diff --git a/hererocks.py b/hererocks.py
index 10f51f1..51d4283 100755
--- a/hererocks.py
+++ b/hererocks.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class Program(object):
     def fetch_repo(self, ref):
         message = "Cloning {} from {} @{}".format(self.title, self.repo, ref)
 
-        if self.repo == self.default_repo:
+        if self.repo == self.default_repo and not opts.no_git_cache:
             # Default repos are cached.
             if not os.path.exists(opts.downloads):
                 os.makedirs(opts.downloads)
@@ -618,12 +618,13 @@ def main():
                         default=get_default_lua_target())
     parser.add_argument("--downloads",
                         # help="Cache downloads in 'DOWNLOADS' directory.",
-                        help=argparse.SUPPRESS,
-                        default=get_default_cache())
+                        help=argparse.SUPPRESS, default=get_default_cache())
+    parser.add_argument("--no-git-cache",
+                        # help="Do not cache default git repos.",
+                        help=argparse.SUPPRESS, action="store_true", default=False)
     parser.add_argument("--builds",
                         # help="Cache Lua and LuaJIT builds in 'BUILDS' directory.",
-                        help=argparse.SUPPRESS,
-                        default=None)
+                        help=argparse.SUPPRESS, default=None)
     parser.add_argument("--verbose", default=False, action="store_true",
                         help="Show executed commands and their output.")
     parser.add_argument("-v", "--version", help="Show program's version number and exit.",
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index be5b33a..249d5c1 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -ev
 export PATH="$PWD/test/here/bin:$PATH"
-HEREROCKS="python hererocks.py test/here --downloads=test/cache"
+HEREROCKS="python hererocks.py test/here --downloads=test/cache --no-git-cache"
 
 rm test/here -rf
 $HEREROCKS -l^ -r^