diff --git a/groups/dev_packages.group b/groups/dev_packages.group
index 9c5e9ed..def4152 100644
--- a/groups/dev_packages.group
+++ b/groups/dev_packages.group
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Build group dev_packages
 #
+GROUP_AUTO=0;
 DEV_PACKAGES_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE="${DEFAULT_CFLAGS:+${DEFAULT_CFLAGS} }--sysroot=${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
 DEV_PACKAGES_CONFIG_CACHE_LOCAL="${CONFIG_CACHE_GNULIB}";
 DEV_PACKAGES_CONFIGURE_ARGS="-C --disable-nls --host=${DEFAULT_TARGET} --prefix= --program-prefix= --target=${DEFAULT_TARGET}";
diff --git a/subr/build_init.subr b/subr/build_init.subr
index 321678a..27af80d 100644
--- a/subr/build_init.subr
+++ b/subr/build_init.subr
@@ -212,7 +212,14 @@ buildp_init_vars() {
 				else
 					_fname="${_fname##*/}"; _fname="${_fname%.group}"; _target="${_fname#*.}";
 				fi;
-				_default_build_groups="$(rtl_lconcat "${_default_build_groups}" "${_target}")";
+				if [ -n "${GROUP_AUTO}" ]; then
+					if [ "${GROUP_AUTO:-0}" -ne 0 ]; then
+						_default_build_groups="$(rtl_lconcat "${_default_build_groups}" "${_target}")";
+					fi;
+					unset GROUP_AUTO;
+				else
+					_default_build_groups="$(rtl_lconcat "${_default_build_groups}" "${_target}")";
+				fi;
 			done;
 			_default_build_groups="$(rtl_uniq "${_default_build_groups}")";
 			if ! rtl_lmatch "${ARG_DIST}" "rpm" ","; then