diff --git a/.scripts/common.js b/.scripts/common.js
index be2a21604d..1a93fb4f07 100644
--- a/.scripts/common.js
+++ b/.scripts/common.js
@@ -268,11 +268,7 @@ function updatePackageVersions(tasks, packages, version) {
 }
 
 function updatePackageVersion(tasks, package, version) {
-  let projectRoot = projectPath(package);
-
-  if (package === 'packages/angular-server' || package === 'angular') {
-    projectRoot = path.join(projectRoot, 'dist')
-  }
+  const projectRoot = projectPath(package);
 
   tasks.push({
     title: `${package}: update package.json ${tc.dim(`(${version})`)}`,
@@ -282,6 +278,22 @@ function updatePackageVersion(tasks, package, version) {
   });
 }
 
+function copyPackageToDist(tasks, packages) {
+  packages.forEach(package => {
+    const projectRoot = projectPath(package);
+
+    // angular and angular-server are the only packages that publish dist
+    if (package !== 'angular' && package !== 'packages/angular-server') {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    tasks.push({
+      title: `${package}: Copy package.json to dist`,
+      task: () => execa('node', ['copy-package.js', package], { cwd: path.join(rootDir, '.scripts') })
+    });
+  });
+}
+
 function publishPackages(tasks, packages, version, tag = 'latest') {
   // first verify version
   packages.forEach(package => {
@@ -351,6 +363,7 @@ module.exports = {
   isValidVersion,
   isVersionGreater,
   copyCDNLoader,
+  copyPackageToDist,
   packages,
   packagePath,
   prepareDevPackage,
diff --git a/.scripts/copy-package.js b/.scripts/copy-package.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34e2010976
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.scripts/copy-package.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+// copy the package.json to the directory to dist to publish it
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+
+const package = process.argv[2];
+
+const srcPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', package, 'package.json');
+let packageContent = fs.readFileSync(srcPath, 'utf-8');
+
+fs.writeFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', package, 'dist', 'package.json'), packageContent);
diff --git a/.scripts/prepare.js b/.scripts/prepare.js
index 0d37e4bbce..fe17a73959 100644
--- a/.scripts/prepare.js
+++ b/.scripts/prepare.js
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ async function preparePackages(packages, version, install) {
   // add update package.json of each project
   common.updatePackageVersions(tasks, packages, version);
 
+  // copy package.json to dist
+  common.copyPackageToDist(tasks, packages);
+
   // generate changelog
   generateChangeLog(tasks);