diff --git a/enos/enos-modules.hcl b/enos/enos-modules.hcl
index 247404eaea..c8e48ecc0a 100644
--- a/enos/enos-modules.hcl
+++ b/enos/enos-modules.hcl
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ module "build_crt" {
 
 module "build_local" {
   source = "./modules/build_local"
+
+  build_target = var.local_build_target
 }
 
 module "generate_aws_host_tag_vars" {
diff --git a/enos/enos-variables.hcl b/enos/enos-variables.hcl
index 81ad5a1bf9..da6caf4bb5 100644
--- a/enos/enos-variables.hcl
+++ b/enos/enos-variables.hcl
@@ -121,3 +121,9 @@ variable "test_email" {
   type        = string
   default     = null
 }
+
+variable "local_build_target" {
+  description = "Which make build target(s) to use for the local builder variant"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "build-ui build"
+}
diff --git a/enos/modules/build_local/main.tf b/enos/modules/build_local/main.tf
index f53056fb8f..3178b10d70 100644
--- a/enos/modules/build_local/main.tf
+++ b/enos/modules/build_local/main.tf
@@ -10,12 +10,17 @@ variable "path" {
   default = "/tmp"
 }
 
+variable "build_target" {
+  default = "build-ui build"
+}
+
 resource "enos_local_exec" "build" {
   environment = {
     "GOOS"          = "linux",
     "GOARCH"        = "amd64",
     "CGO_ENABLED"   = 0,
     "ARTIFACT_PATH" = var.path
+    "BUILD_TARGET"  = var.build_target
   }
   scripts = ["${path.module}/templates/build.sh"]
 }
diff --git a/enos/modules/build_local/templates/build.sh b/enos/modules/build_local/templates/build.sh
index 0a719fc732..783d017d27 100755
--- a/enos/modules/build_local/templates/build.sh
+++ b/enos/modules/build_local/templates/build.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ npm install --global yarn || true
 root_dir="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
 pushd "${root_dir}" > /dev/null
 
-make build-ui
-make build
+make ${BUILD_TARGET}
 zip -j ${ARTIFACT_PATH}/boundary.zip bin/boundary
 
 popd > /dev/null
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index d4625eda96..c0ad62d581 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -88,4 +88,4 @@ fi
 
 # Done!
 echo "==> Results:"
-ls -hl ${BIN_PARENT_DIR}
\ No newline at end of file
+ls -hl ${BIN_PARENT_DIR}