diff --git a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.0.ebuild b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.0.ebuild
index 234e0adf22e45..0c01abfd0056a 100644
--- a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.0.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.0.ebuild
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/xbmc/libdvdcss/archive/${LIBDVDCSS_VERSION}.tar.gz -
 	!system-ffmpeg? ( https://github.com/xbmc/FFmpeg/archive/${FFMPEG_VERSION}-${CODENAME}-${FFMPEG_KODI_VERSION}.tar.gz -> ffmpeg-${PN}-${FFMPEG_VERSION}-${CODENAME}-${FFMPEG_KODI_VERSION}.tar.gz )"
 if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]] ; then
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc.git"
+	EGIT_BRANCH="Matrix"
 	inherit git-r3
 else
 	MY_PV=${PV/_p/_r}
diff --git a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.9999.ebuild b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.9999.ebuild
index 234e0adf22e45..0c01abfd0056a 100644
--- a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.9999.ebuild
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/xbmc/libdvdcss/archive/${LIBDVDCSS_VERSION}.tar.gz -
 	!system-ffmpeg? ( https://github.com/xbmc/FFmpeg/archive/${FFMPEG_VERSION}-${CODENAME}-${FFMPEG_KODI_VERSION}.tar.gz -> ffmpeg-${PN}-${FFMPEG_VERSION}-${CODENAME}-${FFMPEG_KODI_VERSION}.tar.gz )"
 if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]] ; then
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc.git"
+	EGIT_BRANCH="Matrix"
 	inherit git-r3
 else
 	MY_PV=${PV/_p/_r}