diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/credentials/GithubApi.credentials.ts b/packages/nodes-base/credentials/GithubApi.credentials.ts
index 9bd3ebceea..b6ba792e67 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/credentials/GithubApi.credentials.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/credentials/GithubApi.credentials.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,16 @@ import {
 	NodePropertyTypes,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
-
 export class GithubApi implements ICredentialType {
 	name = 'githubApi';
 	displayName = 'Github API';
 	properties = [
+		{
+			displayName: 'URL',
+			name: 'url',
+			type: 'string' as NodePropertyTypes,
+			default: 'https://api.github.com',
+		},
 		{
 			displayName: 'User',
 			name: 'user',
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Github/GenericFunctions.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Github/GenericFunctions.ts
index 0b4c8452ab..9f1856b2ed 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Github/GenericFunctions.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Github/GenericFunctions.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export async function githubApiRequest(this: IHookFunctions | IExecuteFunctions,
 	if (credentials === undefined) {
 		throw new Error('No credentials got returned!');
 	}
+	const baseUrl = credentials!.url || 'https://api.github.com';
 
 	const options = {
 		method,
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ export async function githubApiRequest(this: IHookFunctions | IExecuteFunctions,
 		},
 		body,
 		qs: query,
-		uri: `https://api.github.com${endpoint}`,
+		uri: `${baseUrl}${endpoint}`,
 		json: true
 	};