diff --git a/build_tc.sh b/build_tc.sh
index 98f192c..8bcb6c0 100644
--- a/build_tc.sh
+++ b/build_tc.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ elif [ "$STEP" == "x265" ]; then
   # checkout manually (cmake is getting values from git)
   cd $src/..
   if [ ! -d $SRC/x265/.git ]; then
-    git clone https://github.com/videolan/x265.git $SRC/x265
+    git clone https://github.com/videolan/x265.git --branch stable $SRC/x265
   fi
   git reset --hard
   git pull