diff --git a/buildozer/default.spec b/buildozer/default.spec
index 833302d6f..d9ef6a2bd 100644
--- a/buildozer/default.spec
+++ b/buildozer/default.spec
@@ -158,9 +158,6 @@ fullscreen = 0
 # (list) Java classes to add as activities to the manifest.
 #android.add_activites = com.example.ExampleActivity
 
-# (str) python-for-android branch to use, defaults to master
-#p4a.branch = master
-
 # (str) OUYA Console category. Should be one of GAME or APP
 # If you leave this blank, OUYA support will not be enabled
 #android.ouya.category = GAME
@@ -208,6 +205,12 @@ android.arch = armeabi-v7a
 # Python for android (p4a) specific
 #
 
+# (str) python-for-android fork to use, defaults to upstream (kivy)
+#p4a.fork = kivy
+
+# (str) python-for-android branch to use, defaults to master
+#p4a.branch = master
+
 # (str) python-for-android git clone directory (if empty, it will be automatically cloned from github)
 #p4a.source_dir =
 
diff --git a/buildozer/targets/android.py b/buildozer/targets/android.py
index c88158da6..29761a197 100644
--- a/buildozer/targets/android.py
+++ b/buildozer/targets/android.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 from os import environ
 from os.path import exists, join, realpath, expanduser, basename, relpath
 from platform import architecture
-from shutil import copyfile
+from shutil import copyfile, rmtree
 from glob import glob
 
 from buildozer.libs.version import parse
@@ -47,9 +47,11 @@
 # does.
 DEFAULT_SDK_TAG = '4333796'
 
+
 class TargetAndroid(Target):
     targetname = 'android'
     p4a_directory = "python-for-android"
+    p4a_fork = 'kivy'
     p4a_branch = 'master'
     p4a_apk_cmd = "apk --debug --bootstrap="
     extra_p4a_args = ''
@@ -614,8 +616,12 @@ def install_platform(self):
 
     def _install_p4a(self):
         cmd = self.buildozer.cmd
-        source = self.buildozer.config.getdefault('app', 'p4a.branch',
-                                                  self.p4a_branch)
+        p4a_fork = self.buildozer.config.getdefault(
+            'app', 'p4a.fork', self.p4a_fork
+        )
+        p4a_branch = self.buildozer.config.getdefault(
+            'app', 'p4a.branch', self.p4a_branch
+        )
         self.pa_dir = pa_dir = join(self.buildozer.platform_dir,
                                     self.p4a_directory)
         system_p4a_dir = self.buildozer.config.getdefault('app',
@@ -628,22 +634,47 @@ def _install_p4a(self):
                 self.buildozer.error('')
                 raise BuildozerException()
         else:
+            # check that fork/branch has not been changed
+            if self.buildozer.file_exists(pa_dir):
+                cur_fork = cmd(
+                    'git config --get remote.origin.url',
+                    get_stdout=True,
+                    cwd=pa_dir,
+                )[0].split('/')[3]
+                cur_branch = cmd(
+                    'git branch -vv', get_stdout=True, cwd=pa_dir
+                )[0].split()[1]
+                if any([cur_fork != p4a_fork, cur_branch != p4a_branch]):
+                    self.buildozer.info(
+                        "Detected old fork/branch ({}/{}), deleting...".format(
+                            cur_fork, cur_branch
+                        )
+                    )
+                    rmtree(pa_dir)
+
             if not self.buildozer.file_exists(pa_dir):
                 cmd(
-                    ('git clone -b {} --single-branch '
-                     'https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android.git '
-                     '{}').format(source, self.p4a_directory),
-                    cwd=self.buildozer.platform_dir)
+                    (
+                        'git clone -b {p4a_branch} --single-branch '
+                        'https://github.com/{p4a_fork}/python-for-android.git '
+                        '{p4a_dir}'
+                    ).format(
+                        p4a_branch=p4a_branch,
+                        p4a_fork=p4a_fork,
+                        p4a_dir=self.p4a_directory,
+                    ),
+                    cwd=self.buildozer.platform_dir,
+                )
             elif self.platform_update:
                 cmd('git clean -dxf', cwd=pa_dir)
                 current_branch = cmd('git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD',
                                      get_stdout=True, cwd=pa_dir)[0].strip()
-                if current_branch == source:
+                if current_branch == p4a_branch:
                     cmd('git pull', cwd=pa_dir)
                 else:
-                    cmd('git fetch --tags origin {0}:{0}'.format(source),
+                    cmd('git fetch --tags origin {0}:{0}'.format(p4a_branch),
                         cwd=pa_dir)
-                    cmd('git checkout {}'.format(source), cwd=pa_dir)
+                    cmd('git checkout {}'.format(p4a_branch), cwd=pa_dir)
 
         # also install dependencies (currently, only setup.py knows about it)
         # let's extract them.