diff --git a/ci/ci_verify_cmake.sh b/ci/ci_verify_cmake.sh
index d48062cf5..3e05ec309 100755
--- a/ci/ci_verify_cmake.sh
+++ b/ci/ci_verify_cmake.sh
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ function ci_trace_build {
     ci_info "environment option: \$CI_RANLIB: '$CI_RANLIB'"
     ci_info "environment option: \$CI_SANITIZERS: '$CI_SANITIZERS'"
     ci_info "environment option: \$CI_FORCE: '$CI_FORCE'"
+    ci_info "environment option: \$CI_NO_BUILD: '$CI_NO_BUILD'"
     ci_info "environment option: \$CI_NO_TEST: '$CI_NO_TEST'"
     ci_info "environment option: \$CI_NO_INSTALL: '$CI_NO_INSTALL'"
     ci_info "environment option: \$CI_NO_CLEAN: '$CI_NO_CLEAN'"
@@ -148,10 +149,12 @@ function ci_build {
                          -S . \
                          -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$CI_INSTALL_DIR" \
                          "${all_cmake_vars[@]}"
-    # Spawn "cmake --build ...".
-    ci_spawn "$CI_CMAKE" --build "$CI_BUILD_DIR" \
-                         --config "$CI_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE" \
-                         "${all_cmake_build_flags[@]}"
+    ci_expr $((CI_NO_BUILD)) || {
+        # Spawn "cmake --build ...".
+        ci_spawn "$CI_CMAKE" --build "$CI_BUILD_DIR" \
+                             --config "$CI_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE" \
+                             "${all_cmake_build_flags[@]}"
+    }
     ci_expr $((CI_NO_TEST)) || {
         # Spawn "ctest" if testing is not disabled.
         ci_spawn pushd "$CI_BUILD_DIR"
diff --git a/ci/ci_verify_configure.sh b/ci/ci_verify_configure.sh
index b0e4d4944..9c3a28809 100755
--- a/ci/ci_verify_configure.sh
+++ b/ci/ci_verify_configure.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ function ci_trace_build {
     ci_info "environment option: \$CI_LD_FLAGS: '$CI_LD_FLAGS'"
     ci_info "environment option: \$CI_SANITIZERS: '$CI_SANITIZERS'"
     ci_info "environment option: \$CI_FORCE: '$CI_FORCE'"
+    ci_info "environment option: \$CI_NO_BUILD: '$CI_NO_BUILD'"
     ci_info "environment option: \$CI_NO_TEST: '$CI_NO_TEST'"
     ci_info "environment option: \$CI_NO_INSTALL: '$CI_NO_INSTALL'"
     ci_info "environment option: \$CI_NO_CLEAN: '$CI_NO_CLEAN'"
@@ -131,8 +132,10 @@ function ci_build {
     ci_spawn cd "$CI_BUILD_DIR"
     # Spawn "configure".
     ci_spawn "$CI_SRC_DIR/configure" --prefix="$CI_INSTALL_DIR" $CI_CONFIGURE_FLAGS
-    # Spawn "make".
-    ci_spawn "$CI_MAKE" $CI_MAKE_FLAGS
+    ci_expr $((CI_NO_BUILD)) || {
+        # Spawn "make".
+        ci_spawn "$CI_MAKE" $CI_MAKE_FLAGS
+    }
     ci_expr $((CI_NO_TEST)) || {
         # Spawn "make test" if testing is not disabled.
         ci_spawn "$CI_MAKE" $CI_MAKE_FLAGS test
diff --git a/ci/ci_verify_makefiles.sh b/ci/ci_verify_makefiles.sh
index e0681b4d8..2d3ec72ec 100755
--- a/ci/ci_verify_makefiles.sh
+++ b/ci/ci_verify_makefiles.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ function ci_trace_build {
     ci_info "environment option: \$CI_LIBS: '$CI_LIBS'"
     ci_info "environment option: \$CI_SANITIZERS: '$CI_SANITIZERS'"
     ci_info "environment option: \$CI_FORCE: '$CI_FORCE'"
+    ci_info "environment option: \$CI_NO_BUILD: '$CI_NO_BUILD'"
     ci_info "environment option: \$CI_NO_TEST: '$CI_NO_TEST'"
     ci_info "environment option: \$CI_NO_CLEAN: '$CI_NO_CLEAN'"
     ci_info "executable: \$CI_MAKE: $(command -V "$CI_MAKE")"
@@ -145,10 +146,12 @@ function ci_build {
     for my_makefile in $CI_MAKEFILES
     do
         ci_info "using makefile: $my_makefile"
-        # Spawn "make".
-        ci_spawn "$CI_MAKE" -f "$my_makefile" \
-                            "${all_make_flags[@]}" \
-                            "${all_make_vars[@]}"
+        ci_expr $((CI_NO_BUILD)) || {
+            # Spawn "make".
+            ci_spawn "$CI_MAKE" -f "$my_makefile" \
+                                "${all_make_flags[@]}" \
+                                "${all_make_vars[@]}"
+        }
         ci_expr $((CI_NO_TEST)) || {
             # Spawn "make test" if testing is not disabled.
             ci_spawn "$CI_MAKE" -f "$my_makefile" \
diff --git a/ci/lib/ci.lib.sh b/ci/lib/ci.lib.sh
index 03e866b5c..692851fc0 100644
--- a/ci/lib/ci.lib.sh
+++ b/ci/lib/ci.lib.sh
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ function ci_spawn {
 [[ ${CI_FORCE:-0} == [01] ]] || {
     ci_err "bad boolean option: \$CI_FORCE: '$CI_FORCE'"
 }
+[[ ${CI_NO_BUILD:-0} == [01] ]] || {
+    ci_err "bad boolean option: \$CI_NO_BUILD: '$CI_NO_BUILD'"
+}
 [[ ${CI_NO_TEST:-0} == [01] ]] || {
     ci_err "bad boolean option: \$CI_NO_TEST: '$CI_NO_TEST'"
 }
@@ -100,3 +103,9 @@ function ci_spawn {
 [[ ${CI_NO_CLEAN:-0} == [01] ]] || {
     ci_err "bad boolean option: \$CI_NO_CLEAN: '$CI_NO_CLEAN'"
 }
+if ci_expr $((CI_NO_BUILD))
+then
+    ci_expr $((CI_NO_TEST && CI_NO_INSTALL)) || {
+        ci_err "\$CI_NO_BUILD requires \$CI_NO_TEST and \$CI_NO_INSTALL"
+    }
+fi