1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
index 1e84ae413f..34525b495b 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ def modify(args, config, basepath, workspace):
         initial_rev = None
         commits = []
         if not args.no_extract:
-            initial_rev = _extract_source(srctree, False, args.branch, False, rd, tinfoil)
+            initial_rev = _extract_source(srctree, args.keep_temp, args.branch, False, rd, tinfoil)
             if not initial_rev:
                 return 1
             logger.info('Source tree extracted to %s' % srctree)
@@ -1851,6 +1851,7 @@ def register_commands(subparsers, context):
     group.add_argument('--same-dir', '-s', help='Build in same directory as source', action="store_true")
     group.add_argument('--no-same-dir', help='Force build in a separate build directory', action="store_true")
     parser_modify.add_argument('--branch', '-b', default="devtool", help='Name for development branch to checkout (when not using -n/--no-extract) (default "%(default)s")')
+    parser_modify.add_argument('--keep-temp', help='Keep temporary directory (for debugging)', action="store_true")
     parser_modify.set_defaults(func=modify)
 
     parser_extract = subparsers.add_parser('extract', help='Extract the source for an existing recipe',