diff --git a/packages/build-tools/create-webpack-config.js b/packages/build-tools/create-webpack-config.js
index 3320582e8d..5c41691bc5 100644
--- a/packages/build-tools/create-webpack-config.js
+++ b/packages/build-tools/create-webpack-config.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const resolve = require('resolve');
 const CopyWebpackPlugin = require('copy-webpack-plugin');
 const WriteFilePlugin = require('write-file-webpack-plugin');
 const npmSass = require('npm-sass');
+const merge = require('webpack-merge');
 const SassDocPlugin = require('@bolt/sassdoc-webpack-plugin');
 const { getConfig } = require('./utils/config-store');
 const { boltWebpackProgress } = require('./utils/webpack-helpers');
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ async function createWebpackConfig(buildConfig) {
     },
   ];
 
-  const webpackConfig = {
+  let webpackConfig = {
     target: 'web',
     entry: await buildWebpackEntry(),
     output: {
@@ -497,6 +498,23 @@ async function createWebpackConfig(buildConfig) {
     };
   }
 
+  // Simple Configuration
+  // The easiest way to tweak the Bolt webpack config is by providing an object to the configureWebpack option in the `.boltrc.js` config:
+
+  // // .boltrc.js
+  // module.exports = {
+  //   configureWebpack: {
+  //     plugins: [
+  //       new MyAwesomeWebpackPlugin()
+  //     ]
+  //   }
+  // }
+  // The object will be merged into the final webpack config using webpack-merge.
+
+  if (config.configureWebpack) {
+    webpackConfig = merge(webpackConfig, config.configureWebpack);
+  }
+
   return webpackConfig;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/build-tools/package.json b/packages/build-tools/package.json
index 6501c59c9f..9b9e2b309f 100644
--- a/packages/build-tools/package.json
+++ b/packages/build-tools/package.json
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
     "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.24.3",
     "webpack-manifest-plugin": "^2.0.4",
     "webpack": "4.29.0",
+    "webpack-merge": "^4.2.1",
     "write-file-webpack-plugin": "^4.5.0",
     "yaml-loader": "^0.5.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/build-tools/utils/config.schema.yml b/packages/build-tools/utils/config.schema.yml
index b80d4b7a5c..b0f4b5fc47 100644
--- a/packages/build-tools/utils/config.schema.yml
+++ b/packages/build-tools/utils/config.schema.yml
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@
         - none
         - console
         - cli
+    configureWebpack:
+      type: object
+      description: 'Passing in an object will merge any config customizations with the default Bolt Webpack config (via <a href="https://github.com/survivejs/webpack-merge" target="_blank">webpack-merge</a>).'
     configFileUsed:
       type: string
       description: The filepath to the `.boltrc` file used to load config. Programatically added to config.
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 60e22ea5da..5eb53817c1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -18111,6 +18111,13 @@ webpack-manifest-plugin@^2.0.4:
     lodash ">=3.5 <5"
     tapable "^1.0.0"
 
+webpack-merge@^4.2.1:
+  version "4.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack-merge/-/webpack-merge-4.2.1.tgz#5e923cf802ea2ace4fd5af1d3247368a633489b4"
+  integrity sha512-4p8WQyS98bUJcCvFMbdGZyZmsKuWjWVnVHnAS3FFg0HDaRVrPbkivx2RYCre8UiemD67RsiFFLfn4JhLAin8Vw==
+  dependencies:
+    lodash "^4.17.5"
+
 webpack-sources@^1.0.1, webpack-sources@^1.1.0, webpack-sources@^1.3.0:
   version "1.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack-sources/-/webpack-sources-1.3.0.tgz#2a28dcb9f1f45fe960d8f1493252b5ee6530fa85"