diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7e636b7631c..ef2094829e1 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ task dist_compiler(dependsOn: "distCompiler")
 task dist_runtime(dependsOn: "distRuntime")
 task cross_dist(dependsOn: "crossDist")
 task list_dist(dependsOn: "listDist")
+task build {
+    dependsOn ':dist', ':distPlatformLibs'
+}
 
 task distCompiler(type: Copy) {
     dependsOn ':backend.native:jar'