diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9a83493328..5899e73e20 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ local.properties
 [Rr]elease/
 x64/
 build/
+build_*/
 [Bb]in/
 [Oo]bj/
 
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index baea40c003..8ad2585903 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -2,14 +2,22 @@
 
 set -e
 
+nonet=false;
+
+if [[ "$1" = "--include-nonet" ]]; then
+	nonet=true
+fi
+
 cachedir=.cache
 mkdir -p $cachedir
 
 if [[ ! -d build ]]; then
 	mkdir -p build
 fi
-if [[ ! -d build_nonet ]]; then
-	mkdir -p build_nonet
+if [[ $nonet = true ]]; then
+	if [[ ! -d build_nonet ]]; then
+		mkdir -p build_nonet
+	fi
 fi
 
 libversion=2
@@ -61,10 +69,12 @@ pushd build
 	cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../CMakeLists_mingw.txt -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug  ..
 	make
 popd
-pushd build_nonet
-	cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../CMakeLists_mingw.txt -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DDISABLE_NETWORK=ON ..
-	make
-popd
+if [[ $nonet = true ]]; then
+	pushd build_nonet
+		cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../CMakeLists_mingw.txt -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DDISABLE_NETWORK=ON ..
+		make
+	popd
+fi
 
 if [[ ! -h openrct2.dll ]]; then 
     ln -s build/openrct2.dll openrct2.dll