diff --git a/build.subr b/build.subr
index 32b4f4c..168e972 100644
--- a/build.subr
+++ b/build.subr
@@ -34,11 +34,18 @@ fetch() {
 };
 
 fetch_git() {
-	_fg_subdir="${1}"; _fg_url="${2}"; _fg_git_args_extra="${3}";
+	_fg_subdir="${1}"; _fg_url="${2}"; _fg_branch="${3}";
 	if [ -e "${DLCACHEDIR}/${_fg_subdir}" ]; then
-		(cd ${DLCACHEDIR}/${_fg_subdir} && git pull origin main);
+		cd ${DLCACHEDIR}/${_fg_subdir} &&\
+			git pull origin ${_fg_branch:-main} && cd ${OLDPWD};
 	else
-		git clone ${_fg_git_args_extra} ${_fg_url} ${DLCACHEDIR}/${_fg_subdir};
+		git clone ${_fg_url} ${DLCACHEDIR}/${_fg_subdir};
+		if [ -n "${_fg_branch}" -a		\
+		     \( -z "${_fg_branch#main}" \) -a	\
+		     \( -z "${_fg_branch#master}" \) ]; then
+			cd ${DLCACHEDIR}/${_fg_subdir} &&\
+				git checkout -b ${_fg_branch} && cd ${OLDPWD};
+		fi;
 	fi;
 	rm_if_exists ${_fg_subdir};
 	echo cp -pr ${DLCACHEDIR}/${_fg_subdir} .;
diff --git a/build.vars b/build.vars
index 6fc45a7..24e92a7 100644
--- a/build.vars
+++ b/build.vars
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export PATH="${PREFIX}/bin${PATH:+:${PATH}}";
 # pkg.build
 #
 DEFAULT_MAKEFLAGS_BUILD=-j${BUILD_CPUS:=1};
-PKG_BUILD_VARS="BUILD_CMDLINE BUILD_DIR BUILD_TYPE CFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA CFLAGS_CONFIGURE CFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA CFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA CONFIG_CACHE_EXTRA CONFIGURE_ARGS CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA ENV_VARS_EXTRA FNAME GIT_ARGS_EXTRA INSTALL_FILES INSTALL_TARGET LDFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA LDFLAGS_CONFIGURE LDFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA LDFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA MAKEFLAGS_BUILD MAKEFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA NO_CLEAN NO_MAKE_INSTALL PREFIX_EXTRA SHA256SUM SLIBTOOL SUBDIR SUBDIR_CREATE URL URL_FNAME URL_TYPE VERSION";
+PKG_BUILD_VARS="BUILD_CMDLINE BUILD_DIR BUILD_TYPE CFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA CFLAGS_CONFIGURE CFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA CFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA CONFIG_CACHE_EXTRA CONFIGURE_ARGS CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA ENV_VARS_EXTRA FNAME GIT_BRANCH INSTALL_FILES INSTALL_TARGET LDFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA LDFLAGS_CONFIGURE LDFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA LDFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA MAKEFLAGS_BUILD MAKEFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA NO_CLEAN NO_MAKE_INSTALL PREFIX_EXTRA SHA256SUM SLIBTOOL SUBDIR SUBDIR_CREATE URL URL_FNAME URL_TYPE VERSION";
 PKG_LVL0_PREFIX="${PREFIX_CROSS}";
 PKG_LVL0_BUILD_TYPE="host";
 PKG_LVL0_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE="${PKG_LVL0_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE_DEFAULT}";
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ PKG_LVL3_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL="DESTDIR=${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
 : ${PKG_CRON_URL_TYPE:=git};
 : ${PKG_CRON_BUILD_DIR:=pkg-cron.git};
 : ${PKG_CRON_ENV_VARS_EXTRA:="CC=${TARGET}-gcc:CFLAGS=${PKG_LVL3_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE} -D__GNU__"};
-: ${PKG_CRON_GIT_ARGS_EXTRA:="-b debian/3.0pl1-128"};
+: ${PKG_CRON_GIT_BRANCH:=debian/3.0pl1-128};
 : ${PKG_CURL_VERSION:=7.47.1};
 : ${PKG_CURL_SHA256SUM:=ddc643ab9382e24bbe4747d43df189a0a6ce38fcb33df041b9cb0b3cd47ae98f};
 : ${PKG_CURL_URL:=https://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-${PKG_CURL_VERSION}.tar.bz2};
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ PKG_LVL3_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL="DESTDIR=${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
 : ${PKG_HEXCURSE_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA:=-I${PREFIX_NATIVE}/include/ncursesw};
 : ${PKG_HEXCURSE_URL:=https://github.com/LonnyGomes/hexcurse};
 : ${PKG_HEXCURSE_URL_TYPE:=git};
+: ${PKG_HEXCURSE_GIT_BRANCH:=master};
 : ${PKG_HTOP_VERSION:=2.0.1};
 : ${PKG_HTOP_SHA256SUM:=f410626dfaf6b70fdf73cd7bb33cae768869707028d847fed94a978e974f5666};
 : ${PKG_HTOP_URL:=http://hisham.hm/htop/releases/${PKG_HTOP_VERSION}/htop-${PKG_HTOP_VERSION}.tar.gz};
diff --git a/pkg.build b/pkg.build
index 56d4e5f..8d69553 100644
--- a/pkg.build
+++ b/pkg.build
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if ! is_build_script_done fetch; then
 		if [ "${PKG_URL_TYPE:-wget}" = wget ]; then
 			fetch "${PKG_URL}" ${PKG_SHA256SUM};
 		else
-			fetch_git ${PKG_SUBDIR} ${PKG_URL} "${PKG_GIT_ARGS_EXTRA}";
+			fetch_git ${PKG_SUBDIR} ${PKG_URL} ${PKG_GIT_BRANCH};
 		fi;
 	fi;
 	set_build_script_done fetch -extract;