diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 9c09405..594dd16 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "src/schema.sql"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "rm -rf dist && tsc -p tsconfig.build.json",
+    "build": "rm -rf dist && tsc -p tsconfig.build.json && cp src/schema.sql dist/schema.sql",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.json"
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/core-package-build.test.mjs b/tests/core-package-build.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a964261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/core-package-build.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { test } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { dirname, join, resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { pathToFileURL, fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+
+const repoRoot = resolve(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '..');
+const coreDist = join(repoRoot, 'packages', 'core', 'dist');
+
+test('build:core emits an importable package with its schema resource', async () => {
+  execFileSync('npm', ['run', 'build:core'], { cwd: repoRoot, encoding: 'utf8', stdio: 'pipe' });
+
+  assert.ok(existsSync(join(coreDist, 'schema.sql')), 'compiled Core is missing schema.sql');
+  const core = await import(`${pathToFileURL(join(coreDist, 'core.js')).href}?test=${Date.now()}`);
+  assert.equal(typeof core.buildIndex, 'function');
+  assert.equal(typeof core.searchText, 'function');
+  assert.equal(typeof core.executeQuery, 'function');
+  assert.equal(typeof core.executeAttune, 'function');
+});