diff --git a/cmd/input.go b/cmd/input.go
index ed6e36b..cd3397b 100644
--- a/cmd/input.go
+++ b/cmd/input.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ type Input struct {
 	artifactServerPort    string
 	jsonLogger            bool
 	noSkipCheckout        bool
+	remoteName            string
 }
 
 func (i *Input) resolve(path string) string {
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 9567a42..a94f692 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ func Execute(ctx context.Context, version string) {
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringP("job", "j", "", "run job")
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolP("bug-report", "", false, "Display system information for bug report")
 
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringVar(&input.remoteName, "remote-name", "origin", "git remote name that will be used to retrieve url of git repo")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&input.secrets, "secret", "s", []string{}, "secret to make available to actions with optional value (e.g. -s mysecret=foo or -s mysecret)")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&input.envs, "env", "", []string{}, "env to make available to actions with optional value (e.g. --env myenv=foo or --env myenv)")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&input.platforms, "platform", "P", []string{}, "custom image to use per platform (e.g. -P ubuntu-18.04=nektos/act-environments-ubuntu:18.04)")
@@ -379,6 +380,7 @@ func newRunCommand(ctx context.Context, input *Input) func(*cobra.Command, []str
 			ArtifactServerPath:    input.artifactServerPath,
 			ArtifactServerPort:    input.artifactServerPort,
 			NoSkipCheckout:        input.noSkipCheckout,
+			RemoteName:            input.remoteName,
 		}
 		r, err := runner.New(config)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/common/git.go b/pkg/common/git.go
index b5e288f..6c1f501 100644
--- a/pkg/common/git.go
+++ b/pkg/common/git.go
@@ -142,8 +142,12 @@ func findGitPrettyRef(head, root, sub string) (string, error) {
 }
 
 // FindGithubRepo get the repo
-func FindGithubRepo(file string, githubInstance string) (string, error) {
-	url, err := findGitRemoteURL(file)
+func FindGithubRepo(file, githubInstance, remoteName string) (string, error) {
+	if remoteName == "" {
+		remoteName = "origin"
+	}
+
+	url, err := findGitRemoteURL(file, remoteName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -151,7 +155,7 @@ func FindGithubRepo(file string, githubInstance string) (string, error) {
 	return slug, err
 }
 
-func findGitRemoteURL(file string) (string, error) {
+func findGitRemoteURL(file, remoteName string) (string, error) {
 	gitDir, err := findGitDirectory(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
@@ -162,7 +166,7 @@ func findGitRemoteURL(file string) (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	remote, err := gitconfig.GetSection("remote \"origin\"")
+	remote, err := gitconfig.GetSection(fmt.Sprintf(`remote "%s"`, remoteName))
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/common/git_test.go b/pkg/common/git_test.go
index 97829db..48c6455 100644
--- a/pkg/common/git_test.go
+++ b/pkg/common/git_test.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func TestFindGitSlug(t *testing.T) {
 func testDir(t *testing.T) string {
 	basedir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "act-test")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	t.Cleanup(func() { os.RemoveAll(basedir) })
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = os.RemoveAll(basedir) })
 	return basedir
 }
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func TestFindGitRemoteURL(t *testing.T) {
 	err = gitCmd("config", "-f", fmt.Sprintf("%s/.git/config", basedir), "--add", "remote.origin.url", remoteURL)
 	assert.NoError(err)
 
-	u, err := findGitRemoteURL(basedir)
+	u, err := findGitRemoteURL(basedir, "origin")
 	assert.NoError(err)
 	assert.Equal(remoteURL, u)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/runner/run_context.go b/pkg/runner/run_context.go
index e5caaf5..bbc2d14 100644
--- a/pkg/runner/run_context.go
+++ b/pkg/runner/run_context.go
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ func (rc *RunContext) getGithubContext() *model.GithubContext {
 	}
 
 	repoPath := rc.Config.Workdir
-	repo, err := common.FindGithubRepo(repoPath, rc.Config.GitHubInstance)
+	repo, err := common.FindGithubRepo(repoPath, rc.Config.GitHubInstance, rc.Config.RemoteName)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warningf("unable to get git repo: %v", err)
 	} else {
diff --git a/pkg/runner/runner.go b/pkg/runner/runner.go
index f846d96..751ee8a 100644
--- a/pkg/runner/runner.go
+++ b/pkg/runner/runner.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	ArtifactServerPort    string                       // the port the artifact server binds to
 	CompositeRestrictions *model.CompositeRestrictions // describes which features are available in composite actions
 	NoSkipCheckout        bool                         // do not skip actions/checkout
+	RemoteName            string                       // remote name in local git repo config
 }
 
 // Resolves the equivalent host path inside the container