diff --git a/script/.prettierrc b/script/.prettierrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e97ea1bfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/.prettierrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "tabWidth": 2,
+  "useTabs": false,
+  "singleQuote": true
+}
diff --git a/script/archive-standalone-nix.sh b/script/archive-standalone-nix.sh
index 94a3f930b..ead14f11f 100755
--- a/script/archive-standalone-nix.sh
+++ b/script/archive-standalone-nix.sh
@@ -90,6 +90,15 @@ cp bin/locales/*.json $OUTDIR/locales
 cp bin/themes/*.json $OUTDIR/themes
 cp -rfp bin/share/terminfo/* $OUTDIR/share/terminfo/
 
+if [[ $CROSSCOMPILE == "rpi" ]]; then
+  printf "\n\n\n     ***** CROSSCOMPILE DETECTED, **NOT** SCANNING DEPENDENCIES! *****\n\n\n"
+  sleep 1
+else
+  printf "\n\n\n     ***** SCANNING DEPENDENCIES *****\n\n\n"
+  sleep 1
+  node ./script/scan-standalone dist/$VERSION/$OUTNAME || exit $?
+fi
+
 strip $OUTDIR/musikcube
 strip $OUTDIR/musikcubed
 strip $OUTDIR/libmusikcore.${DLL_EXT}
diff --git a/script/scan-standalone.js b/script/scan-standalone.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ca36f896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/scan-standalone.js
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+const { promisify } = require('util');
+const exec = promisify(require('child_process').exec);
+const readdir = promisify(require('fs').readdir);
+
+const mac = process.platform === 'darwin';
+
+const filetype = mac ? '.dylib' : '.so';
+
+/* these libraries will always have dynamic dependencies, so ignore */
+const ignoredLibraries = mac ? new Set([]) : new Set([]);
+
+/* we assume these dependencies will always be available on the user's
+target machine. */
+const validLibraries = mac
+  ? new Set([
+      '/System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit',
+      '/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/ApplicationServices',
+      '/System/Library/Frameworks/AudioToolbox.framework/Versions/A/AudioToolbox',
+      '/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Carbon',
+      '/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreAudio.framework/Versions/A/CoreAudio',
+      '/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation',
+      '/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/CoreGraphics',
+      '/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreMedia.framework/Versions/A/CoreMedia',
+      '/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreVideo.framework/Versions/A/CoreVideo',
+      '/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Versions/C/Foundation',
+      '/System/Library/Frameworks/SystemConfiguration.framework/Versions/A/SystemConfiguration',
+      '/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib',
+      '/usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib',
+      '/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib',
+      '/usr/lib/libz.1.dylib',
+    ])
+  : new Set([
+      '/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2',
+      'libc.so.6',
+      'libdl.so.2',
+      'libgcc_s.so.1',
+      'libm.so.6',
+      'libstdc++.so.6',
+      'libz.so.1',
+      'linux-vdso.so.1',
+    ]);
+
+let errors = 0;
+
+const path = process.argv[2];
+
+if (!path) {
+  console.log('\n\nusage: node scan-standalone.js <path>\n\n');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const ls = async (leaf) => {
+  const output = await readdir(`${path}/${leaf}`);
+  const files = output
+    .filter((fn) => fn.indexOf(filetype) !== -1)
+    .filter((fn) => !ignoredLibraries.has(fn));
+  return files;
+};
+
+const lddLinux = async (fn) => {
+  const output = await exec(`ldd ${path}/${fn}`);
+  const problems = output.stdout
+    .split('\n')
+    .map((line) => line.trim())
+    /* libraries resolved properly will exist in the current path; exclude */
+    .filter((line) => !!line && line.indexOf(path) === -1)
+    .filter((line) => line !== 'statically linked')
+    /* libraries are formatted as "<name> [=> <path>] <(offset)>". if there's
+    a fat arrow, just grab everything to the left of it. then, if there's
+    still an offset, strip that as well */
+    .map((line) => line.split(' => ')[0].split(' ')[0].trim())
+    .filter((line) => !validLibraries.has(line));
+  return problems;
+};
+
+const lddMac = async (fn) => {
+  const output = await exec(`otool -L ${path}/${fn}`);
+  const problems = output.stdout
+    .split('\n')
+    .map((line) => line.trim())
+    /* we want all of the libraries we compile ourself to be prefixed
+    with the value `@rpath/`. */
+    .filter((line) => !!line && line.indexOf('@rpath/') === -1)
+    /* the first line of output is the path to the library, exclude it */
+    .slice(1)
+    /* libraries are formatted as "<name> (compatibility ...)", so split
+    and take the name */
+    .map((line) => line.split(' (compatibility')[0].trim())
+    .filter((line) => !validLibraries.has(line));
+  return problems;
+};
+
+const ldd = async (fn) => {
+  const problems = mac ? await lddMac(fn) : await lddLinux(fn);
+  if (!problems.length) {
+    console.log(`${fn}: ok`);
+  } else {
+    console.error(`${fn}: potential problems found`);
+    problems.forEach((line) => console.error(`  * ${line}`));
+    ++errors;
+  }
+};
+
+const lddDir = async (leaf) => {
+  const files = await ls(leaf);
+  await Promise.allSettled(files.map((fn) => ldd(`${leaf}/${fn}`)));
+};
+
+const main = async () => {
+  await ldd('musikcube');
+  await ldd('musikcubed');
+  await ldd(`libmusikcore${filetype}`);
+  await lddDir('plugins');
+  await lddDir('lib');
+
+  if (errors) {
+    console.log(
+      `\n\n\n    ***** ${errors} problematic files detected! ***** \n\n\n`
+    );
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  console.log('\neverything looks good!\n');
+};
+
+main();