diff --git a/build_kzip.bash b/build_kzip.bash
index a09335ee0..786ff7656 100755
--- a/build_kzip.bash
+++ b/build_kzip.bash
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 # The following environment variables affect the result:
 #   BUILD_NUMBER          build number, used to generate unique ID (will use UUID if not set)
 #   SUPERPROJECT_SHA      superproject sha, used to generate unique id (will use BUILD_NUMBER if not set)
+#   SUPERPROJECT_REVISION superproject revision, used for unique id if defined as a sha
+#   KZIP_NAME             name of the output file (will use SUPERPROJECT_REVISION|SUPERPROJECT_SHA|BUILD_NUMBER|UUID if not set)
 #   DIST_DIR              where the resulting all.kzip will be placed
 #   KYTHE_KZIP_ENCODING   proto or json (proto is default)
 #   KYTHE_JAVA_SOURCE_BATCH_SIZE maximum number of the Java source files in a compilation unit
@@ -14,8 +16,16 @@
 #   TARGET_PRODUCT        target device name, e.g., 'aosp_blueline'
 #   XREF_CORPUS           source code repository URI, e.g., 'android.googlesource.com/platform/superproject'
 
-: ${BUILD_NUMBER:=$(uuidgen)}
-: ${SUPERPROJECT_SHA:=$BUILD_NUMBER}
+# If the SUPERPROJECT_REVISION is defined as a sha, use this as the default value if no
+# SUPERPROJECT_SHA is specified.
+if [[ $SUPERPROJECT_REVISION =~ [0-9a-f]{40} ]]; then
+  : ${KZIP_NAME:=${SUPERPROJECT_REVISION:-}}
+fi
+
+: ${KZIP_NAME:=${SUPERPROJECT_SHA:-}}
+: ${KZIP_NAME:=${BUILD_NUMBER:-}}
+: ${KZIP_NAME:=$(uuidgen)}
+
 : ${KYTHE_JAVA_SOURCE_BATCH_SIZE:=500}
 : ${KYTHE_KZIP_ENCODING:=proto}
 : ${XREF_CORPUS:?should be set}
@@ -50,6 +60,6 @@ declare -r kzip_count=$(find "$out" -name '*.kzip' | wc -l)
 
 # Pack
 # TODO(asmundak): this should be done by soong.
-declare -r allkzip="$SUPERPROJECT_SHA.kzip"
+declare -r allkzip="$KZIP_NAME.kzip"
 "$out/soong/host/linux-x86/bin/merge_zips" "$DIST_DIR/$allkzip" @<(find "$out" -name '*.kzip')