diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2af173cf..33321eda 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ This role will use by default the `inventory_hostname` as mailcow hostname, this
 |:-----------------------------------------:|:---------------------------------------------------------------------------:|:-------------------------:| :-----------------------------------------------------------------------: |
 |           `mailcow__hostname `            |                            sets MAILCOW_HOSTNAME                            |   `inventory_hostname`    |                 needs to be an full qualified domain name                 |
 |          `mailcow__install_path`          |       sets the path where the mailcow-dockerized repo will be cloned        | `/opt/mailcow-dockerized` |                                                                           |
+|          `mailcow__git_repo`              |                   Get mailcow from a specific repository                    | `https://github.com/mailcow/mailcow-dockerized.git` |                                                                  |
 |          `mailcow__git_version`           |                   checkout a specific version of mailcow                    |         `master`          |                                                                           |
 |            `mailcow__timezone`            | used to set the timezone your mailcow runs in during the config generation  |          not set          |                              **must be set**                              |
 |  `mailcow__docker_compose_project_name`   |        sets the docker-compose projectname to a user-defined string         |    `mailcowdockerized`    |                                                                           |
diff --git a/defaults/main/main.yml b/defaults/main/main.yml
index c1c21f39..f7ce394b 100755
--- a/defaults/main/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main/main.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 mailcow__hostname: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
 
 mailcow__install_path: "/opt/mailcow-dockerized"
+mailcow__git_repo: 'https://github.com/mailcow/mailcow-dockerized.git'
 mailcow__git_version: master
 
 mailcow__timezone: Europe/Berlin
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index a1263f29..a5f34790 100755
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 - name: Clone mailcow git repo
   become: yes
   git:
-    repo: 'https://github.com/mailcow/mailcow-dockerized.git'
+    repo: "{{ mailcow__git_repo }}"
     version: "{{ mailcow__git_version }}"
     umask: '022'
     update: false