diff --git a/build.properties b/build.properties
index 589c200fc0..b37b39b9f8 100644
--- a/build.properties
+++ b/build.properties
@@ -19,4 +19,7 @@ app.tomcat.webapps=${app.tomcat.folder}/webapps
 # Application properties
 app.folder=${app.tomcat.webapps}/${app.war.artifactId}
 app.package=${app.war.artifactId}.${app.war.packaging}
-app.package.path=${app.tomcat.webapps}/${app.package}
\ No newline at end of file
+app.package.path=${app.tomcat.webapps}/${app.package}
+
+# Controls the minification process of js files
+minifyjs=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 0b3671c19f..3ef9daa69e 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
          <arg value="clean" />
          <arg value="install" />
          <arg value="-DskipTests" />
-         <arg value="-Dminifyjs=false" />
+         <arg value="-Dminifyjs=${minifyjs}" />
          <arg value="-PfullBuild" />
          <arg value="alfresco:amp" />
       </exec>