diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 053dd8abd..738d8911b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
     "express": "^4.15.2",
     "fs-extra": "^7.0.1",
     "invariant": "^2.2.2",
+    "line-replace": "^1.0.2",
     "lodash.debounce": "^4.0.8",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
     "node-fetch": "^2.3.0",
diff --git a/scripts/build-headless.js b/scripts/build-headless.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..914099e57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-headless.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2018-present Facebook.
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ * @format
+ */
+
+const path = require('path');
+const lineReplace = require('line-replace');
+const fs = require('fs-extra');
+const {
+  buildFolder,
+  compile,
+  compileDefaultPlugins,
+} = require('./build-utils.js');
+
+function preludeBundle(dir) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
+    lineReplace({
+      file: path.join(dir, 'bundle.js'),
+      line: 1,
+      text:
+        'var __DEV__=false; global.electronRequire = require; global.performance = require("perf_hooks").performance;',
+      addNewLine: true,
+      callback: resolve,
+    }),
+  );
+}
+
+function copyFolder(dir) {
+  const buildDir = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'dist');
+  fs.removeSync(buildDir);
+  fs.copySync(dir, buildDir);
+}
+
+(async () => {
+  process.env.BUILD_HEADLESS = 'true';
+  const dir = await buildFolder();
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+  console.log('Created build directory', dir);
+  await compile(dir, path.join(__dirname, '..', 'headless', 'index.js'));
+  await preludeBundle(dir);
+  await compileDefaultPlugins(dir);
+  copyFolder(dir);
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+  console.log('✨  Done');
+  process.exit();
+})();
diff --git a/static/package.json b/static/package.json
index b2b19bb92..39a518319 100644
--- a/static/package.json
+++ b/static/package.json
@@ -16,5 +16,8 @@
     "metro": "^0.49.0",
     "recursive-readdir": "2.2.2"
   },
-  "devDependencies": {}
+  "devDependencies": {},
+  "resolutions": {
+    "metro/temp": "0.9.0"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/static/transforms/index.js b/static/transforms/index.js
index 3737f812a..eab3bb451 100644
--- a/static/transforms/index.js
+++ b/static/transforms/index.js
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ function transform({filename, options, src}) {
     plugins.push(require('./fb-stubs.js'));
   }
 
-  if (options.isTestRunner) {
+  if (process.env.BUILD_HEADLESS) {
+    plugins.push(require('./electron-stubs.js'));
+    plugins.push(require('./electron-requires.js'));
+  } else if (options.isTestRunner) {
     if (process.env.USE_ELECTRON_STUBS) {
       plugins.push(require('./electron-stubs.js'));
     }
diff --git a/static/yarn.lock b/static/yarn.lock
index 4d65f3ebd..bf03f0e38 100644
--- a/static/yarn.lock
+++ b/static/yarn.lock
@@ -1389,6 +1389,18 @@ glob@^7.0.5:
     once "^1.3.0"
     path-is-absolute "^1.0.0"
 
+glob@^7.1.3:
+  version "7.1.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/glob/-/glob-7.1.3.tgz#3960832d3f1574108342dafd3a67b332c0969df1"
+  integrity sha512-vcfuiIxogLV4DlGBHIUOwI0IbrJ8HWPc4MU7HzviGeNho/UJDfi6B5p3sHeWIQ0KGIU0Jpxi5ZHxemQfLkkAwQ==
+  dependencies:
+    fs.realpath "^1.0.0"
+    inflight "^1.0.4"
+    inherits "2"
+    minimatch "^3.0.4"
+    once "^1.3.0"
+    path-is-absolute "^1.0.0"
+
 global@^4.3.0:
   version "4.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/global/-/global-4.3.2.tgz#e76989268a6c74c38908b1305b10fc0e394e9d0f"
@@ -2642,9 +2654,12 @@ rimraf@^2.5.4, rimraf@^2.6.1:
   dependencies:
     glob "^7.0.5"
 
-rimraf@~2.2.6:
-  version "2.2.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rimraf/-/rimraf-2.2.8.tgz#e439be2aaee327321952730f99a8929e4fc50582"
+rimraf@~2.6.2:
+  version "2.6.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rimraf/-/rimraf-2.6.3.tgz#b2d104fe0d8fb27cf9e0a1cda8262dd3833c6cab"
+  integrity sha512-mwqeW5XsA2qAejG46gYdENaxXjx9onRNCfn7L0duuP4hCuTIi/QO7PDK07KJfp1d+izWPrzEJDcSqBa0OZQriA==
+  dependencies:
+    glob "^7.1.3"
 
 rsvp@^3.3.3:
   version "3.6.2"
@@ -2927,12 +2942,12 @@ tar@^4:
     safe-buffer "^5.1.2"
     yallist "^3.0.2"
 
-temp@0.8.3:
-  version "0.8.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/temp/-/temp-0.8.3.tgz#e0c6bc4d26b903124410e4fed81103014dfc1f59"
+temp@0.8.3, temp@0.9.0:
+  version "0.9.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/temp/-/temp-0.9.0.tgz#61391795a11bd9738d4c4d7f55f012cb8f55edaa"
+  integrity sha512-YfUhPQCJoNQE5N+FJQcdPz63O3x3sdT4Xju69Gj4iZe0lBKOtnAMi0SLj9xKhGkcGhsxThvTJ/usxtFPo438zQ==
   dependencies:
-    os-tmpdir "^1.0.0"
-    rimraf "~2.2.6"
+    rimraf "~2.6.2"
 
 throat@^4.1.0:
   version "4.1.0"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c80206936..408c14b8b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2911,6 +2911,7 @@ fs-extra@^4.0.1:
 fs-extra@^6.0.0:
   version "6.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-6.0.1.tgz#8abc128f7946e310135ddc93b98bddb410e7a34b"
+  integrity sha512-GnyIkKhhzXZUWFCaJzvyDLEEgDkPfb4/TPvJCJVuS8MWZgoSsErf++QpiAlDnKFcqhRlm+tIOcencCjyJE6ZCA==
   dependencies:
     graceful-fs "^4.1.2"
     jsonfile "^4.0.0"
@@ -4266,6 +4267,11 @@ levn@^0.3.0, levn@~0.3.0:
     prelude-ls "~1.1.2"
     type-check "~0.3.2"
 
+line-replace@^1.0.2:
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/line-replace/-/line-replace-1.0.2.tgz#b1995da54060d671c449196fa228395f0faaea47"
+  integrity sha1-sZldpUBg1nHESRlvoig5Xw+q6kc=
+
 linked-list@0.1.0:
   version "0.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/linked-list/-/linked-list-0.1.0.tgz#798b0ff97d1b92a4fd08480f55aea4e9d49d37bf"