diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8158f7e78..b393f7ea1 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ enum PackageFormat {
     Conda,
 }
 
+/// Common opts that are shared between [`Rebuild`] and [`Build`]` subcommands
+#[derive(Parser)]
+struct CommonOpts {
+    /// Output directory for build artifacts. Defaults to `./output`.
+    #[clap(long, env = "CONDA_BLD_PATH", default_value = "./output")]
+    output_dir: PathBuf,
+}
+
 #[derive(Parser)]
 struct BuildOpts {
     /// The recipe file or directory containing `recipe.yaml`. Defaults to the current directory.
@@ -95,10 +103,6 @@ struct BuildOpts {
     #[arg(long)]
     keep_build: bool,
 
-    /// Output directory for build artifacts. Defaults to `./output`.
-    #[clap(long, env = "CONDA_BLD_PATH", default_value = "./output")]
-    output_dir: PathBuf,
-
     /// Don't use build id(timestamp) when creating build directory name. Defaults to `false`.
     #[arg(long)]
     no_build_id: bool,
@@ -107,6 +111,13 @@ struct BuildOpts {
     /// Defaults to `.tar.bz2`.
     #[arg(long, default_value = "tar-bz2")]
     package_format: PackageFormat,
+
+    /// Do not store the recipe in the final package
+    #[arg(long)]
+    no_include_recipe: bool,
+
+    #[clap(flatten)]
+    common: CommonOpts,
 }
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
@@ -116,6 +127,16 @@ struct TestOpts {
     package_file: PathBuf,
 }
 
+#[derive(Parser)]
+struct RebuildOpts {
+    /// The package file to rebuild
+    #[arg(short, long)]
+    package_file: PathBuf,
+
+    #[clap(flatten)]
+    common: CommonOpts,
+}
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> miette::Result<()> {
     let args = App::parse();
@@ -319,7 +340,7 @@ async fn run_build_from_args(args: BuildOpts, multi_progress: MultiProgress) ->
                     directories: Directories::create(
                         name.as_normalized(),
                         &recipe_path,
-                        &args.output_dir,
+                        &args.common.output_dir,
                         args.no_build_id,
                         &timestamp,
                     )
@@ -331,6 +352,7 @@ async fn run_build_from_args(args: BuildOpts, multi_progress: MultiProgress) ->
                         PackageFormat::TarBz2 => ArchiveType::TarBz2,
                         PackageFormat::Conda => ArchiveType::Conda,
                     },
+                    store_recipe: !args.no_include_recipe,
                 },
                 finalized_dependencies: None,
             };
@@ -342,17 +364,6 @@ async fn run_build_from_args(args: BuildOpts, multi_progress: MultiProgress) ->
     Ok(())
 }
 
-#[derive(Parser)]
-struct RebuildOpts {
-    /// The package file to rebuild
-    #[arg(short, long)]
-    package_file: PathBuf,
-
-    /// Output directory for build artifacts. Defaults to `./output`.
-    #[clap(long, env = "CONDA_BLD_PATH", default_value = "./output")]
-    output_dir: PathBuf,
-}
-
 async fn rebuild_from_args(args: RebuildOpts) -> miette::Result<()> {
     tracing::info!("Rebuilding {}", args.package_file.to_string_lossy());
     // we extract the recipe folder from the package file (info/recipe/*)
@@ -374,7 +385,7 @@ async fn rebuild_from_args(args: RebuildOpts) -> miette::Result<()> {
     // set recipe dir to the temp folder
     output.build_configuration.directories.recipe_dir = temp_dir;
     output.build_configuration.directories.output_dir =
-        fs::canonicalize(args.output_dir).into_diagnostic()?;
+        fs::canonicalize(args.common.output_dir).into_diagnostic()?;
 
     let tool_config = tool_configuration::Configuration {
         client: AuthenticatedClient::default(),
diff --git a/src/metadata.rs b/src/metadata.rs
index 28f1f4bfc..0f88471c2 100644
--- a/src/metadata.rs
+++ b/src/metadata.rs
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ impl Directories {
     }
 }
 
+/// Default value for store recipe for backwards compatiblity
+fn default_true() -> bool {
+    true
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct BuildConfiguration {
     /// The target platform for the build
@@ -177,6 +182,9 @@ pub struct BuildConfiguration {
     pub subpackages: BTreeMap<PackageName, PackageIdentifier>,
     /// Package format (.tar.bz2 or .conda)
     pub package_format: ArchiveType,
+    /// Wether to store the recipe and build instructions in the final package or not
+    #[serde(skip_serializing, default = "default_true")]
+    pub store_recipe: bool,
 }
 
 impl BuildConfiguration {
diff --git a/src/packaging.rs b/src/packaging.rs
index 6818fecdd..363faadf5 100644
--- a/src/packaging.rs
+++ b/src/packaging.rs
@@ -864,9 +864,10 @@ pub fn package_conda(
     variant_config
         .write_all(serde_json::to_string_pretty(&output.build_configuration.variant)?.as_bytes())?;
 
-    // TODO write recipe to info/recipe/ folder
-    let recipe_files = write_recipe_folder(output, tmp_dir_path)?;
-    tmp_files.extend(recipe_files);
+    if output.build_configuration.store_recipe {
+        let recipe_files = write_recipe_folder(output, tmp_dir_path)?;
+        tmp_files.extend(recipe_files);
+    }
 
     let test_files = write_test_files(output, tmp_dir_path)?;
     tmp_files.extend(test_files);