diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f525d1c8bb..b0b5274c5b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
     "auto-e2etest": "autoninja -C out/Default && npm run e2etest --",
     "auto-interactionstest": "autoninja -C out/Default && npm run interactionstest",
     "auto-unittest": "scripts/test/run_auto_unittests.py --no-text-coverage",
+    "build": "autoninja -C out/Default",
+    "build-release": "autoninja -C out/Release",
     "check": "npm run check-json && npm run check-gn && npm run check-lint && npm run check-loc",
     "check-external-links": "third_party/node/node.py --output scripts/check_external_links.js",
     "check-gn": "third_party/node/node.py --output scripts/check_gn.js",