diff --git a/libretro-config.sh b/libretro-config.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0af7c19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libretro-config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+#if uncommented, will fetch repos with read+write access. Useful for committers
+#export WRITERIGHTS
diff --git a/libretro-fetch.sh b/libretro-fetch.sh
index bab46d89..456ca3be 100755
--- a/libretro-fetch.sh
+++ b/libretro-fetch.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+. libretro-config.sh
+
 # Keep three copies so we don't have to rebuild stuff all the time.
 fetch_project_bsnes()
 {