diff --git a/webnotes/build.py b/webnotes/build.py
index c481ffaca4..5fedc68e17 100644
--- a/webnotes/build.py
+++ b/webnotes/build.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class Bundle:
 				print "--Error in:" + f + "--"
 				print webnotes.getTraceback()
 
-		if out_type == 'css':
+		if not self.no_compress and out_type == 'css':
 			outtxt = cssmin(outtxt)
 						
 		with open(outfile, 'w') as f: