diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index d0951df..d7dd169 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -620,6 +620,11 @@ extract_git() {
 download_hg() {
 	local netfile=$1
 
+	local fragment=${netfile#*#}
+	if [[ $fragment = "$netfile" ]]; then
+		unset fragment
+	fi
+
 	local dir=$(get_filepath "$netfile")
 	[[ -z "$dir" ]] && dir="$SRCDEST/$(get_filename "$netfile")"
 
@@ -629,9 +634,22 @@ download_hg() {
 	url=${url##*hg+}
 	url=${url%%#*}
 
+	local ref
+	if [[ -n $fragment ]]; then
+		case ${fragment%%=*} in
+			branch|revision|tag)
+				ref=('-r' "${fragment##*=}")
+				;;
+			*)
+				error "$(gettext "Unrecognized reference: %s")" "${fragment}"
+				plain "$(gettext "Aborting...")"
+				exit 1
+		esac
+	fi
+
 	if [[ ! -d "$dir" ]] || dir_is_empty "$dir" ; then
 		msg2 "$(gettext "Cloning %s %s repo...")" "${repo}" "hg"
-		if ! hg clone -U "$url" "$dir"; then
+		if ! hg clone -U "${ref[@]}" "$url" "$dir"; then
 			error "$(gettext "Failure while downloading %s %s repo")" "${repo}" "hg"
 			plain "$(gettext "Aborting...")"
 			exit 1
@@ -639,7 +657,7 @@ download_hg() {
 	elif (( ! HOLDVER )); then
 		msg2 "$(gettext "Updating %s %s repo...")" "${repo}" "hg"
 		cd_safe "$dir"
-		if ! hg pull; then
+		if ! hg pull "${ref[@]}"; then
 			# only warn on failure to allow offline builds
 			warning "$(gettext "Failure while updating %s %s repo")" "${repo}" "hg"
 		fi