diff --git a/test/common/autobuild_common.sh b/test/common/autobuild_common.sh
index 1b56ef00f..f2baa5ce0 100755
--- a/test/common/autobuild_common.sh
+++ b/test/common/autobuild_common.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ _build_native_dpdk() {
 	local compiler_version
 	local compiler
 	local dpdk_kmods
+	local repo='dpdk'
 
 	compiler=${CC:-gcc}
 
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ _build_native_dpdk() {
 		return 1
 	fi
 
+	if [[ $SPDK_TEST_NATIVE_DPDK != 'main' ]]; then
+		repo='dpdk-stable'
+	fi
+
 	compiler_version=$("$compiler" -dumpversion)
 	compiler_version=${compiler_version%%.*}
 	external_dpdk_dir="$SPDK_RUN_EXTERNAL_DPDK"
@@ -69,7 +74,7 @@ _build_native_dpdk() {
 	orgdir=$PWD
 
 	rm -rf "$external_dpdk_base_dir"
-	git clone --branch $SPDK_TEST_NATIVE_DPDK --depth 1 http://dpdk.org/git/dpdk "$external_dpdk_base_dir"
+	git clone --branch $SPDK_TEST_NATIVE_DPDK --depth 1 http://dpdk.org/git/${repo} "$external_dpdk_base_dir"
 	git -C "$external_dpdk_base_dir" log --oneline -n 5
 
 	dpdk_cflags="-fPIC -g -fcommon"