diff --git a/.ci/lib/generate_build_jobs.py b/.ci/lib/generate_build_jobs.py
index b077b803b..51409abfd 100755
--- a/.ci/lib/generate_build_jobs.py
+++ b/.ci/lib/generate_build_jobs.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright 2025 Pablo Correa Gomez
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
+import argparse
 from functools import cached_property
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Self
@@ -148,13 +149,12 @@ class ArchTagSet(set):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    # Needs input to output if we should create the jobs
-    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
-        print("usage: generate_build_jobs.py TEMPLATE CHILD_PIPELINE")
-        print(sys.argv)
-        sys.exit(1)
-    template = sys.argv[1]
-    child_pipeline = sys.argv[2]
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--template", default=".ci/build-jobs.yaml.j2", help="Jinja2 input template")
+    parser.add_argument("--output", default=".ci/build-jobs.yaml", help="output pipeline")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
 
     # pmb logging has to be initialized for later pmb commands to work, setting
     # to /dev/null since we don't care about the output. Later this could
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     # Load context
     sys.argv = ["pmbootstrap.py", "chroot"]
-    args = pmb.parse.arguments()
+    _ = pmb.parse.arguments()
 
     # Get the list of supported devices
     supported_devices = Device.supported_devices()
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     print(f"Architectures to build: {archs}")
     print(f"Devices under test: {devices_under_test}")
 
-    with open(template) as f:
+    with open(args.template) as f:
         rendered = Template(f.read()).render(
             archs=archs,
             devices_under_test=devices_under_test,
@@ -224,5 +224,5 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                 Arch.loongarch64: "loongarch64",
             },
         )
-        with open(child_pipeline, "w") as fw:
+        with open(args.output, "w") as fw:
             fw.write(rendered)
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ed2fd3e79..d1f9cd766 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ generate-build-jobs:
     # HACK: Make the pmb library happy to use the currently-cloned pmaports repo
     - mkdir -p /root/.local/var/pmbootstrap/cache_git/ && ln -s $PWD /root/.local/var/pmbootstrap/cache_git/pmaports
 
-    - PYTHONPATH=/tmp/pmbootstrap/ .ci/lib/generate_build_jobs.py .ci/build-jobs.yaml.j2 .ci/build-jobs.yaml
+    - PYTHONPATH=/tmp/pmbootstrap/ .ci/lib/generate_build_jobs.py
 
   artifacts:
     paths: