diff --git a/bin/build-debian.sh b/bin/build-debian.sh
index 7f246ade3..03918fc0f 100755
--- a/bin/build-debian.sh
+++ b/bin/build-debian.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+if ! command -v dpkg-deb &> /dev/null; then
+  echo "Missing command: dpkg-deb"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 echo "Packaging debian x64 distribution..."
 
 VERSION=`jq -r ".version" package.json`
diff --git a/bin/build-linux-x64.sh b/bin/build-linux-x64.sh
index 888720a19..fd5b02dda 100755
--- a/bin/build-linux-x64.sh
+++ b/bin/build-linux-x64.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+if ! command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
+  echo "Missing command: jq"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! command -v fakeroot &> /dev/null; then
+  echo "Missing command: fakeroot"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! command -v dpkg-deb &> /dev/null; then
+  echo "Missing command: dpkg-deb"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 SRC_DIR=./dist/trilium-linux-x64-src
 
 [ "$1" != "DONTCOPY" ] && ./bin/copy-trilium.sh "$SRC_DIR"
diff --git a/bin/build-win-x64.sh b/bin/build-win-x64.sh
index 37bc28137..ad359ccb6 100755
--- a/bin/build-win-x64.sh
+++ b/bin/build-win-x64.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+if ! command -v wine &> /dev/null; then
+  echo "Missing command: wine"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 SRC_DIR=./dist/trilium-windows-x64-src
 
 if [ "$1" != "DONTCOPY" ]
diff --git a/bin/build.sh b/bin/build.sh
index 6092b2011..6a738f1a5 100755
--- a/bin/build.sh
+++ b/bin/build.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+set -e
+
+if ! command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
+  echo "Missing command: jq"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! command -v fakeroot &> /dev/null; then
+  echo "Missing command: fakeroot"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! command -v dpkg-deb &> /dev/null; then
+  echo "Missing command: dpkg-deb"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! command -v wine &> /dev/null; then
+  echo "Missing command: wine"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 echo "Deleting existing builds"
 
 rm -rf dist/*