2 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/spec/make_spec.lua b/spec/make_spec.lua
index 1bfbce7e..c9410cce 100644
--- a/spec/make_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/make_spec.lua
@@ -66,6 +66,18 @@ describe("luarocks make #integration", function()
       assert.is.falsy(lfs.attributes(testing_paths.testing_sys_rocks .. "/luasocket/3.0rc1-2/doc"))
    end)
 
+   it("--only-deps", function()
+      local rockspec = testing_paths.fixtures_dir .. "/build_only_deps-0.1-1.rockspec"
+
+      test_env.remove_dir("build_only_deps-0.1-1/")
+      assert.is_true(run.luarocks_bool("unpack " .. rockspec))
+      lfs.chdir("build_only_deps-0.1-1/")
+      assert.is_true(run.luarocks_bool("make " .. rockspec .. " --only-deps"))
+      assert.is_false(run.luarocks_bool("show build_only_deps"))
+      assert.is.falsy(lfs.attributes(testing_paths.testing_sys_rocks .. "/build_only_deps/0.1-1/build_only_deps-0.1-1.rockspec"))
+      assert.is.truthy(lfs.attributes(testing_paths.testing_sys_rocks .. "/a_rock/1.0-1/a_rock-1.0-1.rockspec"))
+   end)
+
    describe("LuaRocks making rockspecs (using lxsh)", function()
       --download lxsh and unpack it
       before_each(function()
diff --git a/src/luarocks/cmd/make.lua b/src/luarocks/cmd/make.lua
index 2db6c403..60a0f11e 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/cmd/make.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/cmd/make.lua
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ commands. See the help on those for details.
 If the current directory contains a luarocks.lock file, it is used as the
 authoritative source for exact version of dependencies. The --pin flag
 overrides and recreates this file scanning dependency based on ranges.
-
-NB: Use `luarocks install` with the `--only-deps` flag if you want to install
-only dependencies of the rockspec (see `luarocks help install`).
 ]], util.see_also())
       :summary("Compile package in current directory using a rockspec.")
 
@@ -102,7 +99,7 @@ function make.command(args)
       need_to_fetch = false,
       minimal_mode = true,
       deps_mode = deps.get_deps_mode(args),
-      build_only_deps = false,
+      build_only_deps = not not (args.only_deps and not args.pack_binary_rock),
       namespace = namespace,
       branch = args.branch,
       verify = not not args.verify,
@@ -129,6 +126,12 @@ function make.command(args)
       if not ok then return nil, err end
       local name, version = ok, err
 
+      if opts.build_only_deps then
+         util.printout("Stopping after installing dependencies for " ..name.." "..version)
+         util.printout()
+         return name, version
+      end
+
       if args.no_doc then
          util.remove_doc_dir(name, version)
       end