diff --git a/change/just-scripts-2020-10-22-07-40-17-chrisgo-do-not-crash-wp5.json b/change/just-scripts-2020-10-22-07-40-17-chrisgo-do-not-crash-wp5.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d64ba51f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/just-scripts-2020-10-22-07-40-17-chrisgo-do-not-crash-wp5.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "type": "patch",
+  "comment": "Do not crash reporting errors in Webpack 5",
+  "packageName": "just-scripts",
+  "email": "1581488+christiango@users.noreply.github.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch",
+  "date": "2020-10-22T14:40:17.118Z"
+}
diff --git a/packages/just-scripts/src/tasks/webpackTask.ts b/packages/just-scripts/src/tasks/webpackTask.ts
index 40e85ef7..5abd4f9a 100644
--- a/packages/just-scripts/src/tasks/webpackTask.ts
+++ b/packages/just-scripts/src/tasks/webpackTask.ts
@@ -89,12 +89,18 @@ export function webpackTask(options?: WebpackTaskOptions): TaskFunction {
 
           if (options && options.outputStats) {
             const statsFile = options.outputStats === true ? 'stats.json' : options.outputStats;
-            fs.writeFileSync(statsFile, JSON.stringify(stats.toJson(), null, 2));
+            fs.writeFileSync(statsFile, JSON.stringify(stats!.toJson(), null, 2));
           }
 
           if (err || stats.hasErrors()) {
-            logger.error(stats.toString({ children: webpackConfigs.map((c) => c.stats) }));
-            reject(`Webpack failed with ${stats.toJson('errors-only').errors.length} error(s).`);
+            // Stats may be undefined the the case of an error in Webpack 5
+            if (stats) {
+              logger.error(stats.toString({ children: webpackConfigs.map((c) => c.stats) }));
+              reject(`Webpack failed with ${stats.toJson('errors-only').errors.length} error(s).`);
+            } else {
+              logger.error(err.toString());
+              reject(`Webpack failed with error(s).`);
+            }
           } else {
             resolve();
           }