diff --git a/src/build_manifest.py b/src/build_manifest.py
index 4a6b269c6677a4b6ccc359968bcb7b03c98d791a..bb762fe12af2a25b2d4dc8bab7cc5a973072fe3a 100755
--- a/src/build_manifest.py
+++ b/src/build_manifest.py
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             if args.remote:
                 attributes["remote"] = args.remotename
 
+            if "revision" in child.attrib:
+                attributes["revision"] = child.attrib["revision"]
+
             ET.SubElement(xmlout, 'project', attrib=attributes)
 
     xmlstr = minidom.parseString(ET.tostring(xmlout)).toprettyxml(indent="  ", encoding="UTF-8")