diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 54f67d6299..15efc934fe 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -121,7 +121,15 @@ requires = ["hatchling"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
-packages = [ "." ]
+packages = [
+  "openpilot",
+  "msgq",
+  "opendbc",
+  "panda",
+  "rednose",
+  "teleoprtc",
+  "tinygrad",
+]
 
 [tool.hatch.metadata]
 allow-direct-references = true
diff --git a/scripts/test_pip_install.sh b/scripts/test_pip_install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d2dbedff0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test_pip_install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+REPO_ROOT="$(git -C "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+PYTHON_VERSION="$(cat "$REPO_ROOT/.python-version")"
+PACKAGE="${1:-$REPO_ROOT}"
+
+TMPDIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap 'rm -rf "$TMPDIR"' EXIT
+
+cd "$TMPDIR"
+
+uv venv --python "$PYTHON_VERSION"
+source .venv/bin/activate
+uv pip install "$PACKAGE"
+python3 - <<'PY'
+from openpilot.tools.lib.logreader import LogReader
+
+assert LogReader.__name__ == "LogReader"
+print("ok: imported LogReader")
+PY