diff --git a/.github/workflows/package_updates.yml b/.github/workflows/package_updates.yml
index 0484b3e28755a2..887252aefaeaf8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package_updates.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package_updates.yml
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TERMUXBOT2_TOKEN }}
           BUILD_PACKAGES: "true"
+          TERMUX_DOCKER__CONTAINER_EXEC_COMMAND__PRE_CHECK_IF_WILL_BUILD_PACKAGES: "true"
           CREATE_ISSUE: "true"
           GIT_COMMIT_PACKAGES: "true"
           GIT_PUSH_PACKAGES: "true"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/packages.yml b/.github/workflows/packages.yml
index db875955577673..88425013790aa9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packages.yml
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ jobs:
       if: ${{ steps.build-info.outputs.skip-building != 'true' }}
       env:
         DOCKER_BUILD: ${{ steps.build-info.outputs.docker-build }}
+        TERMUX_DOCKER__CONTAINER_EXEC_COMMAND__PRE_CHECK_IF_WILL_BUILD_PACKAGES: "true"
       run: |
         declare -a packages=()
         for repo_path in $(jq --raw-output 'del(.pkg_format) | keys | .[]' repo.json); do
diff --git a/scripts/bin/build-package-dry-run-simulation.sh b/scripts/bin/build-package-dry-run-simulation.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000000..3258366d62cce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bin/build-package-dry-run-simulation.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e -u
+
+# This script is in '$TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/scripts/bin/'.
+TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR=$(cd "$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")")"; cd ../..; pwd)
+DRY_RUN_SCRIPT_NAME=$(basename "$0")
+BUILDSCRIPT_NAME="build-package.sh"
+TERMUX_ARCH="aarch64"
+TERMUX_DEBUG_BUILD="false"
+TERMUX_PACKAGES_DIRECTORIES="
+packages
+root-packages
+x11-packages
+"
+
+# Please keep synchronized with the logic of lines 468-547 of 'build-package.sh'.
+declare -a PACKAGE_LIST=()
+while (($# >= 1)); do
+	case "$1" in
+		*"/$BUILDSCRIPT_NAME") ;;
+		-a)
+			if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
+				echo "$DRY_RUN_SCRIPT_NAME: Option '-a' requires an argument"
+				exit 1
+			fi
+			shift 1
+			if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+				echo "$DRY_RUN_SCRIPT_NAME: Argument to '-a' should not be empty."
+				exit 1
+			fi
+			TERMUX_ARCH="$1"
+			;;
+		-d) TERMUX_DEBUG_BUILD="true" ;;
+		-*) ;;
+		*) PACKAGE_LIST+=("$1") ;;
+	esac
+	shift 1
+done
+
+# Please keep synchronized with the logic of lines 592-656 of 'build-package.sh'.
+for ((i=0; i<${#PACKAGE_LIST[@]}; i++)); do
+	TERMUX_PKG_NAME=$(basename "${PACKAGE_LIST[i]}")
+	TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_DIR=
+	for package_directory in $TERMUX_PACKAGES_DIRECTORIES; do
+		if [ -d "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}/${package_directory}/${TERMUX_PKG_NAME}" ]; then
+			TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_DIR="${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}/$package_directory/$TERMUX_PKG_NAME"
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+	if [ -z "${TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_DIR}" ]; then
+		echo "$DRY_RUN_SCRIPT_NAME: No package $TERMUX_PKG_NAME found in any of the enabled repositories. Are you trying to set up a custom repository?"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_SCRIPT="$TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_DIR/build.sh"
+
+	# Please keep synchronized with the logic of lines 2-50 of 'scripts/build/termux_step_start_build.sh'.
+	if [ "${TERMUX_ARCH}" != "all" ] && \
+		grep -qE "^TERMUX_PKG_EXCLUDED_ARCHES=.*${TERMUX_ARCH}" "$TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_SCRIPT"; then
+		echo "$DRY_RUN_SCRIPT_NAME: Skipping building $TERMUX_PKG_NAME for arch $TERMUX_ARCH"
+		continue
+	fi
+
+	if [ "${TERMUX_DEBUG_BUILD}" = "true" ] && \
+		grep -qE "^TERMUX_PKG_HAS_DEBUG=.*false" "$TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_SCRIPT"; then
+		echo "$DRY_RUN_SCRIPT_NAME: Skipping building debug build for $TERMUX_PKG_NAME"
+		continue
+	fi
+
+	echo "$DRY_RUN_SCRIPT_NAME: Ending dry run simulation ($BUILDSCRIPT_NAME would have continued building $TERMUX_PKG_NAME)"
+	exit 0
+done
+
+if [ ${#PACKAGE_LIST[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
+	# At least one package name was parsed, but none of them reached "exit 0",
+	# so exit with return value 85 (EX_C__NOOP) to indicate that no packages would have been built.
+	echo "$DRY_RUN_SCRIPT_NAME: Ending dry run simulation ($BUILDSCRIPT_NAME would not have built any packages)"
+	exit 85 # EX_C__NOOP
+fi
+
+# If this point is reached, assume that a combination of arguments
+# that is either invalid or is not implemented in this script
+# has been used, and that the real 'build-package.sh'
+# needs to be run so that its own parser can interpret the arguments
+# and display the appropriate message.
+echo "$DRY_RUN_SCRIPT_NAME: Ending dry run simulation (unknown arguments, pass to the real $BUILDSCRIPT_NAME for more information)"
+exit 0
diff --git a/scripts/run-docker.sh b/scripts/run-docker.sh
index 97b2d099cbefde..c706b9cdda2bfb 100755
--- a/scripts/run-docker.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-docker.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,34 @@ set -e -u
 
 TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR=$(cd "$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")")"; cd ..; pwd)
 
+BUILDSCRIPT_NAME="build-package.sh"
+
+if [ "${1:-}" = "-p" ] || [ "${1:-}" = "--pre-check-if-will-build-packages" ]; then
+	shift 1
+	TERMUX_DOCKER__CONTAINER_EXEC_COMMAND__PRE_CHECK_IF_WILL_BUILD_PACKAGES="true"
+fi
+
+# If 'build-package-dry-run-simulation.sh' does not return 85 (EX_C__NOOP), or if
+# $1 (the first argument passed to this script which runs docker) does not contain
+# $BUILDSCRIPT_NAME, this condition will evaluate false and this script which
+# runs docker will continue.
+if [ "${TERMUX_DOCKER__CONTAINER_EXEC_COMMAND__PRE_CHECK_IF_WILL_BUILD_PACKAGES:-}" = "true" ]; then
+	case "${1:-}" in
+		*"/$BUILDSCRIPT_NAME")
+			RETURN_VALUE=0
+			OUTPUT="$("$TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/scripts/bin/build-package-dry-run-simulation.sh" "$@" 2>&1)" || RETURN_VALUE=$?
+			if [ $RETURN_VALUE -ne 0 ]; then
+				echo "$OUTPUT" 1>&2
+				if [ $RETURN_VALUE -eq 85 ]; then # EX_C__NOOP
+					echo "$0: Exiting since '$BUILDSCRIPT_NAME' would not have built any packages"
+					exit 0
+				fi
+				exit $RETURN_VALUE
+			fi
+			;;
+	esac
+fi
+
 CONTAINER_HOME_DIR=/home/builder
 UNAME=$(uname)
 if [ "$UNAME" = Darwin ]; then