diff --git a/xbps-src/xbps-src.sh.in b/xbps-src/xbps-src.sh.in
index 91e66c2a960..41e5513c083 100644
--- a/xbps-src/xbps-src.sh.in
+++ b/xbps-src/xbps-src.sh.in
@@ -219,7 +219,9 @@ build-pkg)
 		for f in $($XBPS_BIN_CMD list|awk '{print $1}'); do
 			pkg=$(xbps-pkgdb getpkgname $f)
 			setup_tmpl ${pkg}
-			xbps_make_binpkg ${pkg}
+			if [ "$pkg" = "$sourcepkg" ]; then
+				xbps_make_binpkg ${pkg}
+			fi
 			reset_tmpl_vars
 		done
 	else