diff --git a/data/helpers.d/utils b/data/helpers.d/utils
index cc057eb0b..1cbc7d23c 100644
--- a/data/helpers.d/utils
+++ b/data/helpers.d/utils
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ ynh_backup_before_upgrade () {
 # # (Optionnal) Name of the local archive (offline setup support)
 # # default: ${src_id}.${src_format}
 # SOURCE_FILENAME=example.tar.gz 
+# # (Optional) If it set as false don't extract the source.
+# # (Usefull to get a debian package of a python wheel.)
+# # default: true
+# SOURCE_EXTRACT=(true|false)
 #
 # Details:
 # This helper downloads sources from SOURCE_URL if there is no local source
@@ -137,6 +141,7 @@ ynh_setup_source () {
     local src_sum=$(grep 'SOURCE_SUM=' "$YNH_CWD/../conf/${src_id}.src" | cut -d= -f2-)
     local src_sumprg=$(grep 'SOURCE_SUM_PRG=' "$YNH_CWD/../conf/${src_id}.src" | cut -d= -f2-)
     local src_format=$(grep 'SOURCE_FORMAT=' "$YNH_CWD/../conf/${src_id}.src" | cut -d= -f2-)
+    local src_extract=$(grep 'SOURCE_EXTRACT=' "$YNH_CWD/../conf/${src_id}.src" | cut -d= -f2-)
     local src_in_subdir=$(grep 'SOURCE_IN_SUBDIR=' "$YNH_CWD/../conf/${src_id}.src" | cut -d= -f2-)
     local src_filename=$(grep 'SOURCE_FILENAME=' "$YNH_CWD/../conf/${src_id}.src" | cut -d= -f2-)
 
@@ -145,6 +150,7 @@ ynh_setup_source () {
     src_in_subdir=${src_in_subdir:-true}
     src_format=${src_format:-tar.gz}
     src_format=$(echo "$src_format" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+    src_extract=${src_extract:-true}
     if [ "$src_filename" = "" ] ; then
         src_filename="${src_id}.${src_format}"
     fi
@@ -163,7 +169,11 @@ ynh_setup_source () {
 
     # Extract source into the app dir
     mkdir -p "$dest_dir"
-    if [ "$src_format" = "zip" ]
+    
+    if ! "$src_extract"
+    then
+        mv $src_filename $dest_dir
+    elif [ "$src_format" = "zip" ]
     then 
         # Zip format
         # Using of a temp directory, because unzip doesn't manage --strip-components