diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fde2d8caacdb06421bfb5e1217a5458f04389a5f..37386baef40330060e186de4a338954a5851ee65 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ ENV CCACHE_EXEC /usr/bin/ccache
 # See https://github.com/LineageOS/android_vendor_cm/branches for possible options
 ENV BRANCH_NAME 'v1-q'
 
+# When true, muppets manifests will keep BRANCH_NAME as branch instead of getting its lineage equivalent
+ENV KEEP_LOCAL_MANIFEST_BRANCH 'false'
+
 # Environment for the device
 # eg. DEVICE=hammerhead
 ENV DEVICE ''
diff --git a/src/build.sh b/src/build.sh
index 8dab1356de818e8069b3c4eac82e69bacc47a7ea..dd3ebc71739a5de3bdf2984caac0a2595b4dc633 100755
--- a/src/build.sh
+++ b/src/build.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ if [ -n "${BRANCH_NAME}" ] && [ -n "${DEVICE}" ]; then
     vendor=lineage
     regex_part1="^v[0-9](\.[0-9]*){0,2}(-(beta|alpha|rc)(\.[0-9]*){0,1}){0,1}-("
     regex_part2=")(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]*)*$"
-    
     if [[ "${BRANCH_NAME}" =~ $regex_part1"nougat"$regex_part2 ]]; then
       vendor="cm"
         themuppets_branch="cm-14.1"
@@ -71,6 +70,10 @@ if [ -n "${BRANCH_NAME}" ] && [ -n "${DEVICE}" ]; then
         exit 1
     fi
 
+    if [[ "${KEEP_LOCAL_MANIFEST_BRANCH}" = true ]]; then
+      themuppets_branch=$BRANCH_NAME
+    fi
+
   android_version_major=$(cut -d '.' -f 1 <<< $android_version)
 
   mkdir -p "$SRC_DIR/$branch_dir"