diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 3467ece6..7cef3dd3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ jobs:
     secrets:
       NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
     with:
-      build-command: pnpm build
+      build-command: pnpm build && pnpm lint:dist
       lint-command: pnpm lint
       test-command: pnpm test:coverage
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index b2deb033..fdb67146 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -25,10 +25,13 @@ jobs:
         run: pnpm run lint
       - name: Test
         run: pnpm run test:coverage
+      - name: Build
+        run: pnpm run build
+      - name: Check Built Declarations
+        run: pnpm run lint:dist
       - name: Upload Coverage
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
         with:
           directory: ./coverage/
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
-  
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9eb0e9b2..7902436b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
     "format": "prettier --write src",
     "format:translations": "find src/i18n/translations -name '*.json' -exec pnpm exec sort-json {} \\;",
     "lint": "tsc && eslint --fix src",
+    "lint:dist": "node scripts/check-dist-types.js",
     "prepare": "husky",
     "storybook": "storybook dev --no-open -p 6006",
     "storybook:build": "storybook build",
diff --git a/scripts/check-dist-types.js b/scripts/check-dist-types.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6b464bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check-dist-types.js
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/**
+ * Type-checks the built declarations in `dist` as a consumer without the global `React` namespace would see them.
+ *
+ * `@types/react` declares `export as namespace React`, which makes a bare `React.X` resolve in any program that
+ * includes it, so libui's own `tsc` cannot catch a declaration that uses `React` without importing it. Consumers
+ * whose React types lack that global (e.g., a vendored `react` package) get `TS2503: Cannot find namespace 'React'`,
+ * which `skipLibCheck` hides, and the affected props silently become `any`. To reproduce this, the compiler host
+ * strips the global from `@types/react` in memory before checking every `dist/**\/*.d.ts` file.
+ *
+ * Run after `pnpm build`.
+ */
+
+import path from 'node:path';
+import process from 'node:process';
+
+import ts from 'typescript';
+
+const DIST_DIR = path.resolve('dist');
+const TYPES_REACT_PATTERN = /[\\/]@types[\\/]react[\\/]/;
+const UMD_GLOBAL_PATTERN = /^export as namespace React;$/m;
+
+/** @type {ts.CompilerOptions} */
+const options = {
+  jsx: ts.JsxEmit.ReactJSX,
+  lib: ['lib.dom.d.ts', 'lib.esnext.d.ts'],
+  module: ts.ModuleKind.NodeNext,
+  moduleResolution: ts.ModuleResolutionKind.NodeNext,
+  noEmit: true,
+  skipLibCheck: false,
+  strict: true,
+  target: ts.ScriptTarget.ES2022,
+  types: []
+};
+
+// guard against this check silently passing if the layout of @types/react changes
+let didReadTypesReact = false;
+let didStripGlobal = false;
+
+const host = ts.createCompilerHost(options);
+const readFile = host.readFile.bind(host);
+/** @param {string} fileName */
+host.readFile = (fileName) => {
+  const text = readFile(fileName);
+  if (text === undefined || !TYPES_REACT_PATTERN.test(fileName)) {
+    return text;
+  }
+  didReadTypesReact = true;
+  if (UMD_GLOBAL_PATTERN.test(text)) {
+    didStripGlobal = true;
+    return text.replace(UMD_GLOBAL_PATTERN, '');
+  }
+  return text;
+};
+
+const rootNames = ts.sys.readDirectory(DIST_DIR, ['.d.ts']);
+if (rootNames.length === 0) {
+  console.error(`No declaration files found in '${DIST_DIR}'. Did you run 'pnpm build'?`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const program = ts.createProgram({ host, options, rootNames });
+const diagnostics = ts.getPreEmitDiagnostics(program).filter((d) => d.file?.fileName.startsWith(DIST_DIR));
+
+if (!didReadTypesReact) {
+  console.error('No file from @types/react was read, so the check is not meaningful.');
+  process.exit(1);
+} else if (!didStripGlobal) {
+  console.error("Could not find 'export as namespace React;' in @types/react, so the check is not meaningful.");
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+if (diagnostics.length > 0) {
+  const files = new Set(diagnostics.map((d) => d.file?.fileName));
+  console.error(
+    ts.formatDiagnosticsWithColorAndContext(diagnostics, {
+      getCanonicalFileName: (fileName) => fileName,
+      getCurrentDirectory: () => process.cwd(),
+      getNewLine: () => ts.sys.newLine
+    })
+  );
+  console.error(`Found ${diagnostics.length} error(s) in ${files.size} of ${rootNames.length} declaration file(s).`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+process.stdout.write(
+  `Checked ${rootNames.length} declaration file(s) without the global React namespace: no errors.${ts.sys.newLine}`
+);
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 690fbf6e..debd79ed 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "src/**/*",
     "eslint.config.js",
     "prettier.config.js",
+    "scripts/**/*",
     "tailwind.config.cjs",
     "tsup.config.mts",
     "vite.config.mts",