diff --git a/build/jam/CommandLineArguments b/build/jam/CommandLineArguments
index 79c7f9e46a..0473cbec2f 100644
--- a/build/jam/CommandLineArguments
+++ b/build/jam/CommandLineArguments
@@ -76,6 +76,17 @@ rule ProcessCommandLineArguments
 				Always $(JAM_TARGETS) ;
 			}
 
+			# Copy the given set of local package files to the remote repository
+			# and create a new version of that remote repository (useful for
+			# testing the package repository before pushing).
+			case build-remote-test-repository : {
+				BuildRemoteHaikuPortsRepository $(JAM_TARGETS[1])
+					: $(JAM_TARGETS[2-]) ;
+				JAM_TARGETS = $(JAM_TARGETS[1]) ;
+				NotFile $(JAM_TARGETS) ;
+				Always $(JAM_TARGETS) ;
+			}
+
 			# A target starting with "@" is a build profile.
 			case @* : {
 				HAIKU_BUILD_PROFILE = [ Match "@(.*)" : $(JAM_TARGETS[1]) ] ;
diff --git a/build/jam/RepositoryRules b/build/jam/RepositoryRules
index 673a1af6dd..5ff7ae4b2d 100644
--- a/build/jam/RepositoryRules
+++ b/build/jam/RepositoryRules
@@ -652,3 +652,26 @@ actions UploadPackages1
 		scp $(HAIKU_REMOTE_REPOSITORY_PACKAGES) $remote:hpkg-upload/
 	fi
 }
+
+
+rule BuildRemoteHaikuPortsRepository target : packages
+{
+	UploadPackages $(target) : $(packages) ;
+	
+	local packageListFile = <repository-package-list>HaikuPorts-packages ;
+	BuildRemoteHaikuPortsRepository1 $(target) : $(packageListFile) ;
+}
+
+
+actions BuildRemoteHaikuPortsRepository1
+{
+	remote=git.haiku-os.org
+
+	repoArch=$(TARGET_PACKAGING_ARCH)
+	scp $(2) $remote:hpkg-upload/$repoArch
+
+	cd $(HAIKU_TOP)
+	branch=`git branch | cut -c3-`
+	
+	ssh $remote "build_repository_for_testing.sh $branch $repoArch"
+}