diff --git a/buildscripts/scripts/build-cmk-packages.groovy b/buildscripts/scripts/build-cmk-packages.groovy
index 27d52cb30e5..15d25ecb87c 100644
--- a/buildscripts/scripts/build-cmk-packages.groovy
+++ b/buildscripts/scripts/build-cmk-packages.groovy
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def main() {
     def win_project_name = "${jenkins_base_folder}/winagt-build";
     def win_py_project_name = "${jenkins_base_folder}/winagt-build-modules";
 
-    stage("Build agent artifacts fast") {
+    conditional_stage("Build agent artifacts fast", !params.FAKE_WINDOWS_ARTIFACTS) {
         inside_container(ulimit_nofile: 1024) {
             dir("${checkout_dir}") {
                 // Initialize our virtual environment before parallelization