diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1da37f36de..e6f336143d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ libraries/win32
 libraries/source/cxxtest-4.4/*
 libraries/source/fcollada/*
 libraries/source/nvtt/*
+libraries/source/premake-core/*
 libraries/source/spidermonkey/*
 libraries/source/spirv-reflect/*
 !libraries/source/**/build.sh
diff --git a/build/workspaces/update-workspaces.sh b/build/workspaces/update-workspaces.sh
index 7eafb028d5..783bb42d07 100755
--- a/build/workspaces/update-workspaces.sh
+++ b/build/workspaces/update-workspaces.sh
@@ -72,10 +72,7 @@ cd ../premake || die
 premake_command="premake5"
 
 if [ "$with_system_premake5" = "false" ]; then
-	# Build bundled premake
-	MAKE=${MAKE} JOBS=${JOBS} ./build.sh || die "Premake 5 build failed"
-
-	premake_command="premake5/bin/release/premake5"
+	premake_command="../../libraries/source/premake-core/bin/premake5"
 fi
 
 echo
diff --git a/libraries/build-macos-libs.sh b/libraries/build-macos-libs.sh
index 29907189e1..b0a718cdae 100755
--- a/libraries/build-macos-libs.sh
+++ b/libraries/build-macos-libs.sh
@@ -1142,6 +1142,11 @@ echo "Building nvtt..."
 
 ./../source/nvtt/build.sh || die "NVTT build failed"
 
+# --------------------------------------------------------------
+echo "Building Premake..."
+
+./../source/premake-core/build.sh || die "Premake build failed"
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------
 echo "Building Spidermonkey..."
 
diff --git a/libraries/build-source-libs.sh b/libraries/build-source-libs.sh
index e01983a607..461a3e40e8 100755
--- a/libraries/build-source-libs.sh
+++ b/libraries/build-source-libs.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ without_nvtt=false
 with_system_cxxtest=false
 with_system_nvtt=false
 with_system_mozjs=false
+with_system_premake=false
 with_spirv_reflect=false
 
 JOBS=${JOBS:="-j2"}
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ for i in "$@"; do
 		--with-system-cxxtest) with_system_cxxtest=true ;;
 		--with-system-nvtt) with_system_nvtt=true ;;
 		--with-system-mozjs) with_system_mozjs=true ;;
+		--with-system-premake) with_system_mozjs=true ;;
 		--with-spirv-reflect) with_spirv_reflect=true ;;
 		-j*) JOBS=$i ;;
 	esac
@@ -68,6 +70,10 @@ if [ "$with_system_nvtt" = "false" ] && [ "$without_nvtt" = "false" ]; then
 	cp source/nvtt/bin/* ../binaries/system/
 fi
 echo
+if [ "$with_system_premake" = "false" ]; then
+	./source/premake-core/build.sh || die "Premake build failed"
+fi
+echo
 if [ "$with_system_mozjs" = "false" ]; then
 	./source/spidermonkey/build.sh || die "SpiderMonkey build failed"
 	cp source/spidermonkey/bin/* ../binaries/system/
diff --git a/libraries/source/premake-core/build.sh b/libraries/source/premake-core/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..00bb4a354a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/source/premake-core/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+: "${OS:=$(uname -s || true)}"
+: "${MAKE:=make}"
+: "${JOBS:=-j1}"
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
+PV=5.0.0-beta2
+LIB_VERSION=${PV}+wfg1
+
+if [ -e .already-built ] && [ "$(cat .already-built || true)" = "${LIB_VERSION}" ]; then
+	echo "premake is already up to date."
+	exit
+fi
+
+# fetch
+if [ ! -e "premake-core-${PV}.tar.gz" ]; then
+	curl -fLo "premake-core-${PV}.tar.gz" \
+		"https://github.com/premake/premake-core/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz"
+fi
+
+# unpack
+rm -Rf "premake-core-${PV}"
+tar -xf "premake-core-${PV}.tar.gz"
+
+#patch
+patch -d "premake-core-${PV}" -p1 <patches/0001-Require-unistd.h-for-macosx-in-libzip.patch
+patch -d "premake-core-${PV}" -p1 <patches/0002-Forceinclude-unistd.h-on-all-Unixes.patch
+
+#build
+(
+	cd "premake-core-${PV}"
+	case "${OS}" in
+		Windows)
+			${MAKE} "${JOBS}" -f Bootstrap.mak windows
+			;;
+		Darwin)
+			${MAKE} "${JOBS}" -f Bootstrap.mak osx
+			;;
+		*BSD)
+			${MAKE} "${JOBS}" -f Bootstrap.mak bsd
+			;;
+		*)
+			${MAKE} "${JOBS}" -f Bootstrap.mak linux
+			;;
+	esac
+)
+
+# install
+rm -Rf bin
+mkdir -p bin
+cp "premake-core-${PV}/bin/release/premake5" bin/
+
+echo "${LIB_VERSION}" >.already-built
diff --git a/libraries/source/premake-core/patches/0001-Require-unistd.h-for-macosx-in-libzip.patch b/libraries/source/premake-core/patches/0001-Require-unistd.h-for-macosx-in-libzip.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7599149be0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/source/premake-core/patches/0001-Require-unistd.h-for-macosx-in-libzip.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+From 8eb0523a91a94c5c49a9ab7e0c9dac53e3a192ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Nicholaus Clark <nicholaus.clark115@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2023 10:32:45 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Require unistd.h for macosx in libzip
+
+---
+ contrib/libzip/premake5.lua | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/contrib/libzip/premake5.lua b/contrib/libzip/premake5.lua
+index 1532d518..c35592a5 100644
+--- a/contrib/libzip/premake5.lua
++++ b/contrib/libzip/premake5.lua
+@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ project "zip-lib"
+ 
+ 	filter "system:macosx"
+ 		defines { "HAVE_SSIZE_T_LIBZIP" }
++		forceincludes { "unistd.h" }
+-- 
+2.44.2
+
diff --git a/libraries/source/premake-core/patches/0002-Forceinclude-unistd.h-on-all-Unixes.patch b/libraries/source/premake-core/patches/0002-Forceinclude-unistd.h-on-all-Unixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7b7cddf71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/source/premake-core/patches/0002-Forceinclude-unistd.h-on-all-Unixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From dca8ff71fc9ec29761d98ec0cdb5bd352ec8d295 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ralph Sennhauser <ralph.sennhauser@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 22:08:13 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Forceinclude unistd.h on all Unixes
+
+https://github.com/premake/premake-core/issues/2276
+---
+ contrib/libzip/premake5.lua | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/contrib/libzip/premake5.lua b/contrib/libzip/premake5.lua
+index c35592a5..f0b91b56 100644
+--- a/contrib/libzip/premake5.lua
++++ b/contrib/libzip/premake5.lua
+@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ project "zip-lib"
+ 
+ 	filter "system:linux or bsd or solaris or haiku"
+ 		defines { "HAVE_SSIZE_T_LIBZIP", "HAVE_CONFIG_H" }
++		forceincludes { "unistd.h" }
+ 
+ 	filter "system:windows"
+ 		defines { "_WINDOWS" }
+-- 
+2.45.2
+