Index: build.py
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--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -3,5 +3,14 @@
 
 import os, sys, subprocess
 
+DEPENDENCY_SCRIPT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "ensure_dependencies.py")
+
+if os.path.isfile(DEPENDENCY_SCRIPT):
+  try:
+    subprocess.check_call(["python", DEPENDENCY_SCRIPT])
+  except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+    print >>sys.stderr, e
+    print >>sys.stderr, "Failed to ensure dependencies being up-to-date!"
+
 import buildtools.build
 buildtools.build.processArgs('.', sys.argv)