diff --git a/PRESUBMIT.cfg b/PRESUBMIT.cfg
index 2e8cdb6618..55b4b57e3b 100644
--- a/PRESUBMIT.cfg
+++ b/PRESUBMIT.cfg
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [Hook Overrides]
+branch_check: true
 
 # We are using Linux style indentation with tabs
 # The indentation is checked by checkpatch not the python script