diff --git a/src/packager.ts b/src/packager.ts
index 751ade574e8..5257253a38f 100644
--- a/src/packager.ts
+++ b/src/packager.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { all, executeFinally } from "./util/promise"
 import { EventEmitter } from "events"
 import { Promise as BluebirdPromise } from "bluebird"
 import { AppMetadata, DevMetadata, Platform, Arch } from "./metadata"
-import { PackagerOptions, PlatformPackager, BuildInfo, ArtifactCreated, Target } from "./platformPackager"
+import { PlatformPackager, BuildInfo, ArtifactCreated, Target } from "./platformPackager"
 import { WinPackager } from "./winPackager"
 import * as errorMessages from "./errorMessages"
 import * as util from "util"
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import MacPackager from "./macPackager"
 import { createTargets } from "./targets/targetFactory"
 import { readPackageJson } from "./util/readPackageJson"
 import { TmpDir } from "./util/tmp"
+import { BuildOptions } from "./builder"
 
 //noinspection JSUnusedLocalSymbols
 const __awaiter = require("./util/awaiter")
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ export class Packager implements BuildInfo {
   readonly tempDirManager = new TmpDir()
 
   //noinspection JSUnusedGlobalSymbols
-  constructor(public options: PackagerOptions) {
+  constructor(public options: BuildOptions) {
     this.projectDir = options.projectDir == null ? process.cwd() : path.resolve(options.projectDir)
   }
 
diff --git a/src/platformPackager.ts b/src/platformPackager.ts
index 42e39d361b3..39331143d69 100644
--- a/src/platformPackager.ts
+++ b/src/platformPackager.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { copyFiltered, devDependencies } from "./util/filter"
 import { ElectronPackagerOptions, pack } from "./packager/dirPackager"
 import { TmpDir } from "./util/tmp"
 import { FileMatchOptions, FileMatcher, FilePattern, deprecatedUserIgnoreFilter } from "./fileMatcher"
+import { BuildOptions } from "./builder"
 
 //noinspection JSUnusedLocalSymbols
 const __awaiter = require("./util/awaiter")
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ export interface PackagerOptions {
 }
 
 export interface BuildInfo {
-  options: PackagerOptions
+  options: BuildOptions
 
   devMetadata: DevMetadata
 
diff --git a/src/targets/squirrelWindows.ts b/src/targets/squirrelWindows.ts
index ce2a24f05f8..3430cbd7c0d 100644
--- a/src/targets/squirrelWindows.ts
+++ b/src/targets/squirrelWindows.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ export default class SquirrelWindowsTarget extends Target {
       vendorPath: await getBinFromBintray("Squirrel.Windows", SW_VERSION, SW_SHA2)
     }, packager.platformSpecificBuildOptions)
 
+    if (options.remoteToken == null) {
+      options.remoteToken = packager.info.options.githubToken
+    }
+
     if (!("loadingGif" in options)) {
       const resourceList = await packager.resourceList
       if (resourceList.includes("install-spinner.gif")) {