diff --git a/packages/polyserve/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/polyserve/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b6082214..8dc0317e4 100644
--- a/packages/polyserve/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/polyserve/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 <!-- ## Unreleased -->
 <!-- Add new, unreleased items here. -->
+* Allow file requests to specify `?nocompile` to prevent any compilation
 
 ## [0.27.12] (2018-06-28)
 * Updated dependencies.
diff --git a/packages/polyserve/src/compile-middleware.ts b/packages/polyserve/src/compile-middleware.ts
index a5e1a3304..536438d40 100644
--- a/packages/polyserve/src/compile-middleware.ts
+++ b/packages/polyserve/src/compile-middleware.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ export function babelCompile(
       if (isPolyfill.test(request.url)) {
         return false;
       }
+      if ('nocompile' in request.query) {
+        return false;
+      }
       if (!compileMimeTypes.includes(getContentType(response))) {
         return false;
       }