diff --git a/contrib/rh-jenkins/jenkins_script.sh b/contrib/rh-jenkins/jenkins_script.sh
index a80cd8285b..b59c7e369e 100644
--- a/contrib/rh-jenkins/jenkins_script.sh
+++ b/contrib/rh-jenkins/jenkins_script.sh
@@ -75,9 +75,11 @@ make distcheck
 
 
 log_timestamp
-wget http://file.brq.redhat.com/~thaller/nmtui-0.0.1.tar.xz
-git checkout origin/th/automation -- :/contrib/
-./contrib/rpm/build.sh
+if [[ "$RPM" == true ]]; then
+    wget http://file.brq.redhat.com/~thaller/nmtui-0.0.1.tar.xz
+    git checkout origin/automation -- :/contrib/
+    ./contrib/rpm/build.sh
+fi
 
 
 log_timestamp
diff --git a/contrib/rh-jenkins/trigger_build.sh b/contrib/rh-jenkins/trigger_build.sh
index 7be8e219db..1c8ec25f45 100755
--- a/contrib/rh-jenkins/trigger_build.sh
+++ b/contrib/rh-jenkins/trigger_build.sh
@@ -10,27 +10,102 @@ url_encode() {
 }
 
 http_request() {
-    if [[ "$DRY_RUN" = "" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == "no" ]]; then
         wget -q -O /dev/null "$1"
     fi
 }
 
+eval_bool() {
+    case "$1" in
+        no|No|NO|n|0|false|False|FALSE)
+            return 1
+            ;;
+        yes|Yes|YES|y|1|true|True|TRUE)
+            return 0
+            ;;
+        *)
+            if [[ "$2" == 1 ]]; then
+                return 0
+            else
+                return 1
+            fi
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+
 _USER="${_USER-$( git config user.email 2>/dev/null || echo 'unknown' )}"
 
 _TOKEN=nm-build-token-f4bd8bb7eaae
 
+ARGV=("$@")
+REFS=()
+for i in ${!ARGV[@]}; do
+    if [[ "$REMAINING" == 1 ]]; then
+        REFS=("${REFS[@]}" "${ARGV[i]}")
+    else
+        case "${ARGV[i]}" in
+            -r|--rpm)
+                RPM=true
+                ;;
+            -R|--no-rpm)
+                RPM=false
+                ;;
+            --n|--dry-run|--test)
+                DRY_RUN=yes
+                ;;
+            -N|--no-test|--no-dry-run)
+                DRY_RUN=no
+                ;;
+            -c|--check-upstream)
+                NO_CHECK_UPSTREAM=no
+                ;;
+            -C|--no-check-upstream)
+                NO_CHECK_UPSTREAM=yes
+                ;;
+            -h|--help|'-?')
+                echo "$0 [-h|-r|--rpm|-R|--no-rpm|-n|--dry-run|--no-test] [--] REFS"
+                exit 1
+                ;;
+            --)
+                REMAINING=1
+                ;;
+            *)
+                REFS=("${REFS[@]}" "${ARGV[i]}")
+                ;;
+        esac
+    fi
+done
 
-if [[ "$DRY_RUN" != "" ]]; then
-    DRY_RUN=yes
+if eval_bool "$NO_CHECK_UPSTREAM" 0; then
+    NO_CHECK_UPSTREAM=yes
+else
+    NO_CHECK_UPSTREAM=no
 fi
 
-echo "USER         : \"$_USER\""
-echo "TOKEN        : \"$_TOKEN\""
-echo "DRY_RUN      : ${DRY_RUN:-no}"
+if eval_bool "$DRY_RUN" 1; then
+    DRY_RUN=yes
+else
+    DRY_RUN=no
+fi
 
-for _BRANCH; do
+if eval_bool "$RPM" 0; then
+    RPM=yes
+    _RPM=true
+else
+    RPM=no
+    _RPM=false
+fi
+
+echo "USER                  : \"$_USER\""
+echo "TOKEN                 : \"$_TOKEN\""
+echo "DRY_RUN               : $DRY_RUN"
+echo "RPM                   : $RPM"
+echo "NO_CHECK_UPSTREAM     : $NO_CHECK_UPSTREAM"
+
+
+for _BRANCH in "${REFS[@]}"; do
     _B="$(git rev-parse -q --verify "$_BRANCH")" || die "Error parsing revision \"$_BRANCH\""
-    if [[ "$NO_CHECK_UPSTREAM" == "" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$NO_CHECK_UPSTREAM" == "no" ]]; then
         if [[ "$FOUND" = "" ]]; then
             echo
             echo "checking that the commits are pushed upstream... disable with NO_CHECK_UPSTREAM..."
@@ -47,7 +122,7 @@ for _BRANCH; do
 done
 
 i=0
-for _BRANCH; do
+for _BRANCH in "${REFS[@]}"; do
     i=$((i+1))
     i0="`printf '%03d' "$i"`"
     _B="$(git rev-parse "$_BRANCH")"
@@ -55,7 +130,7 @@ for _BRANCH; do
     if [[ -n "$CAUSE" ]]; then
         URL_CAUSE="&cause=`url_encode "$CAUSE"`"
     fi
-    _URL="http://10.34.131.51:8080/job/NetworkManager/buildWithParameters?token=`url_encode "$_TOKEN"`$URL_CAUSE&BRANCH=`url_encode "$_B"`"
+    _URL="http://10.34.131.51:8080/job/NetworkManager/buildWithParameters?token=`url_encode "$_TOKEN"`$URL_CAUSE&BRANCH=`url_encode "$_B"`&RPM=$_RPM"
     echo
     echo "BRANCH[$i0]  : \"$_BRANCH\" ($_B)"
     echo "CAUSE[$i0]   : \"$CAUSE\""