diff --git a/gating/check/run b/gating/check/run
index 115da60b..cb19644a 100755
--- a/gating/check/run
+++ b/gating/check/run
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export RE_JOB_IMAGE_OS=`echo ${RE_JOB_IMAGE} | awk -F'_' {'print $1'}`
 export RE_JOB_IMAGE_TYPE=`echo ${RE_JOB_IMAGE} | awk -F'_' {'print $2'}`
 export RE_JOB_IMAGE=${RE_JOB_IMAGE_OS}
 
+export RE_JOB_BRANCH="${RE_JOB_BRANCH:-master}"
 export TESTING_HOME="${TESTING_HOME:-$HOME}"
 export ANSIBLE_LOG_DIR="${TESTING_HOME}/.ansible/logs"
 export ANSIBLE_LOG_PATH="${ANSIBLE_LOG_DIR}/ansible-aio.log"