diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index e9e2b70..cc3d0c0 100644
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -2038,7 +2038,8 @@ snapshot() {
 		local _version=${verbase:-0}_git${_date}
 		command -v git >/dev/null || \
 			die "Missing git! Install git to support git clone."
-		[ -z "$reporev" ] && local _rev="HEAD" && local _depth="--depth=1"
+		local _rev="${reporev:-HEAD}"
+		[ "$_rev" = "HEAD" ] && local _depth="--depth=1"
 		msg "Creating git snapshot: $pkgname-$_version"
 		git clone $_depth --bare $giturl $pkgname-$_version || return 1
 		git --git-dir $pkgname-$_version archive \