diff --git a/examples/polymer-cli/.storybook/webpack.config.js b/examples/polymer-cli/.storybook/webpack.config.js
index 647e02ae0d4a..e6be81a0e93b 100644
--- a/examples/polymer-cli/.storybook/webpack.config.js
+++ b/examples/polymer-cli/.storybook/webpack.config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const path = require('path');
+const webpack = require('webpack');
 
 module.exports = (storybookBaseConfig, configType, defaultConfig) => {
   defaultConfig.module.rules.push({
@@ -8,5 +9,8 @@ module.exports = (storybookBaseConfig, configType, defaultConfig) => {
     enforce: 'pre',
   });
 
+  // TEMP fix: https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/issues/2466#issuecomment-372924684
+  defaultConfig.plugins.push(new webpack.IgnorePlugin(/vertx/));
+
   return defaultConfig;
 };