diff --git a/samples/torch/downloadTorch.sh b/samples/torch/downloadTorch.sh
index 268e6dc8c12..a83c906ceeb 100755
--- a/samples/torch/downloadTorch.sh
+++ b/samples/torch/downloadTorch.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ NO_CUDA=true # set to false for GPU support
 
 if [ ! -d $TH_TARGET_DIRECTORY/include/THNN ]; then
     git clone https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch.git
+    # Current pytorch master fails the build so we need to checkout a correct revision.
+    cd pytorch && git checkout 310c3735b9eb97f30cee743b773e5bb054989edc^ && cd ../
 
     mkdir build_torch
     cd build_torch