diff --git a/build/pack-scripts/pack-compat.ts b/build/pack-scripts/pack-compat.ts
index 0667e0e05..d332e8770 100644
--- a/build/pack-scripts/pack-compat.ts
+++ b/build/pack-scripts/pack-compat.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { execSync } from "child_process";
 
 // var myArgs = process.argv.slice(2);
 var scopedVersion = process.argv[2];
+var skipInstall = process.argv[3];
 console.log(`Packing nativescript-angular package with @nativescript/angular: ${scopedVersion}`);
 
 const distFolderPath = path.resolve("../../dist");
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ const packageJsonPath = path.resolve(`${nsAngularPackagePath}/package.json`);
 console.log("Getting package.json from", packageJsonPath);
 
 let npmInstallParams = "";
-if (scopedVersion.indexOf(".tgz") > 0) {
+
+if (scopedVersion.indexOf(".tgz") > 0 || skipInstall === "no-save-exact") {
     // rewrite dependency in package.json
     const packageJsonObject = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packageJsonPath, { encoding: "utf8" }));
     packageJsonObject.dependencies["@nativescript/angular"] = scopedVersion;
@@ -24,14 +26,21 @@ if (scopedVersion.indexOf(".tgz") > 0) {
     npmInstallParams = `@nativescript/angular@${scopedVersion}`;
 }
 
-execSync(`npm install --save-exact ${npmInstallParams}`, {
-    cwd: nsAngularPackagePath
-});
+if (skipInstall !== "no-save-exact") {
+    execSync(`npm install --save-exact ${npmInstallParams}`, {
+        cwd: nsAngularPackagePath
+    });
+}
 
 // ensure empty temp and existing dist folders
 fs.emptyDirSync(tempFolderPath);
 fs.ensureDirSync(distFolderPath);
 
+// Install, run tsc and run ngc
+execSync(`npm i && tsc && npm run ngc`, {
+    cwd: nsAngularPackagePath
+});
+
 // create .tgz in temp folder
 execSync(`npm pack ${nsAngularPackagePath}`, {
     cwd: tempFolderPath
diff --git a/nativescript-angular-package/package.json b/nativescript-angular-package/package.json
index 9dbef3146..83eb60e08 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular-package/package.json
+++ b/nativescript-angular-package/package.json
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@
     },
     "scripts": {
         "ngc": "ngc -p tsconfig.json",
-        "pack-with-scoped-version": "npm i && tsc && npm run ngc && cd ../build/pack-scripts && npm i && npx ts-node pack-compat.ts"
+        "pack-with-scoped-version": "cd ../build/pack-scripts && npm i && npx ts-node pack-compat.ts"
     }
 }