diff --git a/.buildkite/hooks/post-checkout b/.buildkite/hooks/post-checkout
index e10f15de7b6..ab16aa2c3c2 100755
--- a/.buildkite/hooks/post-checkout
+++ b/.buildkite/hooks/post-checkout
@@ -36,6 +36,29 @@ pull_request="${BUILDKITE_PULL_REQUEST:-false}"
 
 if [[ "${pull_request}" == "false" ]]; then
     echo "Not a pull request, skipping"
+
+    USE_FORKED_REPO="${FORKED_REPO:-}"
+    USE_FORKED_BRANCH="${FORKED_BRANCH:-}"
+
+    echo "Forked repo: ${USE_FORKED_REPO}"
+    echo "Forked branch: ${USE_FORKED_BRANCH}"
+    if [ -n "${USE_FORKED_REPO}" ]; then
+        echo "Insided forked repo if"
+        if [ -n "${USE_FORKED_BRANCH}" ]; then
+            echo "Inside forked branch if"
+            # checkout
+            echo "Checking out branch ${USE_FORKED_BRANCH} from github repo ${USE_FORKED_REPO}"
+            git remote add forked "git@github.com:${USE_FORKED_REPO}"
+            git fetch forked
+            git checkout "${USE_FORKED_BRANCH}"
+            echo "Replacing BRANCH assignment in ./.buildkite/scripts/steps/dra-publish.sh"
+            sed -i -e 's/^BRANCH=.*/BRANCH="main"/' ./.buildkite/scripts/steps/dra-publish.sh
+            echo "--- new dra-publish.sh"
+            cat ./.buildkite/scripts/steps/dra-publish.sh
+        fi
+    fi
+    echo "After forked repo/branch statements"
+
     exit 0
 fi