diff --git a/base/utils.py b/base/utils.py
index eb0e907..e2d1b11 100644
--- a/base/utils.py
+++ b/base/utils.py
@@ -164,8 +164,11 @@ def build_from_sources(url, compiler_flags: CompileInfo, source_dir_path, prefix
     shutil.rmtree(extracted_folder)
 
 
-def git_clone(url: str, current_dir: str, remove_dot_git=True):
-    common_git_clone_line = ['git', 'clone', '--depth=1', url]
+def git_clone(url: str, current_dir: str, branch=None, remove_dot_git=True):
+    if branch:
+        common_git_clone_line = ['git', 'clone', '--branch', branch, '--single-branch', url]
+    else:
+        common_git_clone_line = ['git', 'clone', '--depth=1', url]
     cloned_dir = os.path.splitext(url.rsplit('/', 1)[-1])[0]
     common_git_clone_line.append(cloned_dir)
     subprocess.call(common_git_clone_line)