diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index dd7ffe1b31..0e08a7280b 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -396,11 +396,20 @@ gulp.task('src.link', function(done) {
 gulp.task('src', function(done){
   runSequence(
     'clean',
-    ['bundle', 'sass', 'copy.scss', 'copy.web-animations'],
+    ['bundle', 'sass', 'fonts', 'copy.scss', 'copy.web-animations'],
+    'transpile.typecheck',
     done
   );
 })
 
+gulp.task('package', ['src'], function(){
+  return gulp.src([
+      'scripts/npm/.npmignore',
+      'scripts/npm/package.json'
+    ])
+    .pipe(gulp.dest('dist'));
+});
+
 require('./scripts/docs/gulp-tasks')(gulp, flags)
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/scripts/npm/.npmignore b/scripts/npm/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12c2309fb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/npm/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+e2e/
+demos/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/npm/package.json b/scripts/npm/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68c2985cd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/npm/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "name": "ionic-framework",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.43",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/driftyco/ionic2.git"
+  },
+  "main": "tooling/index.js",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "colors": "^1.1.2",
+    "inquirer": "0.11.0",
+    "lodash": "3.10.1",
+    "q": "1.4.1",
+    "shelljs": "0.5.3"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "angular2": "2.0.0-alpha.53"
+  }
+}