diff --git a/scripts/check-kernel-commit b/scripts/check-kernel-commit
index 6a612cd..4cf4dde 100755
--- a/scripts/check-kernel-commit
+++ b/scripts/check-kernel-commit
@@ -5,27 +5,44 @@ usage()
     echo "Check whether a given list of commit is available in"
     echo "a given list of branches."
     echo
-    echo "Usage: ${0##*/} branches commit_hash..."
+    echo "Usage: ${0##*/} [branches.conf] commit_hash..."
     echo
     echo "Parametes:"
-    echo "	branches: file with the list of branches to be checked"
+    echo "	branches.conf: file with the list of branches to be checked"
     echo "	commit_hash: hash of the commint to be found"
 }
 
-if [ $# -lt 2 ] ; then
+fetch_branches()
+{
+    local CACHED_BRANCHES=/tmp/branches.conf
+    local URL="https://kerncvs.suse.de/branches.conf"
+    local EXPIRE=7
+    branches=$CACHED_BRANCHES
+    if [[ $(find "$CACHED_BRANCHES" -mtime -$EXPIRE -print 2>/dev/null) ]]; then
+        echo "Using cached $CACHED_BRANCHES" >&2
+        return
+    fi
+    curl "$URL" >$CACHED_BRANCHES
+}
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ] ; then
     usage
     exit 1
 fi
 
 branches=$1
-shift;
-KBC_CHECK_HASHES="$*"
-
 if [ ! -f "$branches" ] ; then
-    "Error: Can't find the file with the list of branches: $branches"
-    exit 1
+    echo "Branches file not specified, trying to fetch it..." >&2
+    if ! fetch_branches ; then
+        "Error: Can't find the file with the list of branches: $branches nor fetch it"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+else
+    shift;
 fi
 
+KBC_CHECK_HASHES="$*"
+
 check_branch()
 {
     verbose=0