diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index 00beb76..1cba01e 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ PKGLIST=()
 PKGVERFUNC=0
 PREPAREFUNC=0
 REPKG=0
+REBUILD=0
 RMDEPS=0
 SKIPCHECKSUMS=0
 SKIPPGPCHECK=0
@@ -3163,6 +3164,7 @@ usage() {
 	echo
 	printf -- "$(gettext "Options:")\n"
 	printf -- "$(gettext "  -A, --ignorearch Ignore incomplete %s field in %s")\n" "arch" "$BUILDSCRIPT"
+	printf -- "$(gettext "  -B, --rebuild    Rebuild package without touching %s dir")\n" "\$srcdir/"
 	printf -- "$(gettext "  -c, --clean      Clean up work files after build")\n"
 	printf -- "$(gettext "  -C, --cleanbuild Remove %s dir before building the package")\n" "\$srcdir/"
 	printf -- "$(gettext "  -d, --nodeps     Skip all dependency checks")\n"
@@ -3258,6 +3260,7 @@ while true; do
 		# Makepkg Options
 		--allsource)      SOURCEONLY=2 ;;
 		-A|--ignorearch)  IGNOREARCH=1 ;;
+		-B|--rebuild)     REBUILD=1 ;;
 		-c|--clean)       CLEANUP=1 ;;
 		-C|--cleanbuild)  CLEANBUILD=1 ;;
 		--check)          RUN_CHECK='y' ;;
@@ -3659,8 +3662,18 @@ mkdir -p "$srcdir"
 chmod a-s "$srcdir"
 cd_safe "$srcdir"
 
-if (( NOEXTRACT && ! VERIFYSOURCE )); then
+if (( NOEXTRACT && ! VERIFYSOURCE )) || (( REBUILD )); then
 	warning "$(gettext "Using existing %s tree")" "\$srcdir/"
+	if (( REBUILD )); then
+		if (( PKGVERFUNC )); then
+			update_pkgver
+			basever=$(get_full_version)
+			check_build_status
+		fi
+		if (( PREPAREFUNC )); then
+			run_prepare
+		fi
+	fi
 elif (( !REPKG )); then
 	download_sources
 	check_source_integrity