diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 131d8a0ae2..fe450aa7d1 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -675,6 +675,9 @@ my $pl_files = {
 	  'fix-perl-path.PL' => [	# this script ensures the correct shebang line for the platform installed on...
 		 'blib'
 		 ],
+      'build-resources.PL' => [
+          'blib'
+         ],
 };
 
 push @{ $pl_files->{'rewrite-config.PL'} }, (
diff --git a/build-resources.PL b/build-resources.PL
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..456161ece7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-resources.PL
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+# This file is part of Koha.
+#
+# Koha 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.
+#
+# Koha 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 Koha; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
+#
+
+use Modern::Perl;
+use ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Config;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+build-resources.PL - helper for the Koha packager and installer
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+    perl build-resources.PL
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This helper script ensures that src JS and SCSS files are compiled for packaging.
+
+=cut
+
+my $command = "yarn build:prod";
+system($command);
+
+1;