diff --git a/packages/aragon-cli/.gitignore b/packages/aragon-cli/.gitignore
index 76add878f..b9cb8a760 100644
--- a/packages/aragon-cli/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/aragon-cli/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 node_modules
-dist
\ No newline at end of file
+dist
+src/knownRoles.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/aragon-cli/package.json b/packages/aragon-cli/package.json
index 177b94d06..977f737b9 100644
--- a/packages/aragon-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/aragon-cli/package.json
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
     "dao": "./aliases/dao"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "babel -d dist src",
+    "build": "npm run extract-roles && babel -d dist src --copy-files",
     "prepare": "npm run build",
     "test": "ava",
-    "lint": "standard src"
+    "lint": "standard src",
+    "extract-roles": "scripts/extract-roles"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -35,10 +36,6 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/aragon/aragon-dev-cli#readme",
   "dependencies": {
     "@aragon/apm": "^2.0.2",
-    "@aragon/apps-finance": "^1.0.1",
-    "@aragon/apps-token-manager": "^1.0.0",
-    "@aragon/apps-vault": "^2.0.1",
-    "@aragon/apps-voting": "^1.0.0",
     "@aragon/aragen": "2.0.0-beta.1",
     "@aragon/os": "4.0.0-beta.1",
     "@aragon/templates-beta": "^1.1.3",
@@ -75,6 +72,10 @@
     "yargs": "^10.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@aragon/apps-finance": "^1.0.1",
+    "@aragon/apps-token-manager": "^1.0.0",
+    "@aragon/apps-vault": "^2.0.1",
+    "@aragon/apps-voting": "^1.0.0",
     "@babel/cli": "^7.0.0-beta.46",
     "@babel/core": "^7.0.0-beta.46",
     "@babel/node": "^7.0.0-beta.46",
diff --git a/packages/aragon-cli/scripts/extract-roles b/packages/aragon-cli/scripts/extract-roles
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..316cfd9cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/aragon-cli/scripts/extract-roles
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+const { writeJson } = require('fs-extra')
+const path = require('path')
+
+const getAppNPMPackage = appName => `@aragon/apps-${appName}`
+
+const knownApps = ['voting', 'token-manager', 'vault', 'finance']
+
+const getAppRoles = app => {
+	const arapp = require(`${getAppNPMPackage(app)}/arapp`)
+	return arapp.roles.map(({ name, id }) => ({ name, id }))
+}
+
+const flatten = list => list.reduce(
+    (a, b) => a.concat(Array.isArray(b) ? flatten(b) : b), []
+)
+
+const aOSRoles = [
+	{ id: 'CREATE_PERMISSIONS_ROLE', name: 'Create new permissions'},
+	{ id: 'APP_MANAGER_ROLE', name: 'Manage DAO apps'}
+]
+
+// TODO: Add support for user apps
+const rolesForDefaultApps = () => {
+	const allRoles = flatten(knownApps.map(app => getAppRoles(app))).concat(aOSRoles)
+
+	return allRoles
+}
+
+writeJson(
+    path.resolve('.', 'src/knownRoles.json'),
+    rolesForDefaultApps(),
+    { spaces: '\t' }
+  )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/aragon-cli/src/commands/dao_cmds/acl_cmds/utils/knownRoles.js b/packages/aragon-cli/src/commands/dao_cmds/acl_cmds/utils/knownRoles.js
index f682410c5..871551be7 100644
--- a/packages/aragon-cli/src/commands/dao_cmds/acl_cmds/utils/knownRoles.js
+++ b/packages/aragon-cli/src/commands/dao_cmds/acl_cmds/utils/knownRoles.js
@@ -2,25 +2,7 @@ const sha3 = require('js-sha3')
 const keccak256 = x => '0x'+sha3.keccak_256(x)
 const path = require('path')
 const { findProjectRoot } = require('../../../../util')
-
-
-const getAppNPMPackage = appName => `@aragon/apps-${appName}`
-
-const knownApps = ['voting', 'token-manager', 'vault', 'finance']
-
-const getAppRoles = app => {
-	const arapp = require(`${getAppNPMPackage(app)}/arapp`)
-	return arapp.roles.map(({ name, id }) => ({ name, id }))
-}
-
-const flatten = list => list.reduce(
-    (a, b) => a.concat(Array.isArray(b) ? flatten(b) : b), []
-)
-
-const aOSRoles = [
-	{ id: 'CREATE_PERMISSIONS_ROLE', name: 'Create new permissions'},
-	{ id: 'APP_MANAGER_ROLE', name: 'Manage DAO apps'}
-]
+const defaultAppsRoles = require('../../../../knownRoles.json')
 
 const currentAppRoles = () => {
 	const arappPath = path.resolve(findProjectRoot(), 'arapp.json')
@@ -29,7 +11,7 @@ const currentAppRoles = () => {
 
 // TODO: add support for user apps
 const rolesForApps = () => {
-	const allRoles = flatten(knownApps.map(app => getAppRoles(app))).concat(aOSRoles).concat(currentAppRoles())
+	const allRoles = defaultAppsRoles.concat(currentAppRoles())
 	const knownRoles = allRoles.reduce(
 		(acc, role) => Object.assign(acc, { [keccak256(role.id)]: role })
 	, {})