diff --git a/noir/bootstrap.sh b/noir/bootstrap.sh
index 08d9e325a4b..862ee1be7b4 100755
--- a/noir/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/noir/bootstrap.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ function build {
     denoise ./scripts/bootstrap_native.sh
     denoise ./scripts/bootstrap_packages.sh
     cache_upload noir-$hash.tar.gz noir-repo/target/release/nargo noir-repo/target/release/acvm noir-repo/target/release/noir-profiler packages
+  # if noir-profiler is not found in cache, build it (temp fix until profiler is included in the cache)
+  elif [ ! -f noir-repo/target/release/noir-profiler ]; then
+    cd noir-repo/tooling/profiler
+    cargo build --release
+    cd ../../..
   fi
   github_endgroup
 }