diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index 7c86ab154..1f678b773 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install -U -r requirements.txt
 
+      - name: Ensure dist build is valid
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p dist
+          python -m build --sdist --wheel --outdir dist/ .
+
       - name: Print version
         run: python -m redel --version
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9ad3e3e97..014547ea0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -151,6 +151,19 @@ cython_debug/
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 .idea/
 
+# Viz gitignore (for sdist)
+logs
+npm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+pnpm-debug.log*
+lerna-debug.log*
+node_modules
+dist
+dist-ssr
+coverage
+*.local
+
 .kanpai/
 .redel/
 .temp/
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 577e6e5ec..ac70ea05e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -55,6 +55,20 @@ web = [
 [tool.hatch]
 version.path = "redel/_version.py"
 
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.custom]
+path = "scripts/hatch_build.py"
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
+exclude = [
+    "sandbox",
+    "viz",
+]
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+artifacts = [
+    "redel/server/viz_dist",
+]
+
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 120
 preview = true
diff --git a/scripts/hatch_build.py b/scripts/hatch_build.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2539120d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/hatch_build.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from hatchling.builders.hooks.plugin.interface import BuildHookInterface
+
+
+class BuildFrontend(BuildHookInterface):
+    PLUGIN_NAME = "build_frontend"
+    FRONTEND_DIR_PATH = Path(__file__).parents[1] / "viz"
+
+    def initialize(self, version, build_data):
+        subprocess.run(
+            args=["npm", "run", "build"],
+            cwd=self.FRONTEND_DIR_PATH,
+            check=True,
+        )
+
+        return super().initialize(version, build_data)