diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5e35a743844..08e774f3380 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ test.sh
 /js/dist/*
 /css/dist/*
 /packages/*/dist
+/blocks/**
 yarn-error.log
 coverage
 dependencies.json
@@ -108,4 +109,4 @@ dependencies.md
 ############
 /.tmp
 
-.cache/phpunit/cache/
\ No newline at end of file
+.cache/phpunit/cache/
diff --git a/config/grunt/task-config/copy.js b/config/grunt/task-config/copy.js
index c95a555944f..20e4c1dda95 100644
--- a/config/grunt/task-config/copy.js
+++ b/config/grunt/task-config/copy.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ module.exports = {
 					"packages/js/images/**",
 					"inc/**",
 					"<%= paths.jsDist %>/**/*.js",
+					"blocks/**",
 					"languages/**",
 					"src/**",
 					"lib/**",
diff --git a/config/webpack/webpack.config.base.js b/config/webpack/webpack.config.base.js
index 3c82c356d74..8e7e21df2b3 100644
--- a/config/webpack/webpack.config.base.js
+++ b/config/webpack/webpack.config.base.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const { yoastExternals } = require( "./externals" );
 
 let analyzerPort = 8888;
 
-module.exports = function( { entry, output, combinedOutputFile, cssExtractFileName } ) {
+module.exports = function( { entry, output, combinedOutputFile, cssExtractFileName, plugins = [] } ) {
 	return {
 		...defaultConfig,
 		optimization: {
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ module.exports = function( { entry, output, combinedOutputFile, cssExtractFileNa
 				// Copied from WP config: Inject the `SCRIPT_DEBUG` global, used for development features flagging.
 				SCRIPT_DEBUG: process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production",
 			} ),
+			...plugins,
 		].filter( Boolean ),
 	};
 };
diff --git a/config/webpack/webpack.config.js b/config/webpack/webpack.config.js
index c52cae71095..bc5011a2ee1 100644
--- a/config/webpack/webpack.config.js
+++ b/config/webpack/webpack.config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // External dependencies
+const CopyWebpackPlugin = require( "copy-webpack-plugin" );
 const { readdirSync } = require( "fs" );
-const { join } = require( "path" );
+const { join, resolve } = require( "path" );
 
 // Variables
 const root = join( __dirname, "../../" );
@@ -29,6 +30,17 @@ module.exports = [
 			},
 			combinedOutputFile: root + "src/generated/assets/plugin.php",
 			cssExtractFileName: "../../../css/dist/plugin-" + pluginVersionSlug + ".css",
+			plugins: [
+				new CopyWebpackPlugin( {
+					patterns: [
+						{
+							from: "**/block.json",
+							context: "packages/js/src",
+							to: resolve( "blocks" ),
+						},
+					],
+				} ),
+			],
 		}
 	),
 	baseConfig(