diff --git a/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/gerrit-git-prep.sh b/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/gerrit-git-prep.sh
index 623468c1c8..a550093473 100755
--- a/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/gerrit-git-prep.sh
+++ b/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/gerrit-git-prep.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 GERRIT_SITE=$1
 ZUUL_SITE=$2
+GIT_ORIGIN=$3
 
 if [ -z "$GERRIT_SITE" ]
 then
@@ -15,6 +16,13 @@ then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+if [ -z "$GIT_ORIGIN" ]
+then
+    GIT_ORIGIN="$GERRIT_SITE/p"
+    # git://git.openstack.org/
+    # https://review.openstack.org/p
+fi
+
 if [ -z "$ZUUL_REF" ]
 then
     echo "This job may only be triggered by Zuul."
@@ -31,9 +39,9 @@ if [[ ! -e .git ]]
 then
     ls -a
     rm -fr .[^.]* *
-    git clone $GERRIT_SITE/p/$ZUUL_PROJECT .
+    git clone $GIT_ORIGIN/$ZUUL_PROJECT .
 fi
-git remote set-url origin $GERRIT_SITE/p/$ZUUL_PROJECT
+git remote set-url origin $GIT_ORIGIN/$ZUUL_PROJECT
 git remote update || git remote update # attempt to work around bug #925790
 git reset --hard
 git clean -x -f -d -q
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/macros.yaml b/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/macros.yaml
index 0bceaa84a7..ead97ce1af 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/macros.yaml
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/macros.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 - builder:
     name: gerrit-git-prep
     builders:
-      - shell: "/usr/local/jenkins/slave_scripts/gerrit-git-prep.sh https://review.openstack.org http://zuul.openstack.org"
+      - shell: "/usr/local/jenkins/slave_scripts/gerrit-git-prep.sh https://review.openstack.org http://zuul.openstack.org git://git.openstack.org"
 
 - builder:
     name: coverage