diff --git a/recipes/gnu-binutils/recipe.sh b/recipes/gnu-binutils/recipe.sh
index 53349d202a2184d6423fe48f2508b3be12fa7bbb..717cf746403628b90fd8435165a27ac9888031a4 100644
--- a/recipes/gnu-binutils/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/gnu-binutils/recipe.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 GIT=https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/binutils-gdb.git
+BRANCH=redox
 GIT_UPSTREAM=git://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git
 BUILD_DEPENDS=(relibc)