diff --git a/kdesrc-build b/kdesrc-build
index 3790422..2d9234a 100755
--- a/kdesrc-build
+++ b/kdesrc-build
@@ -5289,6 +5289,7 @@ sub expandXMLModules
 
     if ($repositoryMetadataRequired) {
         my $repoMetadataModule = Module->new($ctx, 'kde-build-metadata');
+        $repoMetadataModule->setScmType('metadata');
 
         # Manually run this through the filter so all the right magic happens.
         ($repoMetadataModule) = &$filter($repoMetadataModule);