diff --git a/client/.gitignore b/client/.gitignore
index a02b6a6cc..7297b43fc 100644
--- a/client/.gitignore
+++ b/client/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@
 /src/locale/target/player_*.xml
 /src/locale/target/server_*.xml
 /e2e/local.log
+/src/standalone/player/build
+/src/standalone/player/dist
diff --git a/client/src/standalone/player/package.json b/client/src/standalone/player/package.json
index 985097af5..78b3cd93f 100644
--- a/client/src/standalone/player/package.json
+++ b/client/src/standalone/player/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "version": "0.0.4",
   "description": "API to communicate with the PeerTube player embed",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+    "build": "../../../node_modules/.bin/tsc && ../../../node_modules/.bin/webpack --mode production --config ./webpack.config.js"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/support/doc/development/lib.md b/support/doc/development/lib.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b0372150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/doc/development/lib.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Lib development documentation
+
+## @peertube/embed-api
+
+### Build
+
+```
+$ cd client/src/standalone/player/
+$ npm run build
+```