diff --git a/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_binary-addons b/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_binary-addons
index efa566e94b..b8a634bba8 100755
--- a/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_binary-addons
+++ b/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_binary-addons
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@
 #  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
 ################################################################################
 
-KODI_DIR="kodi-master.git"
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <branch-name>"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+KODI_DIR="kodi-$1.git"
 
 git_clone() {
   # git_clone https://repo.url branch ./target_dir [githash]
diff --git a/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_kodi b/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_kodi
index 250aaf40a3..e29276614c 100755
--- a/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_kodi
+++ b/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_kodi
@@ -19,9 +19,14 @@
 #  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
 ################################################################################
 
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <branch-name>"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 PKG_NAME="kodi"
 PKG_VERSION=""
-BRANCH="master"
+BRANCH="$1"
 GIT_REPO="git://github.com/xbmc/xbmc.git"
 DEST_DIR="$PKG_NAME-$BRANCH"