diff --git a/teuthology/config.py b/teuthology/config.py
index b97d5188c..450b86378 100644
--- a/teuthology/config.py
+++ b/teuthology/config.py
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ class TeuthologyConfig(YamlConfig):
         'teuthology_path': None,
         'suite_verify_ceph_hash': True,
         'suite_allow_missing_packages': False,
+	'project_owner': 'ceph',
         'openstack': {
             'clone': 'git clone http://github.com/ceph/teuthology',
             'user-data': 'teuthology/openstack/openstack-{os_type}-{os_version}-user-data.txt',
diff --git a/teuthology/suite/util.py b/teuthology/suite/util.py
index fabfa3947..286102fb3 100644
--- a/teuthology/suite/util.py
+++ b/teuthology/suite/util.py
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ def git_validate_sha1(project, sha1, project_owner='ceph'):
     we have specific urls to HEAD for github and git.ceph.com/gitweb
     for now
     '''
+    project_owner=config.project_owner
     url = build_git_url(project, project_owner)
 
     if '/github.com/' in url: