diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
index 49b77620bc6..0f97e755d9d 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const fs = require('fs');
+const isWsl = require('is-wsl');
 const path = require('path');
 const webpack = require('webpack');
 const resolve = require('resolve');
@@ -222,7 +223,9 @@ module.exports = function(webpackEnv) {
           },
           // Use multi-process parallel running to improve the build speed
           // Default number of concurrent runs: os.cpus().length - 1
-          parallel: true,
+          // Disabled on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) due to an issue with Terser
+          // https://github.com/webpack-contrib/terser-webpack-plugin/issues/21
+          parallel: !isWsl,
           // Enable file caching
           cache: true,
           sourceMap: shouldUseSourceMap,
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index 237710da9d8..605c2fdbfb8 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "7.0.1",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "4.0.0-beta.5",
     "identity-obj-proxy": "3.0.0",
+    "is-wsl": "^1.1.0",
     "jest": "24.7.1",
     "jest-environment-jsdom-fourteen": "0.1.0",
     "jest-resolve": "24.7.1",