diff --git a/lib/maven.defs b/lib/maven.defs
index a87f8118c1..09fd1a23d3 100644
--- a/lib/maven.defs
+++ b/lib/maven.defs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 GERRIT = 'GERRIT:'
+GERRIT_API = 'GERRIT_API:'
 ECLIPSE = 'ECLIPSE:'
 MAVEN_CENTRAL = 'MAVEN_CENTRAL:'
 MAVEN_LOCAL = 'MAVEN_LOCAL:'
diff --git a/tools/util.py b/tools/util.py
index a91d35b809..9115ac7aa4 100644
--- a/tools/util.py
+++ b/tools/util.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ except ImportError:
 
 REPO_ROOTS = {
   'GERRIT': 'http://gerrit-maven.storage.googleapis.com',
+  'GERRIT_API': 'https://gerrit-api.commondatastorage.googleapis.com/release',
   'ECLIPSE': 'https://repo.eclipse.org/content/groups/releases',
   'MAVEN_CENTRAL': 'http://repo1.maven.org/maven2',
   'MAVEN_LOCAL': 'file://' + path.expanduser('~/.m2/repository'),