diff --git a/scripts/Download b/scripts/Download
index dc5ea6713..735dca75d 100755
--- a/scripts/Download
+++ b/scripts/Download
@@ -688,7 +688,11 @@ required() {
         exit 1
     fi
 
+    local forkedpkg
     while read on a b repo pkg c ; do
+	forkedpkg=${pkg%=*}
+	[ "$forkedpkg" = "$pkg" ] || pkg=$forkedpkg
+
 	if [ "$on" = "X" ] ; then
 	    grep -H '^\[D\] ' package/$repo/$pkg/$pkg.desc > src/down.$$.lst
 	    while read tag cksum file url flags ; do
@@ -696,6 +700,7 @@ required() {
 	    done < src/down.$$.lst ; rm -f src/down.$$.lst
 	fi
     done < config/$config/packages
+
     target=`grep '^export ROCKCFG_TARGET=' config/$config/config | \
 						cut -f2 -d= | tr -d "'"`
     if [ -f target/$target/download.txt ] ; then