diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 271da33..babdffd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    - name: Installing build dependencies
-      run: ./install_dependencies.sh
-    - name: Installing msgq
-      run: SCONS_EXTRAS=1 pip3 install --break-system-packages .[dev]
-    - name: python tests
+    - name: Building msgq
+      run: |
+        export BUILD_TESTS=1
+        scripts/install_dependencies.sh
+        pip3 install --break-system-packages .[dev]
+    - name: Python tests
       run: ${{ matrix.backend }}=1 pytest --continue-on-collection-errors --cov --cov-report=xml --cov-append
     - name: C++ tests
       run: |
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 05501ec..d7e38f2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@ services.h
 libcereal_shared.*
 .mypy_cache/
 msgq.egg-info
-build
+build/
+dist/
+catch2/
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index f7d3094..a65dcef 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 exclude msgq/**/*.o
-recursive-exclude msgq/tests *
-recursive-exclude msgq/visionipc/tests *
 include SConscript
 include SConstruct
 recursive-include site_scons *
diff --git a/scripts/build_wheel.sh b/scripts/build_wheel.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..846ae36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build_wheel.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null && pwd )"
+cd $DIR
+
+./install_dependencies.sh
+cd ..
+python3 -m build
diff --git a/install_dependencies.sh b/scripts/install_dependencies.sh
similarity index 81%
rename from install_dependencies.sh
rename to scripts/install_dependencies.sh
index ec0d008..2acdda9 100755
--- a/install_dependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_dependencies.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null && pwd )"
 
-cd $DIR
+cd $DIR/../
 
 SUDO=""
 
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ $SUDO apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   xz-utils \
   zlib1g-dev
 
-git clone -b v2.x --depth 1 https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2.git
-cd Catch2
-mv single_include/* ../
-cd ..
-rm -rf Catch2
+if [[ -n "$BUILD_TESTS" ]]; then
+  git clone -b v2.x --depth 1 https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2.git
+  cd Catch2
+  mv single_include/* ../
+  cd ..
+  rm -rf Catch2
+fi
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4dfcee7..0741723 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class SconsBuild(Command):
     pass
 
   def run(self) -> None:
-    scons_flags = '--minimal' if 'SCONS_EXTRAS' not in  os.environ else ''
+    scons_flags = '' if 'BUILD_TESTS' in os.environ else '--minimal'
     subprocess.run([f"scons {scons_flags} -j$(nproc)"], shell=True).check_returncode()
 
 class CustomBuild(build):