diff --git a/download b/download
index 7d975d68..e5dcb3d6 100755
--- a/download
+++ b/download
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #	Copyright (C) 2015 Patrick "P. J." McDermott <pj@pehjota.net>
 #	Copyright (C) 2015, 2016 Klemens Nanni <contact@autoboot.org>
 #	Copyright (C) 2022, Caleb La Grange <thonkpeasant@protonmail.com>
+#	Copyright (C) 2022 Alper Nebi Yasak <alpernebiyasak@gmail.com>
 #
 #	This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -31,8 +32,12 @@ set -u -e
 # set this when you want to modify each coreboot tree
 # for example, you want to test custom patches
 # NODELETE= ./download coreboot
+deletegit="true"
 deleteblobs="true"
-[ "x${NODELETE+set}" = 'xset' ] && deleteblobs="false"
+if [ "x${NODELETE+set}" = 'xset' ]; then
+	[ "x${NODELETE:-all}" = "xgit" ] && deletegit="false"
+	[ "x${NODELETE:-all}" = "xall" ] && deleteblobs="false" && deletegit="false"
+fi
 
 rm -f "build_error"
 
@@ -89,6 +94,8 @@ if [ "${program}" = "all" ]; then
 		if [ -f "${downloadProgram}" ]; then
 			if [ "${deleteblobs}" = "false" ]; then
 				NODELETE= "${downloadProgram}"
+			elif [ "${deletegit}" = "false" ]; then
+				NODELETE=git "${downloadProgram}"
 			else
 				"${downloadProgram}"
 			fi
@@ -103,12 +110,16 @@ fi
 if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then	
 	if [ "${deleteblobs}" = "false" ]; then
 		NODELETE= "${download}/${program}"
+	elif [ "${deletegit}" = "false" ]; then
+		NODELETE=git "${download}/${program}"
 	else
 		"${download}/${program}"
 	fi
 else	
 	if [ "${deleteblobs}" = "false" ]; then
 		NODELETE= "${download}/${program}" $@
+	elif [ "${deletegit}" = "false" ]; then
+		NODELETE=git "${download}/${program}" $@
 	else
 		"${download}/${program}" $@
 	fi
diff --git a/resources/scripts/download/coreboot b/resources/scripts/download/coreboot
index 21fe0781..965c00f6 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/download/coreboot
+++ b/resources/scripts/download/coreboot
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #  helper script: download coreboot
 #
 #	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#	Copyright (C) 2022 Alper Nebi Yasak <alpernebiyasak@gmail.com>
 #
 #	This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -64,8 +65,12 @@ fi
 # set this when you want to modify each coreboot tree
 # for example, you want to test custom patches
 # NODELETE= ./download coreboot
+deletegit="true"
 deleteblobs="true"
-[ "x${NODELETE+set}" = 'xset' ] && deleteblobs="false"
+if [ "x${NODELETE+set}" = 'xset' ]; then
+	[ "x${NODELETE:-all}" = "xgit" ] && deletegit="false"
+	[ "x${NODELETE:-all}" = "xall" ] && deleteblobs="false" && deletegit="false"
+fi
 
 # Error handling is extreme in this script.
 # This script handles the internet, and Git. Both are inherently unreliable.
@@ -239,9 +244,11 @@ rm -f resources/coreboot/*/seen
 rm -f "build_error"
 printf "\n\n"
 if [ "${deleteblobs}" = "true" ]; then
-	rm -Rf coreboot/coreboot/
-	rm -Rf coreboot/.git* coreboot/*/.git* coreboot/*/3rdparty/*/.git*
-	rm -Rf coreboot/*/util/nvidia/cbootimage/.git*
+	if [ "${deletegit}" = "true" ]; then
+		rm -Rf coreboot/coreboot/
+		rm -Rf coreboot/.git* coreboot/*/.git* coreboot/*/3rdparty/*/.git*
+		rm -Rf coreboot/*/util/nvidia/cbootimage/.git*
+	fi
 	for cbdir in coreboot/*; do
 		if [ ! -d "${cbdir}" ]; then continue; fi
 		cbtree="${cbdir##coreboot/}"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/download/u-boot b/resources/scripts/download/u-boot
index b1a42b58..2e086337 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/download/u-boot
+++ b/resources/scripts/download/u-boot
@@ -25,9 +25,13 @@ set -u -e
 
 # set this when you want to modify each u-boot tree
 # for example, you want to test custom patches
-# NODELETE= ./download coreboot
+# NODELETE= ./download u-boot
+deletegit="true"
 deleteblobs="true"
-[ "x${NODELETE+set}" = 'xset' ] && deleteblobs="false"
+if [ "x${NODELETE+set}" = 'xset' ]; then
+	[ "x${NODELETE:-all}" = "xgit" ] && deletegit="false"
+	[ "x${NODELETE:-all}" = "xall" ] && deleteblobs="false" && deletegit="false"
+fi
 
 # Error handling is extreme in this script.
 # This script handles the internet, and Git. Both are inherently unreliable.
@@ -305,7 +309,9 @@ download_uboot_board()
 	printf "\n\n"
 
 	if [ "${deleteblobs}" = "true" ]; then
-		rm -rf "${ubtree}"/.git* "${ubtree}"/*/.git*
+		if [ "${deletegit}" = "true" ]; then
+			rm -rf "${ubtree}"/.git* "${ubtree}"/*/.git*
+		fi
 		blobslist="$(print_blobs_list_path "${board}")"
 		for blob_path in $(strip_comments "${blobslist}"); do
 		    if echo "${blob_path}" | \
@@ -347,7 +353,7 @@ if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then
 		download_uboot_board "${board}"
 	done
 
-	if [ "${deleteblobs}" = "true" ]; then
+	if [ "${deletegit}" = "true" ]; then
 		rm -rf u-boot/u-boot/ u-boot/.git*
 	fi
 
@@ -396,7 +402,7 @@ elif [ $# -eq 1 ] ; then
 		fi
 	done
 
-	if [ "${deleteblobs}" = "true" ]; then
+	if [ "${deletegit}" = "true" ]; then
 		rm -rf u-boot/u-boot/ u-boot/.git*
 	fi