diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb
index 3c49480e29..6b4d925f5c 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ module HomebrewArgvExtension
   end
 
   def build_from_source?
-    include? '--build-from-source' or ENV['HOMEBREW_BUILD_FROM_SOURCE']
+    include? '--build-from-source' or ENV['HOMEBREW_BUILD_FROM_SOURCE'] \
+      or build_bottle?
   end
 
   def flag? flag