diff --git a/scripts/build b/scripts/build
index ddf84585e..2d620b8c2 100755
--- a/scripts/build
+++ b/scripts/build
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ DATE=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")
 TIME=$(date "+%H-%M-%S")
 DATE_TIME="${DATE}_${TIME}"
 
+FEEDS_CONF="feeds.conf.default"
+test -f "feeds.conf" && FEEDS_CONF="feeds.conf"
+
 if [ "${0}" != "./scripts/build" ]; then
 	echo "Please call me that way: ./scripts/build"
 	echo " - out of the main directory"
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
 fi
 
 echo "getting version numbers of used repositories..."
-feeds="$(cat feeds.conf | grep -v -E "^#")"
+feeds="$(cat "${FEEDS_CONF}" | grep -v -E "^#")"
 VERSIONS_FILE="xburst/VERSIONS"
 echo "# base :: 'openwrt' [scm-protocol] [revision] [source] [branch]" > ${VERSIONS_FILE}
 tmp=($(git show-ref | head -n 1))