diff --git a/rpmbuild/copr_rpmbuild/builders/mock.py b/rpmbuild/copr_rpmbuild/builders/mock.py
index 003a79eef..6691499f1 100644
--- a/rpmbuild/copr_rpmbuild/builders/mock.py
+++ b/rpmbuild/copr_rpmbuild/builders/mock.py
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ def __init__(self, task, sourcedir, resultdir, config):
         self.buildroot_pkgs = task.get("buildroot_pkgs")
         self.enable_net = task.get("enable_net")
         self.repos = task.get("repos")
+        if task.get("repos") and task.get("priority") is not None:
+            self.repos["priority"] = task.get("priority")
+
         self.bootstrap = task.get("bootstrap")
         self.bootstrap_image = task.get("bootstrap_image")
         self.timeout = task.get("timeout", 3600)
diff --git a/rpmbuild/main.py b/rpmbuild/main.py
index bd34e3a02..55258f82f 100755
--- a/rpmbuild/main.py
+++ b/rpmbuild/main.py
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ def get_parser():
     base_parser.add_argument("--task-url", help="Full URL to a json task definition")
     base_parser.add_argument("--task-file", help="Path to a local json file with task definition")
 
+    # TODO: better help message
+    base_parser.add_argument("--priority", type=int, help="Set priority value of this repository")
+
     return base_parser
 
 
@@ -197,6 +200,9 @@ def get_task(args, config, build_config_url_path=None, task_id=None):
     if args.copr:
         task['task_id'] = copr_chroot_to_task_id(args.copr, args.chroot)
 
+    if args.priority:
+        task["priority"] = args.priority
+
     return task
 
 
diff --git a/rpmbuild/man/copr-rpmbuild.1.asciidoc b/rpmbuild/man/copr-rpmbuild.1.asciidoc
index 59b7a8ec3..d0ed55b88 100644
--- a/rpmbuild/man/copr-rpmbuild.1.asciidoc
+++ b/rpmbuild/man/copr-rpmbuild.1.asciidoc
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ OPTIONS
 --verbose::
     Print debugging information.
 
+--priority::
+    Set the priority of this copr repository.
+
 --help::
     Display help.