diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bae30cd3..99b77908 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -876,15 +876,17 @@ def package(args, bundle_type):
     libdir = os.path.join(ddir, args.libdir_name.strip('/'), 'kitty')
     if os.path.exists(libdir):
         shutil.rmtree(libdir)
-    launcher_dir = os.path.join(ddir, 'bin')
-    safe_makedirs(launcher_dir)
-    build_launcher(args, launcher_dir, bundle_type)
-    os.makedirs(os.path.join(libdir, 'logo'))
     build_terminfo = runpy.run_path('build-terminfo', run_name='import_build')
     for x in (libdir, os.path.join(ddir, 'share')):
         odir = os.path.join(x, 'terminfo')
         safe_makedirs(odir)
         build_terminfo['compile_terminfo'](odir)
+    if bundle_type == 'linux-terminfo':
+        return
+    launcher_dir = os.path.join(ddir, 'bin')
+    safe_makedirs(launcher_dir)
+    build_launcher(args, launcher_dir, bundle_type)
+    os.makedirs(os.path.join(libdir, 'logo'))
     shutil.copy2('__main__.py', libdir)
     shutil.copy2('logo/kitty.rgba', os.path.join(libdir, 'logo'))
     shutil.copy2('logo/kitty.png', os.path.join(libdir, 'logo'))
@@ -932,7 +934,7 @@ def clean():
 
     safe_remove(
         'build', 'compile_commands.json', 'link_commands.json',
-        'linux-package', 'kitty.app', 'asan-launcher',
+        'linux-package', 'linux-terminfo', 'kitty.app', 'asan-launcher',
         'kitty-profile', 'kitty/launcher')
     exclude = ('.git',)
     for root, dirs, files in os.walk('.', topdown=True):
@@ -955,7 +957,7 @@ def option_parser():  # {{{
         'action',
         nargs='?',
         default='build',
-        choices='build test linux-package kitty.app linux-freeze macos-freeze clean'.split(),
+        choices='build test linux-package linux-terminfo kitty.app linux-freeze macos-freeze clean'.split(),
         help='Action to perform (default is build)'
     )
     p.add_argument(
@@ -1052,6 +1054,8 @@ def main():
         elif args.action == 'linux-package':
             build(args, native_optimizations=False)
             package(args, bundle_type='linux-package')
+        elif args.action == 'linux-terminfo':
+            package(args, bundle_type='linux-terminfo')
         elif args.action == 'linux-freeze':
             build(args, native_optimizations=False)
             package(args, bundle_type='linux-freeze')