diff --git a/app/xdg-app-builtins-build-finish.c b/app/xdg-app-builtins-build-finish.c
index a60e2b086..bd47e663e 100644
--- a/app/xdg-app-builtins-build-finish.c
+++ b/app/xdg-app-builtins-build-finish.c
@@ -34,9 +34,11 @@
 #include "xdg-app-run.h"
 
 static char *opt_command;
+static gboolean opt_no_exports;
 
 static GOptionEntry options[] = {
   { "command", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &opt_command, "Command to set", "COMMAND" },
+  { "no-exports", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_no_exports, "Don't process exports" },
   { NULL }
 };
 
@@ -180,6 +182,9 @@ collect_exports (GFile *base, const char *app_id, GCancellable *cancellable, GEr
   if (!gs_file_ensure_directory (export, TRUE, cancellable, error))
     return FALSE;
 
+  if (opt_no_exports)
+    return TRUE;
+
   for (i = 0; paths[i]; i++)
     {
       g_autoptr(GFile) src = NULL;
diff --git a/doc/xdg-app-build-finish.xml b/doc/xdg-app-build-finish.xml
index 294e735da..c1db6d72f 100644
--- a/doc/xdg-app-build-finish.xml
+++ b/doc/xdg-app-build-finish.xml
@@ -209,6 +209,14 @@
                 </para></listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
+            <varlistentry>
+                <term><option>--no-exports</option></term>
+
+                <listitem><para>
+                    Don't look for exports in the build.
+                </para></listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+
             <varlistentry>
                 <term><option>-v</option></term>
                 <term><option>--verbose</option></term>