diff --git a/package/xenomai/Config.in b/package/xenomai/Config.in
index 326e1be737..452b452039 100644
--- a/package/xenomai/Config.in
+++ b/package/xenomai/Config.in
@@ -58,8 +58,16 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_XENOMAI_CUSTOM_VERSION
 config BR2_PACKAGE_XENOMAI_CUSTOM_TARBALL
 	bool "Custom tarball"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_XENOMAI_CUSTOM_GIT
+	bool "Custom Git repository"
+
 endchoice
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_XENOMAI_REPOSITORY
+	string "URL of custom repository"
+	default "https://gitlab.denx.de/Xenomai/xenomai.git"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_XENOMAI_CUSTOM_GIT
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_XENOMAI_VERSION
 	string "Custom Xenomai version" if !BR2_PACKAGE_XENOMAI_LATEST_VERSION
 	default "3.0.10" if BR2_PACKAGE_XENOMAI_LATEST_VERSION
diff --git a/package/xenomai/xenomai.mk b/package/xenomai/xenomai.mk
index d169c2e315..11c69000df 100644
--- a/package/xenomai/xenomai.mk
+++ b/package/xenomai/xenomai.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XENOMAI_CUSTOM_TARBALL),y)
 XENOMAI_TARBALL = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_XENOMAI_CUSTOM_TARBALL_URL))
 XENOMAI_SOURCE = $(notdir $(XENOMAI_TARBALL))
 XENOMAI_SITE = $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(XENOMAI_TARBALL)))
+else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XENOMAI_CUSTOM_GIT),y)
+XENOMAI_SITE = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_XENOMAI_REPOSITORY))
+XENOMAI_SITE_METHOD = git
 else
 XENOMAI_SOURCE = xenomai-$(XENOMAI_VERSION).tar.bz2
 XENOMAI_SITE = http://xenomai.org/downloads/xenomai/stable