diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/alias.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/alias.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f1d4098aad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/alias.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+const paths = require('./paths');
+const appPackageJson = require(paths.appPackageJson);
+const definedAliases = appPackageJson.alias || [];
+
+if (!Array.isArray(definedAliases)) {
+  throw new Error('Your alias declaration must be an array');
+}
+
+const alias = definedAliases.reduce((accum, current) => {
+  if (current.expose && current.source) {
+    accum[current.expose] = current.source;
+  }
+  return accum;
+}, {});
+
+module.exports = alias;
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
index a6be022ba25..853520c506a 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const InterpolateHtmlPlugin = require('react-dev-utils/InterpolateHtmlPlugin');
 const WatchMissingNodeModulesPlugin = require('react-dev-utils/WatchMissingNodeModulesPlugin');
 const eslintFormatter = require('react-dev-utils/eslintFormatter');
 const ModuleScopePlugin = require('react-dev-utils/ModuleScopePlugin');
+const alias = require('./alias');
 const getClientEnvironment = require('./env');
 const paths = require('./paths');
 
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ module.exports = {
     // `web` extension prefixes have been added for better support
     // for React Native Web.
     extensions: ['.web.js', '.mjs', '.js', '.json', '.web.jsx', '.jsx'],
-    alias: {
+    alias: Object.assign({
       // @remove-on-eject-begin
       // Resolve Babel runtime relative to react-scripts.
       // It usually still works on npm 3 without this but it would be
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ module.exports = {
       // Support React Native Web
       // https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/08/a-glimpse-into-the-future-with-react-native-for-web/
       'react-native': 'react-native-web',
-    },
+    }, alias),
     plugins: [
       // Prevents users from importing files from outside of src/ (or node_modules/).
       // This often causes confusion because we only process files within src/ with babel.
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
index 457a9672892..01ff5b4f140 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const InterpolateHtmlPlugin = require('react-dev-utils/InterpolateHtmlPlugin');
 const SWPrecacheWebpackPlugin = require('sw-precache-webpack-plugin');
 const eslintFormatter = require('react-dev-utils/eslintFormatter');
 const ModuleScopePlugin = require('react-dev-utils/ModuleScopePlugin');
+const alias = require('./alias');
 const paths = require('./paths');
 const getClientEnvironment = require('./env');
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ module.exports = {
     // `web` extension prefixes have been added for better support
     // for React Native Web.
     extensions: ['.web.js', '.mjs', '.js', '.json', '.web.jsx', '.jsx'],
-    alias: {
+    alias: Object.assign({
       // @remove-on-eject-begin
       // Resolve Babel runtime relative to react-scripts.
       // It usually still works on npm 3 without this but it would be
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ module.exports = {
       // Support React Native Web
       // https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/08/a-glimpse-into-the-future-with-react-native-for-web/
       'react-native': 'react-native-web',
-    },
+    }, alias),
     plugins: [
       // Prevents users from importing files from outside of src/ (or node_modules/).
       // This often causes confusion because we only process files within src/ with babel.
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index dcac53cf49f..e5e01cb56e7 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -64,5 +64,11 @@
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "fsevents": "1.1.2"
-  }
+  },
+  "alias": [
+    {
+      "source": "./src",
+      "expose": "src"
+    }
+  ]
 }