diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/build_dependencies.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/build_dependencies.sh
index e04f81b9ddc..f1e7df657a7 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/build_dependencies.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/build_dependencies.sh
@@ -365,6 +365,21 @@ install_pkg_deps() {
         missing_rdeps+=("${_realpkg}")
     done
 
+    if [ -n "$XBPS_BUILD_ONLY_ONE_PKG" -a "$XBPS_BUILD_ONLY_ONE_PKG" != "0" -a "$XBPS_BUILD_ONLY_ONE_PKG" != "no" ]; then
+           for i in ${host_missing_deps[@]}; do
+                   msg_error "dep ${i} not found: -1 passed: instructed not to build\n"
+           done
+           for i in ${check_missing_deps[@]}; do
+                   msg_error "dep ${i} not found: -1 passed: instructed not to build\n"
+           done
+           for i in ${missing_rdeps[@]}; do
+                   msg_error "dep ${i} not found: -1 passed: instructed not to build\n"
+           done
+           for i in ${missing_deps[@]}; do
+                   msg_error "dep ${i} not found: -1 passed: instructed not to build\n"
+           done
+    fi
+
     # Missing host dependencies, build from srcpkgs.
     for i in ${host_missing_deps[@]}; do
         # packages not found in repos, install from source.
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
index 0787988d0d1..411537973d6 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ chroot_handler() {
         [ -n "$XBPS_MAKEJOBS" ] && arg="$arg -j$XBPS_MAKEJOBS"
         [ -n "$XBPS_DEBUG_PKGS" ] && arg="$arg -g"
         [ -z "$XBPS_CHECK_PKGS" -o "$XBPS_CHECK_PKGS" = "0" -o "$XBPS_CHECK_PKGS" = "no" ] && arg="$arg -Q"
+        [ -n "$XBPS_BUILD_ONLY_ONE_PKG" -a "$XBPS_BUILD_ONLY_ONE_PKG" != "0" -a "$XBPS_BUILD_ONLY_ONE_PKG" != "no" ] && arg="$arg -1"
         [ -n "$XBPS_QUIET" ] && arg="$arg -q"
         [ -n "$XBPS_SKIP_DEPS" ] && arg="$arg -I"
         [ -n "$XBPS_ALT_REPOSITORY" ] && arg="$arg -r $XBPS_ALT_REPOSITORY"
diff --git a/xbps-src b/xbps-src
index 6f960605f34..9601566f310 100755
--- a/xbps-src
+++ b/xbps-src
@@ -414,13 +414,14 @@ readonly XBPS_GCC_VERSION=${XBPS_GCC_VERSION_MAJOR}.${XBPS_GCC_VERSION_MINOR}.${
 # main()
 #
 XBPS_OPTIONS=
-XBPS_OPTSTRING="a:CEfgGhH:iIj:Lm:No:qQr:tV"
+XBPS_OPTSTRING="1a:CEfgGhH:iIj:Lm:No:qQr:tV"
 
 # Preprocess arguments in order to allow options before and after XBPS_TARGET.
 eval set -- $(getopt "$XBPS_OPTSTRING" "$@");
 
 while getopts "$XBPS_OPTSTRING" opt; do
     case $opt in
+        1) export XBPS_BUILD_ONLY_ONE_PKG=yes; XBPS_OPTIONS+=" -1";;
         a) readonly XBPS_CROSS_BUILD="$OPTARG"; XBPS_OPTIONS+=" -a $OPTARG";;
         C) readonly XBPS_KEEP_ALL=1; XBPS_OPTIONS+=" -C";;
         E) readonly XBPS_BINPKG_EXISTS=1; XBPS_OPTIONS+=" -E";;
@@ -569,7 +570,7 @@ fi
 export XBPS_SHUTILSDIR XBPS_CROSSPFDIR XBPS_TRIGGERSDIR \
     XBPS_SRCPKGDIR XBPS_COMMONDIR XBPS_BUILDDIR XBPS_REPO_DELTAS \
     XBPS_REPOSITORY XBPS_ALT_REPOSITORY XBPS_SRCDISTDIR XBPS_DIGEST_CMD \
-    XBPS_UHELPER_CMD XBPS_INSTALL_CMD XBPS_QUERY_CMD \
+    XBPS_UHELPER_CMD XBPS_INSTALL_CMD XBPS_QUERY_CMD XBPS_BUILD_ONLY_ONE_PKG \
     XBPS_RINDEX_CMD XBPS_RECONFIGURE_CMD XBPS_REMOVE_CMD \
     XBPS_CMPVER_CMD XBPS_FETCH_CMD XBPS_VERSION XBPS_APIVER XBPS_BUILDSTYLEDIR \
     XBPS_CPPFLAGS XBPS_CFLAGS XBPS_CXXFLAGS XBPS_FFLAGS XBPS_LDFLAGS \