diff --git a/indra/newview/CMakeLists.txt b/indra/newview/CMakeLists.txt
index 826538d8e21e9bbb6c4d411be3ed4a8c80de71af..b33061df9463af40f8db54904e3deb5f5bd637ff 100644
--- a/indra/newview/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/indra/newview/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1428,6 +1428,7 @@ if (LINUX)
 
   add_custom_target(package ALL DEPENDS ${product}.tar.bz2)
   add_dependencies(package linux-crash-logger-stripped)
+  set_target_properties(package PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD ON)
 endif (LINUX)
 
 if (DARWIN)