diff --git a/app/polymer/package.json b/app/polymer/package.json
index d9baf846c19c..e2ed02b08b7d 100644
--- a/app/polymer/package.json
+++ b/app/polymer/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
     "global": "^4.3.2",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "^2.30.1",
     "json5": "^0.5.1",
-    "polymer-webpack-loader": "2.0.1",
     "react": "^16.0.0",
     "react-dev-utils": "^5.0.0",
     "react-dom": "^16.0.0",
@@ -59,10 +58,12 @@
     "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.21.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "nodemon": "^1.17.1"
+    "nodemon": "^1.17.1",
+    "polymer-webpack-loader": "^2.0.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "babel-core": "^6.26.0 || ^7.0.0-0",
-    "babel-runtime": ">=6.0.0"
+    "babel-runtime": ">=6.0.0",
+    "polymer-webpack-loader": ">=2.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/polymer-cli/package.json b/examples/polymer-cli/package.json
index 2725de7caf06..521f5bfffb67 100644
--- a/examples/polymer-cli/package.json
+++ b/examples/polymer-cli/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "@storybook/polymer": "^3.4.0-rc.0",
     "@webcomponents/webcomponentsjs": "^1.1.0",
     "global": "^4.3.2",
-    "polymer-webpack-loader": "^2.0.0",
+    "polymer-webpack-loader": "^2.0.1",
     "webpack": "^3.11.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/lib/cli/generators/POLYMER/index.js b/lib/cli/generators/POLYMER/index.js
index 1a1ab70f2cef..90d7bcffdb1e 100755
--- a/lib/cli/generators/POLYMER/index.js
+++ b/lib/cli/generators/POLYMER/index.js
@@ -3,10 +3,16 @@ import path from 'path';
 import { getVersions, getPackageJson, writePackageJson } from '../../lib/helpers';
 
 export default async () => {
-  const [storybookVersion, babelCoreVersion, babelRuntimeVersion] = await getVersions(
+  const [
+    storybookVersion,
+    babelCoreVersion,
+    babelRuntimeVersion,
+    polymerLoaderVarion,
+  ] = await getVersions(
     '@storybook/polymer',
     'babel-core',
-    'babel-runtime'
+    'babel-runtime',
+    'polymer-webpack-loader'
   );
   mergeDirs(path.resolve(__dirname, 'template'), '.', 'overwrite');
 
@@ -22,6 +28,12 @@ export default async () => {
   if (!packageJson.dependencies['babel-runtime'] && !packageJson.devDependencies['babel-runtime']) {
     packageJson.devDependencies['babel-runtime'] = babelRuntimeVersion;
   }
+  if (
+    !packageJson.dependencies['polymer-webpack-loader'] &&
+    !packageJson.devDependencies['polymer-webpack-loader']
+  ) {
+    packageJson.devDependencies['polymer-webpack-loader'] = polymerLoaderVarion;
+  }
 
   packageJson.scripts = packageJson.scripts || {};
   packageJson.scripts.storybook = 'start-storybook -p 6006';
diff --git a/lib/cli/test/snapshots/polymer/package.json b/lib/cli/test/snapshots/polymer/package.json
index c16dbce80a70..af7cd677c113 100644
--- a/lib/cli/test/snapshots/polymer/package.json
+++ b/lib/cli/test/snapshots/polymer/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@storybook/polymer": "^3.4.0-rc.0",
     "babel-core": "^6.26.0",
-    "babel-runtime": "^6.26.0"
+    "babel-runtime": "^6.26.0",
+    "polymer-webpack-loader": "^2.0.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 64265da20d00..4c47466159de 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
     "lint-staged": "^7.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.5",
     "npmlog": "^4.1.2",
+    "polymer-webpack-loader": "^2.0.1",
     "prettier": "^1.11.1",
     "raf": "^3.4.0",
     "react": "^16.2.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9889a9fc2a59..27d63611c66c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -11703,7 +11703,7 @@ pngjs@^3.0.0, pngjs@^3.3.0:
   version "3.3.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pngjs/-/pngjs-3.3.1.tgz#8e14e6679ee7424b544334c3b2d21cea6d8c209a"
 
-polymer-webpack-loader@2.0.1, polymer-webpack-loader@^2.0.0:
+polymer-webpack-loader@^2.0.1:
   version "2.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/polymer-webpack-loader/-/polymer-webpack-loader-2.0.1.tgz#d15d45328f6a6700366dfaee83fc606f39cdcee0"
   dependencies: