diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 4e6682efee7..65117ffe925 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ jobs:
       - checkout
       - attach_workspace:
           at: ~/plotly.js
+      - run:
+          name: Update plot-schema.json
+          command: node tasks/bundle_plot_schema.js
       - store_artifacts:
           path: build/plotly.js
           destination: /plotly.js
diff --git a/tasks/bundle_plot_schema.js b/tasks/bundle_plot_schema.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6a5aa71bd5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/bundle_plot_schema.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+var constants = require('./util/constants');
+var _bundle = require('./util/browserify_wrapper');
+var makeSchema = require('./util/make_schema');
+
+/*
+ * Trimmed down version of ./bundle.js for CI testing
+ *
+ * Outputs:
+ *
+ *  - plotly-with-meta.js bundle in dist/
+ *  - plot-schema.json in dist/ (for reference)
+ */
+
+_bundle(constants.pathToPlotlyIndex, constants.pathToPlotlyDistWithMeta, {
+    standalone: 'Plotly',
+    noCompress: true
+}, function() {
+    makeSchema(constants.pathToPlotlyDistWithMeta, constants.pathToSchema)();
+});