diff --git a/packages/storybook/.storybook/main.js b/packages/storybook/.storybook/main.js
index c187dc5f56..12b9c34435 100644
--- a/packages/storybook/.storybook/main.js
+++ b/packages/storybook/.storybook/main.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const path = require('path');
+const WebpackPluginFailBuildOnWarning = require('./webpack-plugin-fail-build-on-warning');
 
 module.exports = {
   stories: [
@@ -53,6 +54,11 @@ module.exports = {
       ({ constructor }) => constructor.name !== 'ProgressPlugin',
     );
 
+    // Fail storybook build on CI if there are webpack warnings.
+    if (process.env.CI) {
+      config.plugins.push(new WebpackPluginFailBuildOnWarning())
+    }
+
     return config;
   },
 };
diff --git a/packages/storybook/.storybook/webpack-plugin-fail-build-on-warning.js b/packages/storybook/.storybook/webpack-plugin-fail-build-on-warning.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ccf825839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/storybook/.storybook/webpack-plugin-fail-build-on-warning.js
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * When building storybook, we can have warnings which may cause issues in the future. One of the example case is
+ * https://github.com/spotify/backstage/issues/718. To make sure new warnings are not introduced with new PRs, we
+ * want to fail CI builds if there are warnings when building storybook.
+ *
+ * This webpack plugin makes sure the CI builds fail on Webpack warnings. We also have a whitelist of warnings here
+ * which we think are non-critical.
+ *
+ * Note that this implementation will not detect other warnings emitted by storybook build that are separate from
+ * Webpack. A better solution over this plugin should be preferred, possibly on Storybook level (CLI options etc.)
+ *
+ * The case with #718 is caused because we are using `ts-loader` for `webpack` to load all our JS/TS files, but we
+ * have disabled type checking during build. This is done by setting `transpileOnly` to `true` in storybook/main.js
+ * and it improves the Storybook build speed. Because of this, Webpack emits warnings when we try to re-export types.
+ * Reference: https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-loader#transpileonly
+ */
+class WebpackPluginFailBuildOnWarning {
+  // Ignore the following warnings in the Webpack build.
+  warningsWhitelist = new Set([
+    'AssetsOverSizeLimitWarning',
+    'EntrypointsOverSizeLimitWarning',
+    'NoAsyncChunksWarning',
+  ]);
+
+  /* Entry point for the Webpack plugin. */
+  apply(compiler) {
+    // Invoke plugin logic when Webpack build is 'done'.
+    compiler.hooks.done.tap('FailBuildOnWarning', this.execute.bind(this));
+  }
+
+  execute(stats) {
+    // All the compilation warnings are stored in stats.compilation.warnings
+    let warnings = stats.compilation.warnings;
+    if (warnings.length > 0) {
+      // Throw error if there are unexpected warnings.
+      for (let warning of warnings) {
+        if (!this.warningsWhitelist.has(warning.name)) {
+          process.on('beforeExit', () => {
+            console.log(
+              `You have some unexpected warning(s) in your webpack build. Exiting process as error.`,
+            );
+            process.exit(1);
+          });
+          // No need to go over the rest of warnings from here.
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = WebpackPluginFailBuildOnWarning;