diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index 21bff657d..946236e21 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "extends": ["plugin:vue-libs/recommended"],
   "rules": {
-    "indent": ["error", 2, { "MemberExpression": "off" }]
+    "indent": ["error", 2, { "MemberExpression": "off" }],
+    "vue-libs/no-async-functions": 2
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 436bc4c42..168ef3a9a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "debug": "^3.1.0",
     "eslint": "^4.14.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-vue-libs": "^2.0.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-vue-libs": "^2.1.0",
     "globby": "^7.1.1",
     "husky": "^0.14.3",
     "jest": "^22.0.4",
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-service/bin/vue-cli-service b/packages/@vue/cli-service/bin/vue-cli-service
index 25460442f..7a9b8d1e4 100755
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-service/bin/vue-cli-service
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-service/bin/vue-cli-service
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
+const semver = require('semver')
+const { error } = require('@vue/cli-shared-utils')
+
+if (!semver.satisfies(process.version, '>=6.0.0')) {
+  error(
+    `You are using Node ${process.version}, ` +
+    `but vue-cli-service requires a minimum version of Node 6.0.0. `
+  )
+  process.exit(1)
+}
+
 const Service = require('../lib/Service')
 const service = new Service()
 
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-service/package.json b/packages/@vue/cli-service/package.json
index 9af42dc6d..a0549fe2c 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-service/package.json
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-service/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "ora": "^1.3.0",
     "portfinder": "^1.0.13",
     "read-pkg-up": "^3.0.0",
+    "semver": "^5.4.1",
     "string.prototype.padend": "^3.0.0",
     "uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "^1.1.4",
     "url-loader": "^0.6.2",
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli/.eslintrc b/packages/@vue/cli/.eslintrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92b6bda70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli/.eslintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "rules": {
+    "vue-libs/no-async-functions": 0
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli/bin/vue-create b/packages/@vue/cli/bin/vue-create
index 6efe831d0..6c0f0e853 100755
--- a/packages/@vue/cli/bin/vue-create
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli/bin/vue-create
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-require('../lib/create')
+const semver = require('semver')
+const { error } = require('@vue/cli-shared-utils')
+
+if (!semver.satisfies(process.version, '>=7.7.0')) {
+  error(
+    `You are using Node ${process.version}, ` +
+    `but this version of vue-cli requires a minimum version of Node 7.7.0, ` +
+    `and Node 8+ is recommended.\n`
+  )
+  process.exit(1)
+} else {
+  require('../lib/create')
+}
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli/lib/Creator.js b/packages/@vue/cli/lib/Creator.js
index a179e3453..eddecf121 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli/lib/Creator.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli/lib/Creator.js
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ module.exports = class Creator {
         `~/.vuerc may be corrupted or have syntax errors. ` +
         `You may need to delete it and re-run vue-cli in manual mode.\n` +
         `(${e.message})`,
-        true
       )
+      process.exit(1)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli/package.json b/packages/@vue/cli/package.json
index 98a05c019..a10e76fd1 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
     "vue-create": "bin/vue-create",
     "vue-init": "bin/vue-init"
   },
+  "files": [
+    "bin",
+    "lib"
+  ],
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git+https://github.com/vuejs/vue-cli.git"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 15b789024..08033051f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2367,9 +2367,9 @@ eslint-plugin-html@^4.0.1:
   dependencies:
     htmlparser2 "^3.8.2"
 
-eslint-plugin-vue-libs@^2.0.1:
-  version "2.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-plugin-vue-libs/-/eslint-plugin-vue-libs-2.0.1.tgz#d6306f5615127a3250118c3cefbd9603ecb278ae"
+eslint-plugin-vue-libs@^2.1.0:
+  version "2.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-plugin-vue-libs/-/eslint-plugin-vue-libs-2.1.0.tgz#e7faf4ae11dad58553f63f907d6642e2d816dcef"
   dependencies:
     eslint-plugin-html "^4.0.1"