diff --git a/tools/catalog.js b/tools/catalog.js
index 29d52279fd..ef40c90f87 100644
--- a/tools/catalog.js
+++ b/tools/catalog.js
@@ -678,7 +678,9 @@ _.extend(CompleteCatalog.prototype, {
         title: "building package `" + name + "`",
         rootPath: sourcePath
       }, function () {
-        unip = compiler.compile(self.packageSources[name]).unipackage;
+        unip = compiler.compile(self.packageSources[name], {
+          ignoreProjectDeps: constraintSolverOpts.ignoreProjectDeps
+        }).unipackage;
         if (! buildmessage.jobHasMessages()) {
           // Save the build, for a fast load next time
           try {
diff --git a/tools/compiler.js b/tools/compiler.js
index c9642c3228..74ae1b4e43 100644
--- a/tools/compiler.js
+++ b/tools/compiler.js
@@ -730,6 +730,8 @@ var compileUnibuild = function (unipackage, inputSourceArch, packageLoader,
 //    when we already have a resolved set of build-time dependencies and
 //    want to use that instead of resolving them again, e.g. when
 //    running 'meteor publish-for-arch'.
+//  - ignoreProjectDeps: if we should, in some specific context that
+//    glasser only half understands, ignore the current project deps
 //
 // Returns an object with keys:
 // - unipackage: the built Unipackage
@@ -745,7 +747,9 @@ compiler.compile = function (packageSource, options) {
   options = _.extend({ officialBuild: false }, options);
 
   // Determine versions of build-time dependencies
-  var buildTimeDeps = determineBuildTimeDependencies(packageSource);
+  var buildTimeDeps = determineBuildTimeDependencies(packageSource, {
+    ignoreProjectDeps: options.ignoreProjectDeps
+  });
 
   // Build plugins
   _.each(packageSource.pluginInfo, function (info) {
@@ -834,7 +838,10 @@ compiler.compile = function (packageSource, options) {
 
   // Compile unibuilds. Might use our plugins, so needs to happen second.
   var loader = new packageLoader.PackageLoader({
-    versions: buildTimeDeps.packageDependencies
+    versions: buildTimeDeps.packageDependencies,
+    constraintSolverOpts: {
+      ignoreProjectDeps: options.ignoreProjectDeps
+    }
   });
 
   _.each(packageSource.architectures, function (unibuild) {
diff --git a/tools/package-cache.js b/tools/package-cache.js
index 0e48428d9c..c8ae60e48c 100644
--- a/tools/package-cache.js
+++ b/tools/package-cache.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ _.extend(PackageCache.prototype, {
   // on disk, you won't see the changes. To flush the package cache
   // and force all of the packages to be reloaded the next time
   // loadPackageAtPath() is called for them, see refresh().
-  loadPackageAtPath: function (name, loadPath) {
+  loadPackageAtPath: function (name, loadPath, constraintSolverOpts) {
     var self = this;
     buildmessage.assertInCapture();
 
@@ -179,7 +179,9 @@ _.extend(PackageCache.prototype, {
       // We don't do that anymore and at the moment, we rely on catalog to
       // initalize ahead of us and swoop in and build all of the local packages
       // informed by a topological sort
-      var unip = compiler.compile(packageSource).unipackage;
+      var unip = compiler.compile(packageSource, {
+        ignoreProjectDeps: constraintSolverOpts.ignoreProjectDeps
+      }).unipackage;
       self.loadedPackages[key] = {
         pkg: unip,
         sourceDir: null,
diff --git a/tools/package-loader.js b/tools/package-loader.js
index 1d20b4ae6d..3a25350660 100644
--- a/tools/package-loader.js
+++ b/tools/package-loader.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ exports.PackageLoader = function (options) {
   var self = this;
   self.versions = options.versions || null;
   self.uniloadDir = options.uniloadDir;
-  self.constraintSolverOpts= options.constraintSolverOpts;
+  self.constraintSolverOpts = options.constraintSolverOpts;
 };
 
 _.extend(exports.PackageLoader.prototype, {
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ _.extend(exports.PackageLoader.prototype, {
       return pkg;
     }
 
-    return packageCache.packageCache.loadPackageAtPath(name, loadPath);
+    return packageCache.packageCache.loadPackageAtPath(
+      name, loadPath, self.constraintSolverOpts);
   },
 
   containsPlugins: function (name) {