diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6edd850..8774cec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /node_modules
 npm-debug.log
+/dist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index bc2b815..3cf608e 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 var gulp = require('gulp'),
   	connect = require('gulp-connect'),
-  	less = require('gulp-less');
+  	less = require('gulp-less'),
+    cleanCSS = require('gulp-clean-css'),
+    rename = require('gulp-rename');
  
 gulp.task('webserver', function() {
   connect.server({
@@ -11,12 +13,21 @@ gulp.task('webserver', function() {
 gulp.task('less', function() {
   gulp.src('src/styles.less')
     .pipe(less())
+    .pipe(cleanCSS({format: 'beautify'}))
     .pipe(gulp.dest('dist'))
     .pipe(connect.reload());
 });
  
 gulp.task('watch', function() {
   gulp.watch('src/*.less', ['less']);
-})
+});
+
+gulp.task('minify-css', () => {
+  gulp.src('dist/styles.css')
+    .pipe(cleanCSS())
+    .pipe(rename('styles.min.css'))
+    .pipe(gulp.dest('dist'));
+});
  
-gulp.task('default', ['less', 'webserver', 'watch']);
\ No newline at end of file
+gulp.task('default', ['less', 'webserver', 'watch']);
+gulp.task('build', ['less', 'minify-css'])
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fbd8f8e..3ffbd16 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js",
+    "build": "node node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js build",
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
   },
   "repository": {
@@ -19,9 +20,11 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/rhyneav/papercss#readme",
   "devDependencies": {
     "gulp": "3.9.1",
+    "gulp-clean-css": "^3.9.0",
     "gulp-connect": "5.0.0",
     "gulp-less": "3.3.2",
     "gulp-plumber": "1.1.0",
+    "gulp-rename": "^1.2.2",
     "gulp-watch-less": "1.0.1",
     "install": "0.10.1",
     "less": "2.7.2",