diff --git a/build/lib/compilation.js b/build/lib/compilation.js
index 963facfa613eafc7d74e7a5d93ff70f815c5818c..837202d21261f65ded011271eb741cf3cefcbda8 100644
--- a/build/lib/compilation.js
+++ b/build/lib/compilation.js
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ var rootDir = path.join(__dirname, '../../src');
 var options = require('../../src/tsconfig.json').compilerOptions;
 options.verbose = false;
 options.sourceMap = true;
+if (process.env['VSCODE_NO_SOURCEMAP']) {
+    options.sourceMap = false;
+}
 options.rootDir = rootDir;
 options.sourceRoot = util.toFileUri(rootDir);
 function createCompile(build, emitError) {
diff --git a/build/lib/compilation.ts b/build/lib/compilation.ts
index da01c2d4954394350f465f5caac24a4bc7607eed..3d64fe6f8858074bcf94d94bbd5da4db4c0e4beb 100644
--- a/build/lib/compilation.ts
+++ b/build/lib/compilation.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ const rootDir = path.join(__dirname, '../../src');
 const options = require('../../src/tsconfig.json').compilerOptions;
 options.verbose = false;
 options.sourceMap = true;
+if (process.env['VSCODE_NO_SOURCEMAP']) { // To be used by developers in a hurry
+	options.sourceMap = false;
+}
 options.rootDir = rootDir;
 options.sourceRoot = util.toFileUri(rootDir);