diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 403adbc1e..bd645b2d7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .DS_Store
 node_modules
-/dist
+/build
 
 
 # local env files
diff --git a/scripts/build.js b/scripts/build.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c6fafd3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of OrangeHRM Inc
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 onwards OrangeHRM Inc
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see  http://www.gnu.org/licenses
+ */
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+
+const projectRootDir = path.join(__dirname, '..');
+const pathToBuildDir = path.join(projectRootDir, 'build');
+if (fs.existsSync(pathToBuildDir)) {
+    fs.rmdirSync(pathToBuildDir, { recursive: true })
+}
+
+fs.mkdirSync(pathToBuildDir);
+
+const rootDirFiles = ['LICENSE', 'README.md', 'tsconfig.json', 'postcss.config.js'];
+rootDirFiles.forEach(function (file) {
+    fs.copyFileSync(path.join(projectRootDir, file), path.join(pathToBuildDir, file));
+});
+
+const pathToComponentsDir = path.join(projectRootDir, 'components');
+const componentsDirFiles = ['package.json', 'babel.config.js', '.browserslistrc'];
+componentsDirFiles.forEach(function (file) {
+    fs.copyFileSync(path.join(pathToComponentsDir, file), path.join(pathToBuildDir, file));
+})
+
+const copyRecursiveSync = function (src, dest) {
+    const exists = fs.existsSync(src);
+    const stats = exists && fs.statSync(src);
+    const isDirectory = exists && stats.isDirectory();
+    if (isDirectory) {
+        if (!fs.existsSync(dest)) {
+            fs.mkdirSync(dest, { recursive: true });
+        }
+        fs.readdirSync(src).forEach(function (childItemName) {
+            copyRecursiveSync(path.join(src, childItemName),
+                path.join(dest, childItemName));
+        });
+    } else {
+        fs.copyFileSync(src, dest);
+    }
+};
+
+copyRecursiveSync(path.join(pathToComponentsDir, 'src'), pathToBuildDir);
+