diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6103cd7faa..6f8cac418f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ issues = "https://github.com/rdmorganiser/rdmo/issues"
 repository = "https://github.com/rdmorganiser/rdmo.git"
 slack = "https://rdmo.slack.com"
 
+[project.scripts]
+rdmo-admin = "rdmo.__main__:main"
+
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 include = ["rdmo*"]
 exclude = ["*assets*", "*tests*"]
diff --git a/rdmo/__main__.py b/rdmo/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b19f323ed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rdmo/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+'''
+Runs rdmo-admin when the rdmo module is run as a script, much like django-admin
+(see: https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/django/__main__.py):
+
+    python -m rdmo check
+
+The main method is added as script in pyproject.toml so that
+
+    rdmo-admin check
+
+works as well. Unlike django-admin, a set of generic settings is used for the
+management scripts.
+'''
+
+import os
+
+from django.core import management
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "rdmo.core.management.settings")
+
+
+def main():
+    management.execute_from_command_line()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/rdmo/core/management/commands/build.py b/rdmo/core/management/commands/build.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90746fafce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rdmo/core/management/commands/build.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        subprocess.call(['/bin/bash', '-c', f'{sys.executable} -m build'])
diff --git a/rdmo/core/management/commands/npm.py b/rdmo/core/management/commands/npm.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e5929d931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rdmo/core/management/commands/npm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument('command', nargs="*")
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        nvm_dir = os.getenv('NVM_DIR')
+
+        if nvm_dir is None:
+            raise CommandError('NVM_DIR is not set, is nvm.sh installed?')
+
+        if not os.path.exists(nvm_dir):
+            raise CommandError('NVM_DIR does not exist, is nvm.sh installed?')
+
+        command = ' '.join(options['command'])
+        subprocess.call(['/bin/bash', '-c', f'source {nvm_dir}/nvm.sh; npm {command}'])
diff --git a/rdmo/core/management/settings.py b/rdmo/core/management/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f10d00114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rdmo/core/management/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+'''
+Generic settings to be used with rdmo-admin outside of an rdmo-app.
+'''
+
+from rdmo.core.settings import *  # noqa: F403
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = ''
+
+DATABASES = {}