diff --git a/build/jam/RepositoryRules b/build/jam/RepositoryRules
index 0ddec61123..98cdc010d0 100644
--- a/build/jam/RepositoryRules
+++ b/build/jam/RepositoryRules
@@ -672,7 +672,12 @@ rule BuildHaikuPortsRepositoryConfig treePath
 
 actions BuildHaikuPortsRepositoryConfig1
 {
-	echo '#PACKAGER="Joe Hacker <user@host.com>"' > $(1)
+	# use a specific packager for continuous integration builds (buildbot)
+	if [ "$(HAIKU_CONTINUOUS_INTEGRATION_BUILD)" = "1" ]; then
+		echo 'PACKAGER="Haiku buildmaster <buildmaster@haiku-os.org>"' > $(1)
+	else
+		echo '#PACKAGER="Joe Hacker <user@host.com>"' > $(1)
+	fi
 	cat >> $(1) << EOF
 TREE_PATH="$(HAIKU_REPOSITORY_TREE_PATH)"
 TARGET_ARCHITECTURE="$(HAIKU_PACKAGING_ARCH)"