diff --git a/tools/build/gnome-shell-build-setup.sh b/tools/build/gnome-shell-build-setup.sh
index 3089327bd..f1bdc1b0e 100755
--- a/tools/build/gnome-shell-build-setup.sh
+++ b/tools/build/gnome-shell-build-setup.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008 Imendio AB
 #
 SOURCE=$HOME/Source
-BASEURL=http://svn.gnome.org/svn/gnome-shell/trunk/tools/build
+BASEURL=http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gnome-shell/plain/tools/build
 
 if ! which curl > /dev/null 2>&1; then
 	cat <<EOF
diff --git a/tools/build/gnome-shell.modules b/tools/build/gnome-shell.modules
index 79ce921f7..c39386a18 100644
--- a/tools/build/gnome-shell.modules
+++ b/tools/build/gnome-shell.modules
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
       href="git://git.fishsoup.net/"/>
   <repository type="git" name="git.clutter-project.org"
       href="git://git.clutter-project.org/"/>
+  <repository type="git" name="git.gnome.org"
+      href="git://git.gnome.org/"/>
 
   <autotools id="gobject-introspection">
     <branch/>
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@
   </autotools>
 
   <autotools id="gnome-shell">
-    <branch/>
+    <branch repo="git.gnome.org" module="gnome-shell"/>
     <dependencies>
         <dep package="gobject-introspection"/>
         <dep package="gir-repository"/>
diff --git a/tools/build/jhbuildrc-custom-example b/tools/build/jhbuildrc-custom-example
index ebcdf06f9..e74f2d2eb 100644
--- a/tools/build/jhbuildrc-custom-example
+++ b/tools/build/jhbuildrc-custom-example
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # The username for repositories can be overridden.
 #
 #repos["svn.gnome.org"] = "svn+ssh://myusername@svn.gnome.org/svn/"
+#repos["git.gnome.org"] = "ssh://myusername@git.gnome.org/git/"
 
 # Directory where to check sources out
 #
diff --git a/tools/build/jhbuildrc-gnome-shell b/tools/build/jhbuildrc-gnome-shell
index 7155fb9f1..17cb8ea48 100644
--- a/tools/build/jhbuildrc-gnome-shell
+++ b/tools/build/jhbuildrc-gnome-shell
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # Only rebuild modules that have changed
 build_policy = 'updated'
 
-moduleset = 'http://svn.gnome.org/svn/gnome-shell/trunk/tools/build/gnome-shell.modules'
+moduleset = 'http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gnome-shell/plain/tools/build/gnome-shell.modules'
 
 modules = [ 'gnome-shell' ]