diff --git a/system-images/android/sdk/build-cmake-native b/system-images/android/sdk/build-cmake-native
index f1ddb35..0b76745 100755
--- a/system-images/android/sdk/build-cmake-native
+++ b/system-images/android/sdk/build-cmake-native
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 set -e
 
 name=$1
 shift
 repo=$1
 shift
 
 srcdir=`pwd`/src
 if ! [ -d $srcdir/$name ] ; then
     mkdir -p $srcdir
     cd $srcdir
-    git clone $repo --single-branch
+    git clone $repo --single-branch $GIT_EXTRA
 fi
 
 mkdir build/$name -p
 pushd build/$name
 
 cmake $srcdir/$name/$EXTRA $@
 cmake --build . -- install -j`nproc`
 popd
 if [ "$PERSIST" ]; then
     echo "leaving the build directory"
 else
     rm -rf build/$name
 fi
diff --git a/system-images/android/sdk/build-generic b/system-images/android/sdk/build-generic
index aab2da6..f33c1e4 100755
--- a/system-images/android/sdk/build-generic
+++ b/system-images/android/sdk/build-generic
@@ -1,58 +1,58 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 # trap 'err_report echo "error: ${BASH_SOURCE}":"${LINENO}"' exit 1
 
 package=$1
 shift
 
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 export PATH=$DIR:$PATH
 
 # we get the repositories for the dependencies
 git clone kde:sysadmin/ci-tooling || true
 pushd ci-tooling
 git clone kde:sysadmin/repo-metadata || true
 git clone kde:kde-build-metadata || true
 popd
 
 # we figure out the dependencies
 all_packages=$(python3 ci-tooling/helpers/list-dependencies.py $package --platform AndroidQt5.10)
 echo "Dependencies to build: $all_packages"
 
 blacklist="oxygen breeze oxygen-icons5 $package"
 for a in $extrapackages $all_packages
 do
     if [[ "$blacklist" =~ "$a" ]]; then
         continue
     fi
 
     arguments=$(python3 ci-tooling/helpers/getsetting.py --project $a --product Frameworks --platform AndroidQt5.10 --key cmake-options)
     build-cmake $a kde:$a $arguments -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF -GNinja
 done
 
 # we now do the actual application separately
 
 # first we download the project and look for the manifest file
 pushd src
 git clone kde:$package || true
 popd
 manifestFile=`find $(pwd)/src/$package -name AndroidManifest.xml`
 
 EXTRA=
 if [ -n "$manifestFile" ]
 then
     targetname=`python3 $DIR/target-from-manifest.py $manifestFile`
     EXTRA=-DANDROID_APK_DIR=$(dirname $manifestFile)
 else
     targetname=`python3 $DIR/target-from-appdata.py $(find $(pwd)/src/$package -name "*.appdata.xml") | tr '\n' ';' | head -c -1`
 fi
 arguments=$(python3 ci-tooling/helpers/getsetting.py --project $package --product Applications --platform AndroidQt5.10 --key cmake-options)
 
-PERSIST=1 build-cmake $package kde:$package -DANDROID_SDK_BUILD_TOOLS_REVISION=21.1.2 -DQTANDROID_EXPORTED_TARGET=$targetname $EXTRA $arguments $@
+GIT_EXTRA=$APP_GIT_EXTRA PERSIST=1 build-cmake $package kde:$package -DANDROID_SDK_BUILD_TOOLS_REVISION=21.1.2 -DQTANDROID_EXPORTED_TARGET=$targetname $EXTRA $arguments $@
 pushd build/$package
 make create-apk
 
 if [ -d /output ]
 then
     cp *_build_apk/build/outputs/apk/*.apk /output
 fi