diff --git a/Scripts/build_aggregate.sh b/Scripts/build_aggregate.sh
index 8f8d4e6e..17dc2151 100755
--- a/Scripts/build_aggregate.sh
+++ b/Scripts/build_aggregate.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ UNIVERSAL_OUTPUTFOLDER=${BUILD_DIR}/universal
 # Step 1. Build Device and Simulator versions
 xcodebuild -scheme "${C_PROJECT_NAME}" ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH=NO -configuration ${PHONE_CONFIGURATION} -sdk iphoneos -archivePath "${BUILD_DIR}/${PHONE_CONFIGURATION}-iphoneos/${C_PROJECT_NAME}" archive SKIP_INSTALL=false FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS=$FRAMEWORKS_DIR
 
+#copy the framework into the build directory where it is looking for it.
+ditto $FRAMEWORKS_DIR/MVMCore.framework "${BUILD_DIR}/${SIMULATOR_CONFIGURATION}-iphonesimulator/MVMCore.framework
 xcodebuild -target "${C_PROJECT_NAME}" ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH=NO -configuration ${SIMULATOR_CONFIGURATION} -sdk iphonesimulator -arch x86_64 FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS=$FRAMEWORKS_DIR
 
 mkdir -p "${UNIVERSAL_OUTPUTFOLDER}"