diff --git a/docs/scripts/build.sh b/docs/scripts/build.sh
index e06ae5f2aa99..cd3bb48f35b9 100755
--- a/docs/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/docs/scripts/build.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ build_package() {
   (cd "yarn-project/$package_name" && $build_command)
 }
 
+bootstrap_barretenberg() {
+  echo "Bootstrapping barretenberg and building bb.js..."
+  (cd barretenberg && ./bootstrap.sh)
+}
+
 # Build script. If run on Netlify, first it needs to compile all yarn-projects 
 # that are involved in typedoc in order to generate their type information.
 if [ -n "$NETLIFY" ]; then
@@ -17,6 +22,9 @@ if [ -n "$NETLIFY" ]; then
   cd ..
   echo Working dir $(pwd)
 
+  # Build bb.js
+  bootstrap_barretenberg
+
   # Make sure the latest tag is available for loading code snippets from it
   LAST_TAG="aztec-packages-v$(jq -r '.["."]' .release-please-manifest.json)"
   echo Fetching latest released tag $LAST_TAG...