diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-git.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-git.inc
index a9eff23f77..39e77f0927 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-git.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5-git.inc
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2012 O.S. Systems Software LTDA.
 # Copyright (C) 2013 Martin Jansa <martin.jansa@gmail.com>
 
+QT_MODULE_BRANCH ?= "stable"
+
 # each module needs to define valid SRCREV
 SRC_URI += " \
-    git://qt.gitorious.org/qt/${QT_MODULE}.git;branch=stable \
+    git://qt.gitorious.org/qt/${QT_MODULE}.git;branch=${QT_MODULE_BRANCH} \
 "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"