diff --git a/update-deps-linux b/update-deps-linux
index 457764ac..4cd9e7ee 100644
--- a/update-deps-linux
+++ b/update-deps-linux
@@ -17,4 +17,10 @@ GO111MODULE="auto"
 } || {
 	echo "Defaulting to bundled generated easyjson file"
 }
+
+echo "Building the query generator"
+go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o QGen "./cmd/query_gen"
+echo "Running the query generator"
+./QGen
+
 go get
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