diff --git a/crates/uv-dispatch/src/lib.rs b/crates/uv-dispatch/src/lib.rs
index e43d2253b..083a87416 100644
--- a/crates/uv-dispatch/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-dispatch/src/lib.rs
@@ -280,7 +280,10 @@ impl<'a> BuildContext for BuildDispatch<'a> {
         build_kind: BuildKind,
     ) -> Result<SourceBuild> {
         match self.no_build {
-            NoBuild::All => bail!("Building source distributions is disabled"),
+            NoBuild::All => debug_assert!(
+                matches!(build_kind, BuildKind::Editable),
+                "Only editable builds are exempt from 'no build' checks"
+            ),
             NoBuild::None => {}
             NoBuild::Packages(packages) => {
                 if let Some(dist) = dist {
diff --git a/crates/uv/tests/pip_install.rs b/crates/uv/tests/pip_install.rs
index fa1e2ca25..38b27ed15 100644
--- a/crates/uv/tests/pip_install.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/tests/pip_install.rs
@@ -696,6 +696,45 @@ fn install_editable_and_registry() -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn install_editable_no_binary() -> Result<()> {
+    let context = TestContext::new("3.12");
+
+    let current_dir = std::env::current_dir()?;
+    let workspace_dir = regex::escape(
+        Url::from_directory_path(current_dir.join("..").join("..").canonicalize()?)
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_str(),
+    );
+
+    let filters = [(workspace_dir.as_str(), "file://[WORKSPACE_DIR]/")]
+        .into_iter()
+        .chain(INSTA_FILTERS.to_vec())
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+    // Install the editable package with no-binary enabled
+    uv_snapshot!(filters, command(&context)
+        .arg("-e")
+        .arg("../../scripts/editable-installs/black_editable")
+        .arg("--no-binary")
+        .arg(":all:")
+        .current_dir(&current_dir)
+        .env("CARGO_TARGET_DIR", "../../../target/target_install_editable"), @r###"
+    success: true
+    exit_code: 0
+    ----- stdout -----
+
+    ----- stderr -----
+    Built 1 editable in [TIME]
+    Resolved 1 package in [TIME]
+    Installed 1 package in [TIME]
+     + black==0.1.0 (from file://[WORKSPACE_DIR]/scripts/editable-installs/black_editable)
+    "###
+    );
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Install a source distribution that uses the `flit` build system, along with `flit`
 /// at the top-level, along with `--reinstall` to force a re-download after resolution, to ensure
 /// that the `flit` install and the source distribution build don't conflict.