diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 350b15d2..6037a09c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
       - run: yarn install
+      - run: yarn build-local
       - run: yarn lint
       - run: yarn test
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fd03c2a3..92835f59 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "prepack": "npm run lint && tsc --project tsconfig.prod.json",
     "lint": "npx eslint src transformers test --ignore-pattern '*.d.ts' --ext .ts,.tsx,.js",
+    "build-local": "tsc --project tsconfig.json",
     "pretest": "tsc --project tsconfig.json",
     "test": "npx jest"
   },