diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d924ed746a..45f99265cf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "clean": "rimraf lib webapp electron_app/dist",
     "build": "yarn clean && yarn build:genfiles && yarn build:compile && yarn build:types && yarn build:bundle",
     "build-stats": "yarn clean && yarn build:genfiles && yarn build:compile && yarn build:types && yarn build:bundle-stats",
-    "build:jitsi": "curl -s https://jitsi.riot.im/libs/external_api.min.js > ./webapp/jitsi_external_api.min.js",
+    "build:jitsi": "scripts/build-jitsi.sh",
     "build:res": "node scripts/copy-res.js",
     "build:genfiles": "yarn reskindex && yarn build:res && yarn build:jitsi",
     "build:modernizr": "modernizr -c .modernizr.json -d src/vector/modernizr.js",
diff --git a/scripts/build-jitsi.sh b/scripts/build-jitsi.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5d4bdafe12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-jitsi.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ ! -f "./webapp" ]]; then
+  mkdir "./webapp"
+fi
+
+curl -s https://jitsi.riot.im/libs/external_api.min.js > ./webapp/jitsi_external_api.min.js