diff --git a/ui/build/config.go b/ui/build/config.go
index ef06157..045f674 100644
--- a/ui/build/config.go
+++ b/ui/build/config.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 	keepGoing int
 	verbose   bool
 	dist      bool
+	skipMake  bool
 
 	// From the product config
 	katiArgs     []string
@@ -149,14 +150,11 @@
 	for i := 0; i < len(args); i++ {
 		arg := strings.TrimSpace(args[i])
 		if arg == "--make-mode" {
-			continue
 		} else if arg == "showcommands" {
 			c.verbose = true
-			continue
-		} else if arg == "dist" {
-			c.dist = true
-		}
-		if arg[0] == '-' {
+		} else if arg == "--skip-make" {
+			c.skipMake = true
+		} else if arg[0] == '-' {
 			parseArgNum := func(def int) int {
 				if len(arg) > 2 {
 					p, err := strconv.ParseUint(arg[2:], 10, 31)
@@ -184,6 +182,9 @@
 		} else if k, v, ok := decodeKeyValue(arg); ok && len(k) > 0 {
 			c.environ.Set(k, v)
 		} else {
+			if arg == "dist" {
+				c.dist = true
+			}
 			c.arguments = append(c.arguments, arg)
 		}
 	}
@@ -265,6 +266,9 @@
 }
 
 func (c *configImpl) NinjaArgs() []string {
+	if c.skipMake {
+		return c.arguments
+	}
 	return c.ninjaArgs
 }
 
@@ -291,6 +295,10 @@
 	return c.verbose
 }
 
+func (c *configImpl) SkipMake() bool {
+	return c.skipMake
+}
+
 func (c *configImpl) TargetProduct() string {
 	if v, ok := c.environ.Get("TARGET_PRODUCT"); ok {
 		return v
@@ -355,6 +363,14 @@
 	c.katiSuffix = suffix
 }
 
+func (c *configImpl) LastKatiSuffixFile() string {
+	return filepath.Join(c.OutDir(), "last_kati_suffix")
+}
+
+func (c *configImpl) HasKatiSuffix() bool {
+	return c.katiSuffix != ""
+}
+
 func (c *configImpl) KatiEnvFile() string {
 	return filepath.Join(c.OutDir(), "env"+c.KatiSuffix()+".sh")
 }
@@ -368,6 +384,9 @@
 }
 
 func (c *configImpl) CombinedNinjaFile() string {
+	if c.katiSuffix == "" {
+		return filepath.Join(c.OutDir(), "combined.ninja")
+	}
 	return filepath.Join(c.OutDir(), "combined"+c.KatiSuffix()+".ninja")
 }