diff --git a/easybuild/framework/easyconfig/tools.py b/easybuild/framework/easyconfig/tools.py
index be6ff5fe01..4fb3de77ac 100644
--- a/easybuild/framework/easyconfig/tools.py
+++ b/easybuild/framework/easyconfig/tools.py
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ def get_paths_for(subdir=EASYCONFIGS_PKG_SUBDIR, robot_path=None):
     return paths
 
 
-def alt_easyconfig_paths(tmpdir, tweaked_ecs=False, from_prs=None):
+def alt_easyconfig_paths(tmpdir, tweaked_ecs=False, from_prs=None, review_pr=None):
     """Obtain alternative paths for easyconfig files."""
 
     # paths where tweaked easyconfigs will be placed, easyconfigs listed on the command line take priority and will be
@@ -321,9 +321,14 @@ def alt_easyconfig_paths(tmpdir, tweaked_ecs=False, from_prs=None):
 
     # paths where files touched in PRs will be downloaded to,
     # which are picked up via 'pr_paths' build option in fetch_files_from_pr
-    pr_paths = None
+    pr_paths = []
     if from_prs:
-        pr_paths = [os.path.join(tmpdir, 'files_pr%s' % pr) for pr in from_prs]
+        pr_paths = from_prs[:]
+    if review_pr and review_pr not in pr_paths:
+        pr_paths.append(review_pr)
+
+    if pr_paths:
+        pr_paths = [os.path.join(tmpdir, 'files_pr%s' % pr) for pr in pr_paths]
 
     return tweaked_ecs_paths, pr_paths
 
diff --git a/easybuild/tools/options.py b/easybuild/tools/options.py
index 6d123508a2..126dd701cc 100644
--- a/easybuild/tools/options.py
+++ b/easybuild/tools/options.py
@@ -1547,10 +1547,16 @@ def set_up_configuration(args=None, logfile=None, testing=False, silent=False):
     except ValueError:
         raise EasyBuildError("Argument to --from-pr must be a comma separated list of PR #s.")
 
+    try:
+        review_pr = (lambda x: int(x) if x else None)(eb_go.options.review_pr)
+    except ValueError:
+        raise EasyBuildError("Argument to --review-pr must be an integer PR #.")
+
     # determine robot path
     # --try-X, --dep-graph, --search use robot path for searching, so enable it with path of installed easyconfigs
     tweaked_ecs = try_to_generate and build_specs
-    tweaked_ecs_paths, pr_paths = alt_easyconfig_paths(tmpdir, tweaked_ecs=tweaked_ecs, from_prs=from_prs)
+    tweaked_ecs_paths, pr_paths = alt_easyconfig_paths(tmpdir, tweaked_ecs=tweaked_ecs, from_prs=from_prs,
+                                                       review_pr=review_pr)
     auto_robot = try_to_generate or options.check_conflicts or options.dep_graph or search_query
     robot_path = det_robot_path(options.robot_paths, tweaked_ecs_paths, pr_paths, auto_robot=auto_robot)
     log.debug("Full robot path: %s", robot_path)