diff --git a/node-src/git/findAncestorBuildWithCommit.ts b/node-src/git/findAncestorBuildWithCommit.ts
index f557a1aab..8d2757ffc 100644
--- a/node-src/git/findAncestorBuildWithCommit.ts
+++ b/node-src/git/findAncestorBuildWithCommit.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const AncestorBuildsQuery = gql`
           number
           commit
           uncommittedHash
+          isLocalBuild
         }
       }
     }
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export interface AncestorBuildsQueryResult {
         number: number;
         commit: string;
         uncommittedHash: string;
+        isLocalBuild: boolean;
       }[];
     };
   };
diff --git a/node-src/git/getBaselineBuilds.ts b/node-src/git/getBaselineBuilds.ts
index ea4867862..1118d2126 100644
--- a/node-src/git/getBaselineBuilds.ts
+++ b/node-src/git/getBaselineBuilds.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const BaselineCommitsQuery = gql`
         commit
         committedAt
         uncommittedHash
+        isLocalBuild
         changeCount
       }
     }
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ interface BaselineCommitsQueryResult {
       commit: string;
       committedAt: number;
       uncommittedHash: string;
+      isLocalBuild: boolean;
       changeCount: number;
     }[];
   };
diff --git a/node-src/git/getChangedFilesWithReplacement.test.ts b/node-src/git/getChangedFilesWithReplacement.test.ts
index 9e0ee697d..085dede81 100644
--- a/node-src/git/getChangedFilesWithReplacement.test.ts
+++ b/node-src/git/getChangedFilesWithReplacement.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ describe('getChangedFilesWithReplacements', () => {
         number: 3,
         commit: 'exists',
         uncommittedHash: '',
+        isLocalBuild: false,
       })
     ).toEqual({
       changedFiles: ['changed', 'files'],
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ describe('getChangedFilesWithReplacements', () => {
         number: 3,
         commit: 'missing',
         uncommittedHash: '',
+        isLocalBuild: false,
       })
     ).toEqual({
       changedFiles: ['changed', 'files'],
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ describe('getChangedFilesWithReplacements', () => {
     expect(client.runQuery).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it('uses a replacement when build has uncommitted changes', async () => {
+  it('uses a replacement when local build has uncommitted changes', async () => {
     const replacementBuild = {
       id: 'replacement',
       number: 2,
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ describe('getChangedFilesWithReplacements', () => {
         number: 3,
         commit: 'exists',
         uncommittedHash: 'abcdef',
+        isLocalBuild: true,
       })
     ).toEqual({
       changedFiles: ['changed', 'files'],
@@ -81,6 +84,28 @@ describe('getChangedFilesWithReplacements', () => {
     expect(client.runQuery).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it('does not use a replacement when non-local build has uncommitted changes', async () => {
+    const replacementBuild = {
+      id: 'replacement',
+      number: 2,
+      commit: 'exists',
+      uncommittedHash: '',
+    };
+    client.runQuery.mockReturnValue({ app: { build: { ancestorBuilds: [replacementBuild] } } });
+
+    expect(
+      await getChangedFilesWithReplacement(context, {
+        id: 'id',
+        number: 3,
+        commit: 'exists',
+        uncommittedHash: 'abcdef',
+        isLocalBuild: false,
+      })
+    ).toEqual({
+      changedFiles: ['changed', 'files'],
+    });
+  });
+
   it('throws if there is no replacement', async () => {
     const replacementBuild = {
       id: 'replacement',
@@ -96,6 +121,7 @@ describe('getChangedFilesWithReplacements', () => {
         number: 3,
         commit: 'missing',
         uncommittedHash: '',
+        isLocalBuild: false,
       })
     ).rejects.toThrow(/fatal: bad object missing/);
   });
diff --git a/node-src/git/getChangedFilesWithReplacement.ts b/node-src/git/getChangedFilesWithReplacement.ts
index 4e6218673..63d257f14 100644
--- a/node-src/git/getChangedFilesWithReplacement.ts
+++ b/node-src/git/getChangedFilesWithReplacement.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ type BuildWithCommitInfo = {
   number: number;
   commit: string;
   uncommittedHash: string;
+  isLocalBuild: boolean;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -22,7 +23,10 @@ export async function getChangedFilesWithReplacement(
   build: BuildWithCommitInfo
 ): Promise<{ changedFiles: string[]; replacementBuild?: BuildWithCommitInfo }> {
   try {
-    if (build.uncommittedHash) throw new Error('Build had uncommitted changes');
+    if (build.isLocalBuild && build.uncommittedHash) {
+      throw new Error('Local build had uncommitted changes');
+    }
+
     const changedFiles = await getChangedFiles(build.commit);
     return { changedFiles };
   } catch (err) {
diff --git a/node-src/tasks/gitInfo.test.ts b/node-src/tasks/gitInfo.test.ts
index 6dc922e37..432b72d52 100644
--- a/node-src/tasks/gitInfo.test.ts
+++ b/node-src/tasks/gitInfo.test.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ describe('setGitInfo', () => {
         number: 1,
         commit: '987bca',
         uncommittedHash: '',
+        isLocalBuild: false,
       },
     });
     const ctx = { log, options: { onlyChanged: true }, client } as any;