diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3e1faab..491383f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
+* Added new task stub `pre-build` to optionally allow for pre-build steps.
+
 ### Changed
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/src/compas_invocations2/build.py b/src/compas_invocations2/build.py
index 283cac4..2711e7c 100644
--- a/src/compas_invocations2/build.py
+++ b/src/compas_invocations2/build.py
@@ -177,3 +177,13 @@ def build_cpython_ghuser_components(ctx, gh_io_folder=None, prefix=None):
                 cmd += ' --prefix "{}"'.format(prefix)
 
             ctx.run(cmd)
+
+
+@invoke.task
+def pre_build(ctx):
+    """Pre-build steps before building components.
+
+    This is a placeholder for any pre-build steps that might be needed and are to be added but the actual project.
+
+    """
+    pass