diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 967a136215..d594168494 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -201,7 +201,12 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: checkout repo
           command: |
-            if [ "${CIRCLE_BRANCH}" == "" ]; then
+            if [[ ! -z "${CIRCLE_PULL_REQUEST}" &&  ! -z "${CIRCLE_PR_NUMBER}" ]]; then
+                git clone https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/splunk/security-content.git
+                cd security-content
+                git fetch origin pull/${CIRCLE_PR_NUMBER}/head:${CIRCLE_BRANCH}
+                git checkout ${CIRCLE_BRANCH}
+            elif [ "${CIRCLE_BRANCH}" == "" ]; then
                 git clone https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/splunk/security-content.git
             else
                 git clone --branch ${CIRCLE_BRANCH} https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/splunk/security-content.git