diff --git a/packages/angular-cli/lib/config/schema.d.ts b/packages/angular-cli/lib/config/schema.d.ts
index 1f5ea0d0d526..d673bf64322a 100644
--- a/packages/angular-cli/lib/config/schema.d.ts
+++ b/packages/angular-cli/lib/config/schema.d.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ export interface CliConfig {
     apps?: {
         root?: string;
         outDir?: string;
-        assets?: string;
+        publicPath?: string;
+        assets?: string[];
         index?: string;
         main?: string;
         test?: string;
diff --git a/packages/angular-cli/lib/config/schema.json b/packages/angular-cli/lib/config/schema.json
index 37668441c0b0..0226743e7f3f 100644
--- a/packages/angular-cli/lib/config/schema.json
+++ b/packages/angular-cli/lib/config/schema.json
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
             "type": "string",
             "default": "dist/"
           },
+          "publicPath": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
           "assets": {
             "fixme": true,
             "type": "array",
diff --git a/packages/angular-cli/models/webpack-build-common.ts b/packages/angular-cli/models/webpack-build-common.ts
index 5642e7ced8b7..fb1ba9a5ccc1 100644
--- a/packages/angular-cli/models/webpack-build-common.ts
+++ b/packages/angular-cli/models/webpack-build-common.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export function getWebpackCommonConfig(
     entry: entry,
     output: {
       path: path.resolve(projectRoot, appConfig.outDir),
+      publicPath: appConfig.publicPath,
       filename: '[name].bundle.js',
       sourceMapFilename: '[name].bundle.map',
       chunkFilename: '[id].chunk.js'
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/third-party/bootstrap_publicPath.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/third-party/bootstrap_publicPath.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..50765e3cdedc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/third-party/bootstrap_publicPath.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import {npm, ng} from '../../utils/process';
+import {updateJsonFile} from '../../utils/project';
+import {expectFileToMatch} from '../../utils/fs';
+import {oneLineTrim} from 'common-tags';
+
+
+export default function() {
+  return Promise.resolve()
+    .then(() => npm('install', 'bootstrap@next'))
+    .then(() => updateJsonFile('angular-cli.json', configJson => {
+      const app = configJson['apps'][0];
+      app['styles'].push('../node_modules/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css');
+      app['scripts'].push(
+        '../node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js',
+        '../node_modules/tether/dist/js/tether.js',
+        '../node_modules/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js'
+      );
+      app['publicPath'] = '/publicPathValue/';
+    }))
+    .then(() => ng('build'))
+    .then(() => expectFileToMatch('dist/scripts.bundle.js', '/*!\\n * jQuery JavaScript'))
+    .then(() => expectFileToMatch('dist/scripts.bundle.js', '/*! tether '))
+    .then(() => expectFileToMatch('dist/scripts.bundle.js', '/*!\\n * Bootstrap'))
+    .then(() => expectFileToMatch('dist/styles.bundle.js', '/*!\\n * Bootstrap'))
+    .then(() => expectFileToMatch('dist/index.html', oneLineTrim`
+      <script type="text/javascript" src="/publicPathValue/inline.bundle.js"></script>
+      <script type="text/javascript" src="/publicPathValue/styles.bundle.js"></script>
+      <script type="text/javascript" src="/publicPathValue/scripts.bundle.js"></script>
+      <script type="text/javascript" src="/publicPathValue/main.bundle.js"></script>
+    `));
+}