diff --git a/templates/webpack.angular.js b/templates/webpack.angular.js
index e8de5173..f5a97343 100644
--- a/templates/webpack.angular.js
+++ b/templates/webpack.angular.js
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ module.exports = env => {
 
     const entryModule = `${nsWebpack.getEntryModule(appFullPath)}.ts`;
     const entryPath = `.${sep}${entryModule}`;
+    const entries = { bundle: entryPath };
+    if (platform === "ios") {
+        entries["tns_modules/tns-core-modules/inspector_modules"] = "inspector_modules.js";
+    };
+
     const ngCompilerTransformers = [];
     const additionalLazyModuleResources = [];
     if (aot) {
@@ -100,9 +105,7 @@ module.exports = env => {
             ]
         },
         target: nativescriptTarget,
-        entry: {
-            bundle: entryPath,
-        },
+        entry: entries,
         output: {
             pathinfo: false,
             path: dist,
@@ -137,6 +140,7 @@ module.exports = env => {
         },
         devtool: sourceMap ? "inline-source-map" : "none",
         optimization: {
+            runtimeChunk: "single",
             splitChunks: {
                 cacheGroups: {
                     vendor: {
@@ -254,10 +258,16 @@ module.exports = env => {
                 { from: { glob: "**/*.png" } },
             ], { ignore: [`${relative(appPath, appResourcesFullPath)}/**`] }),
             // Generate a bundle starter script and activate it in package.json
-            new nsWebpack.GenerateBundleStarterPlugin([
-                "./vendor",
-                "./bundle",
-            ]),
+            new nsWebpack.GenerateBundleStarterPlugin(
+                // Don't include `runtime.js` when creating a snapshot. The plugin
+                // configures the WebPack runtime to be generated inside the snapshot
+                // module and no `runtime.js` module exist.
+                (snapshot ? [] : ["./runtime"])
+                .concat([
+                    "./vendor",
+                    "./bundle",
+              ])
+            ),
             // For instructions on how to set up workers with webpack
             // check out https://github.com/nativescript/worker-loader
             new NativeScriptWorkerPlugin(),
diff --git a/templates/webpack.javascript.js b/templates/webpack.javascript.js
index 780e9ecd..b2b6d3fa 100644
--- a/templates/webpack.javascript.js
+++ b/templates/webpack.javascript.js
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ module.exports = env => {
 
     const entryModule = nsWebpack.getEntryModule(appFullPath);
     const entryPath = `.${sep}${entryModule}.js`;
+    const entries = { bundle: entryPath };
+    if (platform === "ios") {
+        entries["tns_modules/tns-core-modules/inspector_modules"] = "inspector_modules.js";
+    };
 
     const config = {
         mode: uglify ? "production" : "development",
@@ -62,9 +66,7 @@ module.exports = env => {
             ]
         },
         target: nativescriptTarget,
-        entry: {
-            bundle: entryPath,
-        },
+        entry: entries,
         output: {
             pathinfo: false,
             path: dist,
@@ -98,7 +100,8 @@ module.exports = env => {
             "__dirname": false,
         },
         devtool: sourceMap ? "inline-source-map" : "none",
-        optimization:  {
+        optimization: {
+            runtimeChunk: "single",
             splitChunks: {
                 cacheGroups: {
                     vendor: {
@@ -207,10 +210,16 @@ module.exports = env => {
                 { from: { glob: "**/*.png" } },
             ], { ignore: [`${relative(appPath, appResourcesFullPath)}/**`] }),
             // Generate a bundle starter script and activate it in package.json
-            new nsWebpack.GenerateBundleStarterPlugin([
-                "./vendor",
-                "./bundle",
-            ]),
+            new nsWebpack.GenerateBundleStarterPlugin(
+                // Don't include `runtime.js` when creating a snapshot. The plugin
+                // configures the WebPack runtime to be generated inside the snapshot
+                // module and no `runtime.js` module exist.
+                (snapshot ? [] : ["./runtime"])
+                .concat([
+                    "./vendor",
+                    "./bundle",
+              ])
+            ),
             // For instructions on how to set up workers with webpack
             // check out https://github.com/nativescript/worker-loader
             new NativeScriptWorkerPlugin(),
diff --git a/templates/webpack.typescript.js b/templates/webpack.typescript.js
index 913977c9..8f970251 100644
--- a/templates/webpack.typescript.js
+++ b/templates/webpack.typescript.js
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ module.exports = env => {
 
     const entryModule = nsWebpack.getEntryModule(appFullPath);
     const entryPath = `.${sep}${entryModule}.ts`;
+    const entries = { bundle: entryPath };
+    if (platform === "ios") {
+        entries["tns_modules/tns-core-modules/inspector_modules"] = "inspector_modules.js";
+    };
 
     const config = {
         mode: uglify ? "production" : "development",
@@ -62,9 +66,7 @@ module.exports = env => {
             ]
         },
         target: nativescriptTarget,
-        entry: {
-            bundle: entryPath,
-        },
+        entry: entries,
         output: {
             pathinfo: false,
             path: dist,
@@ -100,7 +102,8 @@ module.exports = env => {
             "__dirname": false,
         },
         devtool: sourceMap ? "inline-source-map" : "none",
-        optimization:  {
+        optimization: {
+            runtimeChunk: "single",
             splitChunks: {
                 cacheGroups: {
                     vendor: {
@@ -220,10 +223,16 @@ module.exports = env => {
                 { from: { glob: "**/*.png" } },
             ], { ignore: [`${relative(appPath, appResourcesFullPath)}/**`] }),
             // Generate a bundle starter script and activate it in package.json
-            new nsWebpack.GenerateBundleStarterPlugin([
-                "./vendor",
-                "./bundle",
-            ]),
+            new nsWebpack.GenerateBundleStarterPlugin(
+                // Don't include `runtime.js` when creating a snapshot. The plugin
+                // configures the WebPack runtime to be generated inside the snapshot
+                // module and no `runtime.js` module exist.
+                (snapshot ? [] : ["./runtime"])
+                .concat([
+                    "./vendor",
+                    "./bundle",
+              ])
+            ),
             // For instructions on how to set up workers with webpack
             // check out https://github.com/nativescript/worker-loader
             new NativeScriptWorkerPlugin(),
diff --git a/templates/webpack.vue.js b/templates/webpack.vue.js
index 18a09ff3..def82f1a 100644
--- a/templates/webpack.vue.js
+++ b/templates/webpack.vue.js
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ module.exports = env => {
 
     const entryModule = nsWebpack.getEntryModule(appFullPath);
     const entryPath = `.${sep}${entryModule}`;
+    const entries = { bundle: entryPath };
+    if (platform === "ios") {
+        entries["tns_modules/tns-core-modules/inspector_modules"] = "inspector_modules.js";
+    };
     console.log(`Bundling application for entryPath ${entryPath}...`);
 
     const config = {
@@ -70,9 +74,7 @@ module.exports = env => {
         },
         target: nativescriptTarget,
         // target: nativeScriptVueTarget,
-        entry: {
-            bundle: entryPath,
-        },
+        entry: entries,
         output: {
             pathinfo: false,
             path: dist,
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@ module.exports = env => {
         },
         devtool: "none",
         optimization: {
+            runtimeChunk: "single",
             splitChunks: {
                 cacheGroups: {
                     vendor: {
@@ -227,10 +230,16 @@ module.exports = env => {
                 { from: { glob: "assets/**/*" } },
             ], { ignore: [`${relative(appPath, appResourcesFullPath)}/**`] }),
             // Generate a bundle starter script and activate it in package.json
-            new nsWebpack.GenerateBundleStarterPlugin([
-                "./vendor",
-                "./bundle",
-            ]),
+            new nsWebpack.GenerateBundleStarterPlugin(
+                // Don't include `runtime.js` when creating a snapshot. The plugin
+                // configures the WebPack runtime to be generated inside the snapshot
+                // module and no `runtime.js` module exist.
+                (snapshot ? [] : ["./runtime"])
+                .concat([
+                    "./vendor",
+                    "./bundle",
+              ])
+            ),
             // For instructions on how to set up workers with webpack
             // check out https://github.com/nativescript/worker-loader
             new NativeScriptWorkerPlugin(),