diff --git a/build-scripts/sync_git_hg.sh b/build-scripts/sync_git_hg.sh
index 41d4405fda..e944df2210 100755
--- a/build-scripts/sync_git_hg.sh
+++ b/build-scripts/sync_git_hg.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if [ ! -d "$HG_DIR" ]; then
     hg clone ${GIT_URL} "${HG_DIR}"
 fi
 cd "${HG_DIR}"
-hg pull "${GIT_URL}"
+hg pull -r master "${GIT_URL}"
 hg update -c
 # First time add entries to .hgrc (!)
 # [paths]