diff --git a/backwords_compat.sh b/backwords_compat.sh
index 8c0f3d65ef2d3971d9a3b4bddad0d1e21d4bf1cf..6188f9fe5fe307bf209fe5eed96c3c646d9fbc26 100755
--- a/backwords_compat.sh
+++ b/backwords_compat.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,15 @@ repo=$1
 cloneDir=$(mktemp -d)
 CI_PROJECT_DIR=${CI_PROJECT_DIR:-$(pwd)}
 
-git clone --depth 1 "$repo" "$cloneDir"
-cd "$cloneDir"
+if [ "${repo}" = "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-pages.git" ]; then
+  git clone "$repo" "$cloneDir"
+  cd "$cloneDir"
+  git fetch --all
+  git switch kassio/fix-labkit-compatibility
+else
+  git clone --depth 1 "$repo" "$cloneDir"
+  cd "$cloneDir"
+fi
 
 go mod edit -replace=gitlab.com/gitlab-org/labkit="$CI_PROJECT_DIR"