diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/build.ts b/quartz/plugins/emitters/build.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b58862a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/build.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { QuartzComponent } from "../../components/types"
+import DepGraph from "../../depgraph"
+import { BuildCtx } from "../../util/ctx"
+import { FilePath } from "../../util/path"
+import { StaticResources } from "../../util/resources"
+import { QuartzEmitterPlugin, QuartzEmitterPluginInstance } from "../types"
+import { ProcessedContent } from "../vfile"
+
+interface Options {
+  emitter: QuartzEmitterPluginInstance
+}
+
+export const BuildOnly: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Options> = (opts) => {
+  const emitter = opts?.emitter as QuartzEmitterPluginInstance
+  return {
+    name: `BuildOnly<${emitter.name}>`,
+    getQuartzComponents(ctx: BuildCtx): QuartzComponent[] {
+      if (ctx.argv.serve) return []
+      return emitter.getQuartzComponents(ctx)
+    },
+    async getDependencyGraph(
+      ctx: BuildCtx,
+      content: ProcessedContent[],
+      resources: StaticResources,
+    ) {
+      if (ctx.argv.serve) return new DepGraph<FilePath>()
+      return await emitter.getDependencyGraph!(ctx, content, resources)
+    },
+    async emit(ctx: BuildCtx, content: ProcessedContent[], resources: StaticResources) {
+      if (ctx.argv.serve) return []
+      return emitter.emit(ctx, content, resources)
+    },
+  }
+}
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/index.ts b/quartz/plugins/emitters/index.ts
index bc378c47b..b886b266d 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/index.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/index.ts
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ export { Static } from "./static"
 export { ComponentResources } from "./componentResources"
 export { NotFoundPage } from "./404"
 export { CNAME } from "./cname"
+export { BuildOnly } from "./build"