diff --git a/qtcreator.pri b/qtcreator.pri
index 224997ee33b4473331b7075aebf3bdbe07e55320..0d677fffaf43bde57adbe771dc596a9a40fc1f4c 100644
--- a/qtcreator.pri
+++ b/qtcreator.pri
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 QTCREATOR_PRI_INCLUDED = 1
 
 QTCREATOR_VERSION = 2.7.84
+BINARY_ARTIFACTS_BRANCH = 2.8
 
 isEqual(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 5) {
 
diff --git a/qtcreator.pro b/qtcreator.pro
index 94c15ce4d2bbbbcaf6f85d5f525e1c23050cb725..204248c9cd27e384f1b15736a4a748ece8c0b2ff 100644
--- a/qtcreator.pro
+++ b/qtcreator.pro
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ macx {
     deployqt.depends = install
     win32 {
         deployartifacts.depends = install
-        deployartifacts.commands = git clone "git://gitorious.org/qt-creator/binary-artifacts.git"&& xcopy /s /q /y /i "binary-artifacts\\win32" \"$(INSTALL_ROOT)$$QTC_PREFIX\"&& rmdir /s /q binary-artifacts
+        deployartifacts.commands = git clone "git://gitorious.org/qt-creator/binary-artifacts.git" -b $$BINARY_ARTIFACTS_BRANCH&& xcopy /s /q /y /i "binary-artifacts\\win32" \"$(INSTALL_ROOT)$$QTC_PREFIX\"&& rmdir /s /q binary-artifacts
         QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += deployartifacts
     }
 }