diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 19197b3c7a1186..dd9b4af6ccd8e1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@
     "test-e2e": "node test/e2e/puppeteer.js",
     "test-e2e-cov": "node test/e2e/check-coverage.js",
     "test-treeshake": "rollup -c test/rollup.treeshake.config.js",
-    "make-screenshot": "node test/e2e/puppeteer.js --make"
+    "make-screenshot": "node test/e2e/puppeteer.js --make",
+    "prepublishOnly": "node utils/prepublish.js"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "three",
diff --git a/utils/prepublish.js b/utils/prepublish.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..caeae3018a2eda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/prepublish.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const fs = require( 'fs' );
+const path = require( 'path' );
+const glob = require( 'glob' );
+
+const paths = glob.sync( path.resolve( __dirname, '../examples/jsm/**/*.js' ) );
+paths.forEach( p => {
+
+	const content = fs.readFileSync( p, { encoding: 'utf8' } );
+	const bareContent = content.replace( /(\.\.\/){2,}build\/three.module.js/g, 'three' );
+	fs.writeFileSync( p, bareContent, { encoding: 'utf8' } );
+
+} );