diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 65210b30..9f83f5d3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "build": "vite build",
     "start": "vite start",
     "start:prod": "pnpm run with-env node scripts/run-built-server.mjs",
+    "content:build": "node scripts/build-content-collections.mjs",
     "lint": "oxlint --type-aware --disable-nested-config",
     "format": "oxfmt --write",
     "db:generate": "drizzle-kit generate",
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
     "docs:webhooks:plan": "tsx scripts/sync-docs-webhooks.ts --dry-run",
     "docs:webhooks:sync": "tsx scripts/sync-docs-webhooks.ts",
     "husky": "pnpm run format && pnpm run test && pnpm run test:smoke",
+    "pretest": "pnpm run content:build",
     "test": "run-p test:tsc test:lint",
     "test:tsc": "tsc",
     "test:lint": "pnpm run lint",
diff --git a/scripts/build-content-collections.mjs b/scripts/build-content-collections.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d89662b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-content-collections.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { createBuilder } from '@content-collections/core'
+import path from 'node:path'
+
+const builder = await createBuilder(path.resolve('content-collections.ts'))
+await builder.build()