diff --git a/tasks/build.py b/tasks/build.py
index af30b10c..fd4d511f 100644
--- a/tasks/build.py
+++ b/tasks/build.py
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ def prepare_jobs(pr, cfg, event_info, action_filter):
         for repo_id in repocfg[REPO_TARGET_MAP][arch]:
             # ensure repocfg contains information about the repository repo_id if repo_id != EESSI
             # Note, EESSI is a bad/misleading name, it should be more like AS_IN_CONTAINER
-            if repo_id != "EESSI" and repo_id not in repocfg:
+            if (repo_id != "EESSI" and repo_id != "EESSI-pilot") and repo_id not in repocfg:
                 log(f"{fn}(): skipping repo {repo_id}, it is not defined in repo config {repocfg[REPOS_CFG_DIR]}")
                 continue