diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a4df78f7..26e40b80 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export PATH := $(PATH):`go env GOPATH`/bin
 export GO111MODULE=on
 LDFLAGS := -s -w
+NOWEB_TAG = $(shell [ ! -d web/frps/dist ] || [ ! -d web/frpc/dist ] && echo ',noweb')
 
 .PHONY: web frps-web frpc-web frps frpc
 
@@ -28,23 +29,23 @@ fmt-more:
 gci:
 	gci write -s standard -s default -s "prefix(github.com/fatedier/frp/)" ./
 
-vet: web
-	go vet ./...
+vet:
+	go vet -tags "$(NOWEB_TAG)" ./...
 
 frps:
-	env CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -trimpath -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -tags frps -o bin/frps ./cmd/frps
+	env CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -trimpath -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -tags "frps$(NOWEB_TAG)" -o bin/frps ./cmd/frps
 
 frpc:
-	env CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -trimpath -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -tags frpc -o bin/frpc ./cmd/frpc
+	env CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -trimpath -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -tags "frpc$(NOWEB_TAG)" -o bin/frpc ./cmd/frpc
 
 test: gotest
 
-gotest: web
-	go test -v --cover ./assets/...
-	go test -v --cover ./cmd/...
-	go test -v --cover ./client/...
-	go test -v --cover ./server/...
-	go test -v --cover ./pkg/...
+gotest:
+	go test -tags "$(NOWEB_TAG)" -v --cover ./assets/...
+	go test -tags "$(NOWEB_TAG)" -v --cover ./cmd/...
+	go test -tags "$(NOWEB_TAG)" -v --cover ./client/...
+	go test -tags "$(NOWEB_TAG)" -v --cover ./server/...
+	go test -tags "$(NOWEB_TAG)" -v --cover ./pkg/...
 
 e2e:
 	./hack/run-e2e.sh
diff --git a/Release.md b/Release.md
index 5aaf921f..c4425976 100644
--- a/Release.md
+++ b/Release.md
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 ## Improvements
 
 * Kept proxy/visitor names as raw config names during completion; moved user-prefix handling to explicit wire-level naming logic.
+* Added `noweb` build tag to allow compiling without frontend assets. `make build` now auto-detects missing `web/*/dist` directories and skips embedding, so a fresh clone can build without running `make web` first. The dashboard gracefully returns 404 when assets are not embedded.
diff --git a/assets/assets.go b/assets/assets.go
index 2d7a164e..713087ad 100644
--- a/assets/assets.go
+++ b/assets/assets.go
@@ -29,14 +29,23 @@ var (
 	prefixPath string
 )
 
+type emptyFS struct{}
+
+func (emptyFS) Open(name string) (http.File, error) {
+	return nil, &fs.PathError{Op: "open", Path: name, Err: fs.ErrNotExist}
+}
+
 // if path is empty, load assets in memory
 // or set FileSystem using disk files
 func Load(path string) {
 	prefixPath = path
-	if prefixPath != "" {
+	switch {
+	case prefixPath != "":
 		FileSystem = http.Dir(prefixPath)
-	} else {
+	case content != nil:
 		FileSystem = http.FS(content)
+	default:
+		FileSystem = emptyFS{}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/util/version/version.go b/pkg/util/version/version.go
index 4a601f32..c98b7cfb 100644
--- a/pkg/util/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/util/version/version.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 package version
 
-var version = "0.67.0"
+var version = "0.68.0"
 
 func Full() string {
 	return version
diff --git a/web/frpc/embed.go b/web/frpc/embed.go
index ce06ff90..77b4863e 100644
--- a/web/frpc/embed.go
+++ b/web/frpc/embed.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !noweb
+
 package frpc
 
 import (
diff --git a/web/frpc/embed_stub.go b/web/frpc/embed_stub.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..591a770a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/frpc/embed_stub.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+//go:build noweb
+
+package frpc
diff --git a/web/frps/embed.go b/web/frps/embed.go
index 6bdc475f..a1264d7c 100644
--- a/web/frps/embed.go
+++ b/web/frps/embed.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !noweb
+
 package frps
 
 import (
diff --git a/web/frps/embed_stub.go b/web/frps/embed_stub.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35c9d9c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/frps/embed_stub.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+//go:build noweb
+
+package frps