diff --git a/Telegram/CMakeLists.txt b/Telegram/CMakeLists.txt
index 12e5f7cc2..4f2cb5aa7 100644
--- a/Telegram/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Telegram/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ if ((NOT DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_AUTOUPDATE OR NOT LINUX) AND NOT build_macstore AND
         target_link_options(Updater PRIVATE -static-libstdc++)
     endif()
 
-    if (DESKTOP_APP_SPECIAL_TARGET)
+    if (DESKTOP_APP_SPECIAL_TARGET OR KTGDESKTOP_ENABLE_PACKER)
         add_executable(Packer WIN32)
         init_target(Packer)
 
diff --git a/Telegram/cmake/telegram_options.cmake b/Telegram/cmake/telegram_options.cmake
index ef23b5c62..b8ebdfaf8 100644
--- a/Telegram/cmake/telegram_options.cmake
+++ b/Telegram/cmake/telegram_options.cmake
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ option(TDESKTOP_DISABLE_REGISTER_CUSTOM_SCHEME "Disable automatic 'tg://' URL sc
 option(TDESKTOP_DISABLE_NETWORK_PROXY "Disable all code for working through Socks5 or MTProxy." OFF)
 option(TDESKTOP_USE_PACKAGED_TGVOIP "Find libtgvoip using CMake instead of bundled one." ${DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED})
 option(TDESKTOP_API_TEST "Use test API credentials." OFF)
+option(KTGDESKTOP_ENABLE_PACKER "Enable building update packer on non-special targets." OFF)
 set(TDESKTOP_API_ID "0" CACHE STRING "Provide 'api_id' for the Telegram API access.")
 set(TDESKTOP_API_HASH "" CACHE STRING "Provide 'api_hash' for the Telegram API access.")
 set(TDESKTOP_LAUNCHER_BASENAME "" CACHE STRING "Desktop file base name (Linux only).")