diff --git a/utils/set_test_modules b/utils/set_test_modules
index b93e38ce..6f73ef87 100644
--- a/utils/set_test_modules
+++ b/utils/set_test_modules
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ pushd "${TOPDIR}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "Failed to change directory."
 
 files_list=$(mktemp)
 
-BASE_BRANCH=${BASE_BRANCH:-"master"}
+if [ -z "$BASE_BRANCH" ]
+then
+    git remote add  _temp https://github.com/freeipa/ansible-freeipa
+    git fetch --prune --no-tags --quiet _temp
+    BASE_BRANCH="master"
+fi
 git diff "${BASE_BRANCH}" --name-only > "${files_list}"
 
 # Get all modules that should have tests executed