diff --git a/tools/RPi/gen-rpi-linux-patch.sh b/tools/RPi/gen-rpi-linux-patch.sh
index c82d43a108..412ada97ef 100755
--- a/tools/RPi/gen-rpi-linux-patch.sh
+++ b/tools/RPi/gen-rpi-linux-patch.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ BRANCH="$1"
 while [ $# -gt 1 ]; do
   if [ "${2,,}" == "rebase" ]; then
     REBASE="_rebase"
+  elif [[ ${2,,} =~ [_-]rebase ]]; then
+    REBASE="$2"
   elif [[ ${2} =~ ^[0-9a-f]*$ ]]; then
     BASEREV="${2}"
   fi
@@ -24,10 +26,11 @@ usage()
 {
   local me="$(basename $0)"
 
-  echo "Usage:   ${me} <major.minor>|<major.minor.patch> [rebase] [baserev]"
+  echo "Usage:   ${me} <major.minor>|<major.minor.patch> [[_-]rebase] [baserev]"
   echo
   echo "Example: 4.4 (for rpi-4.4.y) or 4.4.6 - specifying an exact kernel version avoids fetching the upstream repo"
   echo "         4.4 rebase  - use rpi-4.4.y_rebase branch"
+  echo "         4.4 -rebase  - use rpi-4.4.y-rebase branch"
   echo "         4.6-rc6"
   echo "         4.7 523d939ef98fd712632d93a5a2b588e477a7565e"
   echo "         4.7.0"