diff --git a/contrib/rh-bkr/bkr.py b/contrib/rh-bkr/bkr.py
index 5f3c474cae..c8436e8d12 100755
--- a/contrib/rh-bkr/bkr.py
+++ b/contrib/rh-bkr/bkr.py
@@ -687,6 +687,7 @@ class CmdSubmit(CmdBase):
             'CONF_LOGLEVEL'     : 'DEBUG',
             'CONF_DHCP'         : 'dhclient',
             'CONF_DEBUG'        : 'RLIMIT_CORE,fatal-warnings',
+            'GIT_URL'           : 'http://code.engineering.redhat.com/gerrit/desktopqe/NetworkManager',
         }
     def _process_line_get(self, key, replacement, index=None, none=None):
         if key in replacement:
diff --git a/contrib/rh-bkr/job01.xml b/contrib/rh-bkr/job01.xml
index 4b4890852d..8ba7d2998c 100644
--- a/contrib/rh-bkr/job01.xml
+++ b/contrib/rh-bkr/job01.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ sed -e '/^\s*linux16\s*\/vmlinuz/ s/$/ $SELINUX_DISABLED/' -i /boot/grub2/grub.c
 					<param name="TESTS" value="$TESTS"/>
 					<param name="TEST_MAPPER" value="True"/>
 					<param name="COMPONENT" value="NetworkManager"/>
-					<param name="GIT_URL" value="http://code.engineering.redhat.com/gerrit/desktopqe/NetworkManager"/>
+					<param name="GIT_URL" value="$GIT_URL"/>
 					<param name="TYPE" value="TEST"/>
 				</params>
 			</task>