diff --git a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.sh b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.sh
index de22382a2fc..e8da0d19d26 100644
--- a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.sh
+++ b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ cd `dirname $0`
 
 mkdir -p tools
 cd tools
-cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@dev.eclipse.org:/home/eclipse checkout org.eclipse.releng.basebuilder
+cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@dev.eclipse.org:/home/eclipse \
+	checkout -rv20050405 org.eclipse.releng.basebuilder
 cd ..
 
 java -cp tools/org.eclipse.releng.basebuilder/startup.jar org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main \