diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 1b11c797147..367fa8d059f 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ import bindActionCreators from './utils/bindActionCreators'
 import applyMiddleware from './utils/applyMiddleware'
 import compose from './utils/compose'
 
+/*
+* create a function so that we can check if the function name has been atlered by minification
+* if the function has been minified and NODE_ENV !== 'production', warn the user
+*/
+function isCrushed() {}
+
+if (isCrushed.name !== 'isCrushed' && process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
+  console.warn('You are utilzing minified code outside of NODE_ENV === \'production\'. ' + 
+    'This means that you are running a slower development only build of Redux. ' + 
+    'Consult tools such as loose-envify (https://github.com/zertosh/loose-envify) for browserify ' + 
+    'and DefinePlugin for webpack (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30030031) ' + 
+    'to build with proper NODE_ENV') // eslint-disable-line no-console
+}
+
 export {
   createStore,
   combineReducers,