diff --git a/package.js b/package.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e24076f02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ * This file is referenced by the `dojoBuild` key in `package.json` and provides extra hinting specific to the Dojo
+ * build system about how certain files in the package need to be handled at build time. Build profiles for the
+ * application itself are stored in the `profiles` directory.
+ */
+
+var profile = {
+	// Resource tags are functions that provide hints to the build system about the way files should be processed.
+	// Each of these functions is called once for every file in the package directory. The first argument passed to
+	// the function is the filename of the file, and the second argument is the computed AMD module ID of the file.
+	resourceTags: {
+		// Files that contain test code and should be excluded when the `copyTests` build flag exists and is `false`.
+		// It is strongly recommended that the `mini` build flag be used instead of `copyTests`. Therefore, no files
+		// are marked with the `test` tag here.
+		test: function (filename, mid) {
+			return false;
+		},
+
+		// Files that should be copied as-is without being modified by the build system.
+		// All files in the `app/resources` directory that are not CSS files are marked as copy-only, since these files
+		// are typically binaries (images, etc.) and may be corrupted by the build system if it attempts to process
+		// them and naively assumes they are scripts.
+		copyOnly: function (filename, mid) {
+			return (/^app\/resources\//.test(mid) && !/\.css$/.test(filename));
+		},
+
+		// Files that are AMD modules.
+		// All JavaScript in this package should be AMD modules if you are starting a new project. If you are copying
+		// any legacy scripts from an existing project, those legacy scripts should not be given the `amd` tag.
+		amd: function (filename, mid) {
+			return !this.copyOnly(filename, mid) && /\.js$/.test(filename);
+		},
+
+		// Files that should not be copied when the `mini` build flag is set to true.
+		// In this case, we are excluding this package configuration file which is not necessary in a built copy of
+		// the application.
+		miniExclude: function (filename, mid) {
+			return mid in {
+				'cmv/package': 1
+			};
+		}
+	}
+};