diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines.yml b/build/azure-pipelines.yml
index a0a1b5310e..4596f9e59d 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -54,10 +54,15 @@ stages:
       inputs:
         versionSpec: '6.4.0' 
 
-    - template: restore.yml@templates
-      parameters:
-        nuGetServiceConnections: GitHubPackageGetFeed
-        nuGetSources: --source https://nuget.pkg.github.com/FirelyTeam/index.json
+    - ${{ if eq(variables.useGitHubPackageFeed, 'yes') }}:
+      - template: restore.yml@templates
+        parameters:
+          nuGetServiceConnections: GitHubPackageGetFeed
+          nuGetSources: --source https://nuget.pkg.github.com/FirelyTeam/index.json
+          
+    - ${{ if eq(variables.useGitHubPackageFeed, 'no') }}:
+      - script: dotnet restore --source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json
+        displayName: 'Run dotnet restore'
         
     - task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
       displayName: Build
diff --git a/build/pipeline-variables.yml b/build/pipeline-variables.yml
index 3d767eff63..95e7dd07ae 100644
--- a/build/pipeline-variables.yml
+++ b/build/pipeline-variables.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 variables:
   isTagBranch: $[startswith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/v')]
   GITHUB_PACKAGES_APIKEY: $(GitHubPushPackagesAPIKey)  # key is set in variable group APIKeys
-  NUGET_APIKEY: $(NuGetSDKAPIKey) # key is set in variable group APIKeys
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+  NUGET_APIKEY: $(NuGetSDKAPIKey) # key is set in variable group APIKeys
+  useGitHubPackageFeed: 'no' # possible values: 'yes', 'no'
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