diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Jobset.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Jobset.pm
index fb82a584..55100b3f 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Jobset.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Jobset.pm
@@ -175,14 +175,17 @@ sub nixExprPathFromParams {
 sub checkInputValue {
     my ($c, $name, $type, $value) = @_;
     $value = trim $value;
+
     error($c, "The value ‘$value’ of input ‘$name’ is not a Boolean (‘true’ or ‘false’).") if
         $type eq "boolean" && !($value eq "true" || $value eq "false");
+
     error($c, "The value ‘$value’ of input ‘$name’ does not specify a Hydra evaluation.  "
           . "It should be either the number of a specific evaluation, the name of "
           . "a jobset (given as <project>:<jobset>), or the name of a job (<project>:<jobset>:<job>).")
         if $type eq "eval" && $value !~ /^\d+$/
             && $value !~ /^$projectNameRE:$jobsetNameRE$/
             && $value !~ /^$projectNameRE:$jobsetNameRE:$jobNameRE$/;
+
     return $value;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Root.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Root.pm
index 0d7660a0..e60420b0 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Root.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Root.pm
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ sub begin :Private {
         'string' => 'String value',
         'boolean' => 'Boolean',
         'nix' => 'Nix expression',
-        'build' => 'Build output',
-        'sysbuild' => 'Build output (same system)',
+        'build' => 'Previous Hydra build',
+        'sysbuild' => 'Previous Hydra build (same system)',
         'eval' => 'Previous Hydra evaluation'
     };
     $_->supportedInputTypes($c->stash->{inputTypes}) foreach @{$c->hydra_plugins};
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/AddBuilds.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/AddBuilds.pm
index 9e432473..f2ae6134 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/AddBuilds.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/AddBuilds.pm
@@ -78,16 +78,22 @@ sub attrsToSQL {
 sub fetchInputBuild {
     my ($db, $project, $jobset, $name, $value) = @_;
 
-    my ($projectName, $jobsetName, $jobName, $attrs) = parseJobName($value);
-    $projectName ||= $project->name;
-    $jobsetName ||= $jobset->name;
+    my $prevBuild;
 
-    # Pick the most recent successful build of the specified job.
-    (my $prevBuild) = $db->resultset('Builds')->search(
-        { finished => 1, project => $projectName, jobset => $jobsetName
-        , job => $jobName, buildStatus => 0 },
-        { order_by => "me.id DESC", rows => 1
-        , where => \ attrsToSQL($attrs, "me.id") });
+    if ($value =~ /^\d+$/) {
+        $prevBuild = $db->resultset('Builds')->find({ id => int($value) });
+    } else {
+        my ($projectName, $jobsetName, $jobName, $attrs) = parseJobName($value);
+        $projectName ||= $project->name;
+        $jobsetName ||= $jobset->name;
+
+        # Pick the most recent successful build of the specified job.
+        $prevBuild = $db->resultset('Builds')->search(
+            { finished => 1, project => $projectName, jobset => $jobsetName
+            , job => $jobName, buildStatus => 0 },
+            { order_by => "me.id DESC", rows => 1
+            , where => \ attrsToSQL($attrs, "me.id") })->single;
+    }
 
     return () if !defined $prevBuild || !isValidPath(getMainOutput($prevBuild)->path);