diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
index 48e8a7f5c8a..1e666704bf9 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ var HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
 var CaseSensitivePathsPlugin = require('case-sensitive-paths-webpack-plugin');
 var InterpolateHtmlPlugin = require('react-dev-utils/InterpolateHtmlPlugin');
 var WatchMissingNodeModulesPlugin = require('react-dev-utils/WatchMissingNodeModulesPlugin');
+var DuplicatePackageCheckerPlugin = require('duplicate-package-checker-webpack-plugin');
 var getClientEnvironment = require('./env');
 var paths = require('./paths');
 
@@ -228,6 +229,9 @@ module.exports = {
     // a plugin that prints an error when you attempt to do this.
     // See https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/issues/240
     new CaseSensitivePathsPlugin(),
+    // Warn about duplicate dependencies.
+    // See https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/issues/1844
+    new DuplicatePackageCheckerPlugin(),
     // If you require a missing module and then `npm install` it, you still have
     // to restart the development server for Webpack to discover it. This plugin
     // makes the discovery automatic so you don't have to restart.
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
index 158ac80ea4f..43cb1d3f304 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ var HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
 var ExtractTextPlugin = require('extract-text-webpack-plugin');
 var ManifestPlugin = require('webpack-manifest-plugin');
 var InterpolateHtmlPlugin = require('react-dev-utils/InterpolateHtmlPlugin');
+var DuplicatePackageCheckerPlugin = require('duplicate-package-checker-webpack-plugin');
 var paths = require('./paths');
 var getClientEnvironment = require('./env');
 
@@ -263,6 +264,9 @@ module.exports = {
         screw_ie8: true
       }
     }),
+    // Warn about duplicate dependencies.
+    // See https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/issues/1844
+    new DuplicatePackageCheckerPlugin(),
     // Note: this won't work without ExtractTextPlugin.extract(..) in `loaders`.
     new ExtractTextPlugin(cssFilename),
     // Generate a manifest file which contains a mapping of all asset filenames
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index ea55505b60c..f5711d72c49 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "css-loader": "0.26.1",
     "detect-port": "1.1.1",
     "dotenv": "2.0.0",
+    "duplicate-package-checker-webpack-plugin": "^1.2.4",
     "eslint": "3.16.1",
     "eslint-config-react-app": "^0.6.2",
     "eslint-loader": "1.6.0",