diff --git a/build-package.sh b/build-package.sh
index 5a0360e0e..e6dc12c15 100755
--- a/build-package.sh
+++ b/build-package.sh
@@ -102,21 +102,8 @@ termux_step_post_make_install() {
 	return
 }
 
-termux_step_extract_into_massagedir() {
-	local TARBALL_ORIG=$TERMUX_PKG_PACKAGEDIR/${TERMUX_PKG_NAME}_orig.tar.gz
-
-	# Build diff tar with what has changed during the build:
-	cd $TERMUX_PREFIX
-	tar -N "$TERMUX_BUILD_TS_FILE" \
-		--exclude='lib/libc++_shared.so' --exclude='lib/libstdc++.so' \
-		-czf "$TARBALL_ORIG" .
-
-	# Extract tar in order to massage it
-	mkdir -p "$TERMUX_PKG_MASSAGEDIR/$TERMUX_PREFIX"
-	cd "$TERMUX_PKG_MASSAGEDIR/$TERMUX_PREFIX"
-	tar xf "$TARBALL_ORIG"
-	rm "$TARBALL_ORIG"
-}
+# Function to cp (through tar) installed files to massage dir
+source scripts/build/termux_step_extract_into_massagedir.sh
 
 termux_step_massage() {
 	cd "$TERMUX_PKG_MASSAGEDIR/$TERMUX_PREFIX"
diff --git a/scripts/build/termux_step_extract_into_massagedir.sh b/scripts/build/termux_step_extract_into_massagedir.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ad1c8c09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build/termux_step_extract_into_massagedir.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+termux_step_extract_into_massagedir() {
+	local TARBALL_ORIG=$TERMUX_PKG_PACKAGEDIR/${TERMUX_PKG_NAME}_orig.tar.gz
+
+	# Build diff tar with what has changed during the build:
+	cd $TERMUX_PREFIX
+	tar -N "$TERMUX_BUILD_TS_FILE" \
+		--exclude='lib/libc++_shared.so' --exclude='lib/libstdc++.so' \
+		-czf "$TARBALL_ORIG" .
+
+	# Extract tar in order to massage it
+	mkdir -p "$TERMUX_PKG_MASSAGEDIR/$TERMUX_PREFIX"
+	cd "$TERMUX_PKG_MASSAGEDIR/$TERMUX_PREFIX"
+	tar xf "$TARBALL_ORIG"
+	rm "$TARBALL_ORIG"
+}