d0fa3cc1 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/defaults.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/defaults.js
@@ -50,3 +50,5 @@ exports.platforms = ['ios', 'android', 'windows', 'web'];
 exports.providesModuleNodeModules = ['react-native', 'react-native-windows'];
 
 exports.transformModulePath = require.resolve('./defaultTransform.js');
+
+exports.DEFAULT_METRO_MINIFIER_PATH = 'metro-minify-uglify';