diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 0d22b39b6b1..70122322ebc 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'haml',           '~> 3.1.1', :require => false
   gem 'yard'
   gem 'rdiscount' # For yard
-  gem "guard-sprockets"
+  gem "sprockets"
   gem 'rails-i18n' # Gives us default i18n for many languages
 end
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/active_admin/application.js b/app/assets/javascripts/active_admin/application.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2a9112b2251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/active_admin/application.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+//= require_tree  ./lib/
+//= require_tree  ./components/
+//= require_tree  ./pages/
+//= require_directory ./
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/active_admin/base.js b/app/assets/javascripts/active_admin/base.js
index c9a7003f65d..f88ab6c237f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/active_admin/base.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/active_admin/base.js
@@ -2,7 +2,4 @@
 //= require jquery-ui
 //= require jquery_ujs
 
-//= require_tree  ./lib/
-//= require_tree  ./components/
-//= require_tree  ./pages/
-//= require_directory ./
+//= require active_admin/application
diff --git a/lib/generators/active_admin/assets/assets_generator.rb b/lib/generators/active_admin/assets/assets_generator.rb
index 2e558cc0a65..1ffcc1579a9 100644
--- a/lib/generators/active_admin/assets/assets_generator.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/active_admin/assets/assets_generator.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def install_assets
           template '3.1/active_admin.js', 'app/assets/javascripts/active_admin.js'
           template '3.1/active_admin.css.scss', 'app/assets/stylesheets/active_admin.css.scss'
         else
-          template '../../../../../app/assets/javascripts/active_admin/application.js', 'public/javascripts/active_admin.js'
+          template '3.0/active_admin.js', 'public/javascripts/active_admin.js'
           directory '../../../../../app/assets/images/active_admin', 'public/images/active_admin'
           generate "jquery:install --ui" if options.jquery?
           install_bourbon if options.bourbon?
diff --git a/lib/generators/active_admin/assets/templates/3.0/active_admin.js b/lib/generators/active_admin/assets/templates/3.0/active_admin.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a481344ed57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/generators/active_admin/assets/templates/3.0/active_admin.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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a.widget.bridge("checkboxToggler",AA.CheckboxToggler)}(jQuery)}.call(this),function(){window.AA.DropdownMenu=AA.DropdownMenu=function(){function a(a,b){var c;return this.options=a,this.element=b,this.$element=$(this.element),c={fadeInDuration:20,fadeOutDuration:100,onClickActionItemCallback:null},this.options=$.extend({},c,a),this.$menuButton=this.$element.find(".dropdown_menu_button"),this.$menuList=this.$element.find(".dropdown_menu_list_wrapper"),this.isOpen=!1,this._buildMenuList(),this._bind(),this}return a.name="DropdownMenu",a.prototype.open=function(){return this.isOpen=!0,this.$menuList.fadeIn(this.options.fadeInDuration),this._positionMenuList(),this._positionNipple(),this},a.prototype.close=function(){return this.isOpen=!1,this.$menuList.fadeOut(this.options.fadeOutDuration),this},a.prototype.destroy=function(){return this.$element.unbind(),this.$element=null,this},a.prototype.isDisabled=function(){return 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this.isOpen=!0,this.$popover.fadeIn(this.options.fadeInDuration),this._positionPopover(),this._positionNipple(),this},a.prototype.close=function(){return this.isOpen=!1,this.$popover.fadeOut(this.options.fadeOutDuration),this},a.prototype.destroy=function(){return this.$element.removeData("popover"),this.$element.unbind(),this.$element=null,this},a.prototype.option=function(){},a.prototype._buildPopover=function(){return this.$popover.prepend('<div class="popover_nipple"></div>'),this.$popover.hide(),this.$popover.addClass("popover")},a.prototype._bind=function(){var a=this;$(this.options.pageWrapperElement).bind("click",function(b){if(a.isOpen===!0)return a.close()});if(this.options.autoOpen===!0)return this.$element.bind("click",function(){return a.isOpen===!0?a.close():a.open(),!1})},a.prototype._positionPopover=function(){var a,b,c;return 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diff --git a/tasks/js.rake b/tasks/js.rake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e292d7f373b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/js.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+namespace :js do
+
+  desc "Compile the JS for Rails apps without Asset Pipeline"
+  task :compile do
+    require 'sprockets'
+    require 'uglifier'
+    require 'fileutils'
+
+    root_dir = File.expand_path(File.join("..", ".."), __FILE__)
+    js_dir = File.join(root_dir, "app", "assets", "javascripts", "active_admin")
+    generated_file = File.join(root_dir, 'lib', 'generators', 'active_admin', 'assets', 'templates', '3.0', 'active_admin.js')
+
+    # The base.js file requires jquery. We don't need jquery to
+    # compile the assets, however Sprockets will try to look it up
+    # and raise an exception. Insteaad, we move the file out of the directory
+    # then put it back after we compile.
+    base_js = File.join(js_dir, "base.js")
+    tmp_base_js = File.join(root_dir, "base.js")
+    FileUtils.mv base_js, tmp_base_js
+
+    env = Sprockets::Environment.new
+    env.js_compressor = ::Uglifier.new
+    env.append_path js_dir
+
+    File.open generated_file, "w+" do |f|
+      f << env["application"]
+    end
+
+    FileUtils.mv tmp_base_js, base_js
+  end
+
+end