diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 3fbc87526..9f9288379 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ config BUILD_SUFFIX
 	help
 		Build suffix to append to the BUILD_DIR variable, i.e: build_dir_suffix
 
+config SOURCE_FEEDS_REV
+	string
+	prompt "Revision for the source feed svn checkout" if BUILDOPTS
+	default ""
+
+
 source "toolchain/Config.in"
 source "target/imagebuilder/Config.in"
 source "target/sdk/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/Makefile b/package/Makefile
index 59ee670a7..501b158e4 100644
--- a/package/Makefile
+++ b/package/Makefile
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ $(PACKAGE_DIR)/Packages: $(PACKAGE_DIR)/*.ipk
 	(cd $(PACKAGE_DIR); $(SCRIPT_DIR)/ipkg-make-index.sh . > Packages)
 
 symlinks:
-	../scripts/feeds.sh $(CONFIG_SOURCE_FEEDS) 
+	../scripts/feeds.sh $(CONFIG_SOURCE_FEEDS) $(CONFIG_SOURCE_FEEDS_REV)
 
 ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),compile)
 MAKEFLAGS:=$(MAKEFLAGS) -j$(CONFIG_JLEVEL)
diff --git a/scripts/feeds.sh b/scripts/feeds.sh
index e21c204c2..d44242069 100755
--- a/scripts/feeds.sh
+++ b/scripts/feeds.sh
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ setup_symlinks() {
 checkout_feed() {
 	# We ensure the feed has not already been checked out, if so, we just update the source feed
 	if [ -d $FEEDS_DIR/$2 ]; then
-		svn up $FEEDS_DIR/$2
+		svn up ${3:+-r$3} $FEEDS_DIR/$2
 		echo "Updated to revision $(LANG=C svn info $FEEDS_DIR/$2 | awk '/^Revision:/ { print $2 }' )";
 	# Otherwise, we have to checkout in the $FEEDS_DIR 
 	else
-		svn co $1 $FEEDS_DIR/$2
+		svn co ${3:+-r$3} $1 $FEEDS_DIR/$2
 		echo "Checked out revision $(LANG=C svn info $FEEDS_DIR/$2 | awk '/^Revision:/ { print $2 }' )";
 	fi
 }
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ delete_symlinks "$PACKAGE_DIR"
 for feed in $1
 do
 	name=$(extract_feed_name "$feed")
-	checkout_feed "$feed" "$name"
+	checkout_feed "$feed" "$name" "$2"
 done
 # Finally setup symlinks
 setup_symlinks "$FEEDS_DIR" "$PACKAGE_DIR"