diff --git a/src/poetry/console/commands/build.py b/src/poetry/console/commands/build.py
index 5339a865200..0d1bd15af45 100644
--- a/src/poetry/console/commands/build.py
+++ b/src/poetry/console/commands/build.py
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
 from cleo.helpers import option
 
 from poetry.console.commands.env_command import EnvCommand
 from poetry.utils.env import build_environment
 
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from pathlib import Path
+
+
 class BuildCommand(EnvCommand):
     name = "build"
     description = "Builds a package, as a tarball and a wheel by default."
@@ -20,9 +26,26 @@ class BuildCommand(EnvCommand):
         "poetry.core.masonry.builders.wheel",
     ]
 
-    def handle(self) -> int:
-        from poetry.core.masonry.builder import Builder
+    def _build(
+        self,
+        fmt: str,
+        executable: str | Path | None = None,
+        *,
+        target_dir: Path | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        from poetry.masonry.builders import BUILD_FORMATS
+
+        if fmt in BUILD_FORMATS:
+            builders = [BUILD_FORMATS[fmt]]
+        elif fmt == "all":
+            builders = list(BUILD_FORMATS.values())
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"Invalid format: {fmt}")
+
+        for builder in builders:
+            builder(self.poetry, executable=executable).build(target_dir)
 
+    def handle(self) -> int:
         with build_environment(poetry=self.poetry, env=self.env, io=self.io) as env:
             fmt = self.option("format") or "all"
             package = self.poetry.package
@@ -30,7 +53,6 @@ def handle(self) -> int:
                 f"Building <c1>{package.pretty_name}</c1> (<c2>{package.version}</c2>)"
             )
 
-            builder = Builder(self.poetry)
-            builder.build(fmt, executable=env.python)
+            self._build(fmt, executable=env.python)
 
         return 0
diff --git a/src/poetry/masonry/builders/__init__.py b/src/poetry/masonry/builders/__init__.py
index 61662422c39..4fdd87d96e0 100644
--- a/src/poetry/masonry/builders/__init__.py
+++ b/src/poetry/masonry/builders/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from poetry.core.masonry.builders.sdist import SdistBuilder
+from poetry.core.masonry.builders.wheel import WheelBuilder
+
 from poetry.masonry.builders.editable import EditableBuilder
 
 
-__all__ = ["EditableBuilder"]
+__all__ = ["BUILD_FORMATS", "EditableBuilder"]
+
+
+# might be extended by plugins
+BUILD_FORMATS = {
+    "sdist": SdistBuilder,
+    "wheel": WheelBuilder,
+}
diff --git a/tests/console/commands/test_build.py b/tests/console/commands/test_build.py
index ed9f3a3c5fa..3b378d1e4e5 100644
--- a/tests/console/commands/test_build.py
+++ b/tests/console/commands/test_build.py
@@ -5,17 +5,63 @@
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
+import pytest
+
 from poetry.factory import Factory
 
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from pathlib import Path
 
+    from cleo.testers.command_tester import CommandTester
+
+    from poetry.poetry import Poetry
     from poetry.utils.env import VirtualEnv
     from tests.types import CommandTesterFactory
     from tests.types import FixtureDirGetter
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def tmp_project_path(tmp_path: Path) -> Path:
+    return tmp_path / "project"
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def tmp_poetry(tmp_project_path: Path, fixture_dir: FixtureDirGetter) -> Poetry:
+    # copy project so that we start with a clean directory
+    shutil.copytree(fixture_dir("simple_project"), tmp_project_path)
+    poetry = Factory().create_poetry(tmp_project_path)
+    return poetry
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def tmp_tester(
+    tmp_poetry: Poetry, command_tester_factory: CommandTesterFactory
+) -> CommandTester:
+    return command_tester_factory("build", tmp_poetry)
+
+
+def get_package_glob(poetry: Poetry) -> str:
+    return f"{poetry.package.name.replace('-', '_')}-{poetry.package.version}*"
+
+
+def test_build_format_is_not_valid(tmp_tester: CommandTester) -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=r"Invalid format.*"):
+        tmp_tester.execute("--format not_valid")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("format", ["sdist", "wheel", "all"])
+def test_build_creates_packages_in_dist_directory_if_no_output_is_specified(
+    tmp_tester: CommandTester, tmp_project_path: Path, tmp_poetry: Poetry, format: str
+) -> None:
+    tmp_tester.execute(f"--format {format}")
+    build_artifacts = tuple(
+        (tmp_project_path / "dist").glob(get_package_glob(tmp_poetry))
+    )
+    assert len(build_artifacts) > 0
+    assert all(archive.exists() for archive in build_artifacts)
+
+
 def test_build_with_multiple_readme_files(
     fixture_dir: FixtureDirGetter,
     tmp_path: Path,