diff --git a/scripts/package.sh b/scripts/package.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5f5353b1d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/package.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+./scripts/build.sh
+cp package.json build/src/package.json
+cp README.md build/src/README.md
+cp LICENSE build/src/LICENSE
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index ba827a2c33..2993f683e7 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-cp package.json build/src/package.json
-cp README.md build/src/README.md
-cp LICENSE build/src/LICENSE
+./scripts/package.sh
 cd build/src
 git init
 git add .