diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2ae1cc8d4..f007a0179 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -521,6 +521,38 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes 1.0.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bzip2"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "42b7c3cbf0fa9c1b82308d57191728ca0256cb821220f4e2fd410a72ade26e3b"
+dependencies = [
+ "bzip2-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bzip2-sys"
+version = "0.1.10+1.0.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "17fa3d1ac1ca21c5c4e36a97f3c3eb25084576f6fc47bf0139c1123434216c6c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cargo_toml"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d94e66797729c3a52b74980ec7992a9399aace3044bbcde9ce6bb98926abb673"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "toml",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.67"
@@ -1236,6 +1268,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hex"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hostname"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -1268,6 +1306,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "http",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "http-body"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5dfb77c123b4e2f72a2069aeae0b4b4949cc7e966df277813fc16347e7549737"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes 1.0.1",
+ "http",
+ "pin-project-lite 0.2.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "httparse"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -1313,7 +1362,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "h2 0.2.7",
  "http",
- "http-body",
+ "http-body 0.3.1",
  "httparse",
  "httpdate",
  "itoa",
@@ -1325,6 +1374,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "want",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper"
+version = "0.14.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8bf09f61b52cfcf4c00de50df88ae423d6c02354e385a86341133b5338630ad1"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes 1.0.1",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "h2 0.3.2",
+ "http",
+ "http-body 0.4.1",
+ "httparse",
+ "httpdate",
+ "itoa",
+ "pin-project",
+ "socket2 0.4.0",
+ "tokio 1.5.0",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+ "want",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-rustls"
 version = "0.21.0"
@@ -1333,7 +1406,7 @@ checksum = "37743cc83e8ee85eacfce90f2f4102030d9ff0a95244098d781e9bee4a90abb6"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes 0.5.6",
  "futures-util",
- "hyper",
+ "hyper 0.13.10",
  "log",
  "rustls 0.18.1",
  "tokio 0.2.25",
@@ -1341,6 +1414,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "webpki",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-rustls"
+version = "0.22.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5f9f7a97316d44c0af9b0301e65010573a853a9fc97046d7331d7f6bc0fd5a64"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-util",
+ "hyper 0.14.5",
+ "log",
+ "rustls 0.19.1",
+ "tokio 1.5.0",
+ "tokio-rustls 0.22.0",
+ "webpki",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "idna"
 version = "0.2.3"
@@ -1638,6 +1726,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "byte-unit",
  "bytes 0.6.0",
+ "cargo_toml",
  "chrono",
  "crossbeam-channel",
  "dashmap",
@@ -1649,6 +1738,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "grenad",
  "heed",
+ "hex",
  "http",
  "indexmap",
  "itertools 0.10.0",
@@ -1669,11 +1759,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.7.3",
  "rayon",
  "regex",
+ "reqwest 0.11.3",
  "rustls 0.19.1",
  "sentry",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_url_params",
+ "sha-1 0.9.4",
  "sha2",
  "siphasher",
  "slice-group-by",
@@ -1687,6 +1779,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid",
  "vergen",
  "walkdir",
+ "zip",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2503,9 +2596,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
  "http",
- "http-body",
- "hyper",
- "hyper-rustls",
+ "http-body 0.3.1",
+ "hyper 0.13.10",
+ "hyper-rustls 0.21.0",
  "ipnet",
  "js-sys",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -2528,6 +2621,41 @@ dependencies = [
  "winreg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "reqwest"
+version = "0.11.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2296f2fac53979e8ccbc4a1136b25dcefd37be9ed7e4a1f6b05a6029c84ff124"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.13.0",
+ "bytes 1.0.1",
+ "encoding_rs",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "http-body 0.4.1",
+ "hyper 0.14.5",
+ "hyper-rustls 0.22.1",
+ "ipnet",
+ "js-sys",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "mime",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite 0.2.6",
+ "rustls 0.19.1",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "tokio 1.5.0",
+ "tokio-rustls 0.22.0",
+ "url",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "web-sys",
+ "webpki-roots 0.21.1",
+ "winreg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "retain_mut"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -2691,7 +2819,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "rand 0.7.3",
  "regex",
- "reqwest",
+ "reqwest 0.10.10",
  "rustc_version 0.2.3",
  "sentry-types",
  "uname",
@@ -3275,6 +3403,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio 1.5.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.5.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a31142970826733df8241ef35dc040ef98c679ab14d7c3e54d827099b3acecaa"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-service"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -3700,6 +3837,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "synstructure",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zip"
+version = "0.5.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9c83dc9b784d252127720168abd71ea82bf8c3d96b17dc565b5e2a02854f2b27"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "bzip2",
+ "crc32fast",
+ "flate2",
+ "thiserror",
+ "time 0.1.44",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zstd"
 version = "0.5.4+zstd.1.4.7"
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/Cargo.toml b/meilisearch-http/Cargo.toml
index e45311fa0..019a1a3f8 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/meilisearch-http/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,13 @@ name = "meilisearch"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [build-dependencies]
+anyhow = "*"
+cargo_toml = "0.9.0"
+hex = "0.4.3"
+reqwest = { version = "0.11.3", features = ["blocking", "rustls-tls"], default-features = false}
+sha-1 = "0.9.4"
 vergen = "3.1.0"
+zip = "0.5.12"
 
 [dependencies]
 actix-cors = "0.6.0-beta.1"
@@ -96,3 +102,7 @@ default = ["sentry"]
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 jemallocator = "0.3.2"
+
+[package.metadata.mini-dashboard]
+assets-url = "https://github.com/meilisearch/mini-dashboard/releases/download/v0.1.0/build.zip"
+sha1 = "abb7bd8765b9fab38675958bc9d06088589c712c"
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/build.rs b/meilisearch-http/build.rs
index be4f4a1b6..542ae20e3 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/build.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/build.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 use std::env;
+use std::fs::create_dir_all;
+use std::io::Cursor;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use anyhow::Context;
+use sha1::{Sha1, Digest};
+use reqwest::blocking::get;
 
 use vergen::{generate_cargo_keys, ConstantsFlags};
+use cargo_toml::Manifest;
 
 fn main() {
     // Setup the flags, toggling off the 'SEMVER_FROM_CARGO_PKG' flag
@@ -11,6 +19,40 @@ fn main() {
     generate_cargo_keys(ConstantsFlags::all()).expect("Unable to generate the cargo keys!");
 
     if let Ok(_) = env::var("CARGO_FEATURE_MINI_DASHBOARD") {
-        todo!()
+        setup_mini_dashboard().expect("Could not load mini-dashboard assets");
     }
 }
+
+fn setup_mini_dashboard() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let cargo_manifest_dir = PathBuf::from(env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap());
+    let cargo_toml = cargo_manifest_dir.join("Cargo.toml");
+
+    let manifest = Manifest::from_path(cargo_toml).unwrap();
+
+    let meta = &manifest
+        .package
+        .as_ref()
+        .context("package not specified in Cargo.toml")?
+        .metadata
+        .as_ref()
+        .context("no metadata specified in Cargo.toml")?
+        ["mini-dashboard"];
+
+    let url = meta["assets-url"].as_str().unwrap();
+
+    let dashboard_assets_bytes = get(url)?
+        .bytes()?;
+
+    let mut hasher = Sha1::new();
+    hasher.update(&dashboard_assets_bytes);
+    let sha1_dashboard = hex::encode(hasher.finalize());
+
+    assert_eq!(meta["sha1"].as_str().unwrap(), sha1_dashboard);
+
+    let dashboard_dir = cargo_manifest_dir.join("mini-dashboard");
+    create_dir_all(&dashboard_dir)?;
+    let cursor = Cursor::new(&dashboard_assets_bytes);
+    let mut zip = zip::read::ZipArchive::new(cursor)?;
+    zip.extract(&dashboard_dir)?;
+    Ok(())
+}