diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 23cfa27..5d0a031 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ lib
 .nyc_output
 coverage
 @types
+dist
 
diff --git a/esbuild.js b/esbuild.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8f25c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esbuild.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+const { build } = require("esbuild");
+const glob = require("tiny-glob");
+
+const watch = process.argv.at(-1) === "--watch";
+
+(async () => {
+	let entryPoints = Object.fromEntries(
+		(await glob("./src/**/*.ts")).map((e) => [
+			e.replace(/\.ts$/, ""),
+			e,
+		])
+	);
+	build({
+		entryPoints,
+		sourcemap: true,
+		outdir: "./dist",
+		logLevel: "info",
+		platform: "node",
+		watch,
+		target: "node16",
+		format: "cjs",
+	});
+})();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0944595..faf88d8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 	"description": "module template",
 	"main": "lib/index.js",
 	"scripts": {
+		"build": "node ./esbuild.js",
+		"prepare": "rm -rf @types && npm run typecheck && npm run build-declarations && npm run build",
 		"test": "mocha",
-		"build": "tsc",
-		"prepare": "npm run build",
+		"build-declarations": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly",
+		"typecheck": "tsc --noemit",
 		"clean-coverage": "rm -rf coverage .nyc_output .xunit",
 		"coverage": "npm run clean-coverage && nyc mocha",
 		"test-reports": "npm run clean-coverage && nyc --reporter clover mocha --reporter xunit --reporter-option output=.xunit",
@@ -29,7 +31,9 @@
 		"prettier": "^2.8.7",
 		"source-map-support": "^0.5.21",
 		"ts-node": "^10.9.1",
-		"typescript": "^5.0.4"
+		"typescript": "^5.0.4",
+		"esbuild": "^0.14.10",
+		"tiny-glob": "^0.2.9"
 	},
 	"types": "./@types/index.d.ts"
 }