diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 68b5d4899..f92a44859 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ install:
   - printf "[default]\naws_access_key_id = $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID\naws_secret_access_key = $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY\n" > ~/.aws/credentials
   - printf "[default]\n" > ~/.aws/config
 before_script:
-  - bash ./ci/before_script.sh
+  - bash ./scripts/ci/before_script.sh
 script:
   - ./unittests.sh
   - ./functests.sh
-  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then ./build_macos.sh; else ./build_linux.sh; fi
-  - ./build_package.sh
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then ./scripts/build_macos.sh; else ./scripts/build_linux.sh; fi
+  - ./scripts/build_package.sh
 after_script:
-  - bash ./ci/after_scripts.sh
+  - bash ./scripts/ci/after_scripts.sh
 deploy:
   condition: "[[ $(python -c 'import sys; print(sys.version_info[0])') == '2' ]]"
   provider: releases
diff --git a/build_package.sh b/build_package.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 11662fbd8..000000000
--- a/build_package.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-python setup.py sdist
-python setup.py bdist_wheel --universal
diff --git a/build_linux.sh b/scripts/build_linux.sh
similarity index 93%
rename from build_linux.sh
rename to scripts/build_linux.sh
index 89c8a981d..f9f339d9c 100755
--- a/build_linux.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_linux.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ print_error()
 	echo -e "\e[31m$1\e[0m"
 }
 
+if [ ! -d "dvc" ]; then
+	print_error "Please run this script from repository root"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 trap 'print_error "FAIL"; exit 1' ERR
 
 print_info()
diff --git a/build_macos.sh b/scripts/build_macos.sh
similarity index 92%
rename from build_macos.sh
rename to scripts/build_macos.sh
index f0c09ead8..556e8968f 100755
--- a/build_macos.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_macos.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ print_error()
 	echo -e "\e[31m$1\e[0m"
 }
 
+if [ ! -d "dvc" ]; then
+	print_error "Please run this script from repository root"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 trap 'print_error "FAIL"; exit 1' ERR
 
 print_info()
diff --git a/scripts/build_package.sh b/scripts/build_package.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..429feef39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build_package.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+if [ ! -d "dvc" ]; then
+	echo "Please run this script from repository root"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+python setup.py sdist
+python setup.py bdist_wheel --universal
diff --git a/build_windows.cmd b/scripts/build_windows.cmd
similarity index 91%
rename from build_windows.cmd
rename to scripts/build_windows.cmd
index 9aeafadea..dc17a0bee 100644
--- a/build_windows.cmd
+++ b/scripts/build_windows.cmd
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 echo ====== Starting to build dvc installer for Windows... ======
 
+if not exist dvc\NUL (echo Error: Please run this script from repository root && goto :error)
+
 rmdir /Q /S build
 rmdir /Q /S dist
 del /Q /S dvc.spec
diff --git a/ci/after_script.sh b/scripts/ci/after_script.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from ci/after_script.sh
rename to scripts/ci/after_script.sh
diff --git a/ci/before_script.sh b/scripts/ci/before_script.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from ci/before_script.sh
rename to scripts/ci/before_script.sh