diff --git a/platform/build-scripts/groovy/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/BuildOptions.groovy b/platform/build-scripts/groovy/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/BuildOptions.groovy
index c010969e2ea4..d8626b244d7b 100644
--- a/platform/build-scripts/groovy/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/BuildOptions.groovy
+++ b/platform/build-scripts/groovy/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/BuildOptions.groovy
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ class BuildOptions {
   static final String MAC_SIGN_STEP = "mac_sign"
   /** Build Linux artifacts. */
   static final String LINUX_ARTIFACTS_STEP = "linux_artifacts"
+  /** Build Linux tar.gz artifact without bundled JRE. */
+  static final String LINUX_TAR_GZ_WITHOUT_BUNDLED_JRE_STEP = "linux_tar_gz_without_jre"
   /** Build *.exe installer for Windows distribution. If skipped, only .zip archive will be produced. */
   static final String WINDOWS_EXE_INSTALLER_STEP = "windows_exe_installer"
   /** Build Frankenstein artifacts. */
diff --git a/platform/build-scripts/groovy/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/LinuxDistributionBuilder.groovy b/platform/build-scripts/groovy/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/LinuxDistributionBuilder.groovy
index d31982f3ed4c..9d1f84c5a1f4 100644
--- a/platform/build-scripts/groovy/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/LinuxDistributionBuilder.groovy
+++ b/platform/build-scripts/groovy/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/LinuxDistributionBuilder.groovy
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ class LinuxDistributionBuilder extends OsSpecificDistributionBuilder {
   void buildArtifacts(String osSpecificDistPath) {
     buildContext.executeStep("Build Linux .tar.gz", BuildOptions.LINUX_ARTIFACTS_STEP) {
       if (customizer.buildTarGzWithoutBundledJre) {
-        buildTarGz(null, osSpecificDistPath, "-no-jbr")
+        buildContext.executeStep("Build Linux .tar.gz without bundled JRE", BuildOptions.LINUX_TAR_GZ_WITHOUT_BUNDLED_JRE_STEP) {
+          buildTarGz(null, osSpecificDistPath, "-no-jbr")
+        }
       }
       def jreDirectoryPath = buildContext.bundledJreManager.extractLinuxJre()
       if (jreDirectoryPath != null) {