diff --git a/scripts/sources-branch-updater-lib.sh b/scripts/sources-branch-updater-lib.sh
index f3ab26f20b..ee75ce0397 100644
--- a/scripts/sources-branch-updater-lib.sh
+++ b/scripts/sources-branch-updater-lib.sh
@@ -210,11 +210,13 @@ update_ansible_role_requirements() {
   local role_name role_version osa_repo_tmp_path role_git_sources current_source_dir
   local osa_branch=${1}
   local pre_release=${2}
+  local force_master=${3}
   current_source_dir="$(cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd)"
 
   # Update the ansible-role-requirements.yml file
-  # We don't want to be doing this for the master branch
-  if [ "${osa_branch}" != "master" ] || [ "${pre_release}" == "true" ]; then
+  if [ "${osa_branch}" != "master" ] || \
+      [ "${pre_release}" == "true" ] || \
+      [ "${force_master}" == "true" ]; then
     echo "Updating ansible-role-requirements.yml"
 
     if [ "${pre_release}" == "true" ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/sources-branch-updater.sh b/scripts/sources-branch-updater.sh
index bad0a67d28..4c2dcead4c 100755
--- a/scripts/sources-branch-updater.sh
+++ b/scripts/sources-branch-updater.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ OSA_BRANCH=${OSA_BRANCH:-"$OS_BRANCH"}
 SERVICE_FILE=${SERVICE_FILE:-"playbooks/defaults/repo_packages/openstack_services.yml"}
 OPENSTACK_SERVICE_LIST=${OPENSTACK_SERVICE_LIST:-"$(grep 'git_repo\:' ${SERVICE_FILE} | awk -F '/' '{ print $NF }' | egrep -v 'requirements|-' | tr '\n' ' ')"}
 PRE_RELEASE=${PRE_RELEASE:-"false"}
+FORCE_MASTER=${FORCE_MASTER:-"false"}
 
 source scripts/sources-branch-updater-lib.sh || { echo "Failed to source updater library"; exit 1; }
 
@@ -95,6 +96,6 @@ sync_roles_and_packages ${OS_BRANCH} ${OSA_BRANCH} ${SERVICE_FILE} ${OPENSTACK_S
 
 update_pip_options
 
-update_ansible_role_requirements ${OSA_BRANCH} ${PRE_RELEASE}
+update_ansible_role_requirements ${OSA_BRANCH} ${PRE_RELEASE} ${FORCE_MASTER}
 
 update_release_version ${OSA_BRANCH} ${SERVICE_FILE}