diff --git a/bin/patch-build.js b/bin/patch-build.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f8b302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/patch-build.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import fs from 'fs'
+import path from 'path'
+const __dirname = new URL('.', import.meta.url).pathname
+
+const build = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'place.js')
+const unpatchedBuild = fs.readFileSync(build, 'utf-8')
+const patchedBuild = unpatchedBuild.replace('#!/usr/bin/env node', '#!/usr/bin/env node\n\nconst require = createRequire(import.meta.url)\n')
+fs.writeFileSync(build, patchedBuild, 'utf-8')
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 154fde1..9129300 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "tape test/*.js | tap-spec",
     "coverage": "nyc tape test/*.js | tap-nyc",
-    "build": "esbuild bin/place.js --bundle --platform=node --external:fsevents --format=esm --outfile=place.js"
+    "build": "npm run esbuild && npm run patch-build",
+    "patch-build": "node bin/patch-build.js",
+    "esbuild": "esbuild bin/place.js --bundle --platform=node --external:fsevents --format=esm --outfile=place.js"
   },
   "funding": {
     "type": "foundation",