diff --git a/src/com/mirantis/mk/Git.groovy b/src/com/mirantis/mk/Git.groovy
index 00df961..9195c9b 100644
--- a/src/com/mirantis/mk/Git.groovy
+++ b/src/com/mirantis/mk/Git.groovy
@@ -19,19 +19,20 @@
  * @param reference       Git reference param to checkout (default empyt, i.e. no reference)
  */
 def checkoutGitRepository(path, url, branch, credentialsId = null, poll = true, timeout = 10, depth = 0, reference = ''){
+    def branch_name = reference ? 'FETCH_HEAD' : "*/${branch}"
     dir(path) {
         checkout(
             changelog:true,
             poll: poll,
             scm: [
                 $class: 'GitSCM',
-                branches: [[name: "*/${branch}"]],
+                branches: [[name: branch_name]],
             doGenerateSubmoduleConfigurations: false,
             extensions: [
                 [$class: 'CheckoutOption', timeout: timeout],
-                [$class: 'CloneOption', depth: depth, noTags: false, reference: reference, shallow: depth > 0, timeout: timeout]],
+                [$class: 'CloneOption', depth: depth, noTags: false, shallow: depth > 0, timeout: timeout]],
             submoduleCfg: [],
-            userRemoteConfigs: [[url: url, credentialsId: credentialsId]]]
+            userRemoteConfigs: [[url: url, credentialsId: credentialsId, refspec: reference]]]
         )
         sh(returnStdout: true, script: 'git rev-parse HEAD').trim()
     }