diff --git a/gclient_scm.py b/gclient_scm.py
index 2d773a355..c78559076 100644
--- a/gclient_scm.py
+++ b/gclient_scm.py
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ def GetScmName(url):
   if url:
     url, _ = gclient_utils.SplitUrlRevision(url)
     if (url.startswith('git://') or url.startswith('ssh://') or
+        url.startswith('git+http://') or url.startswith('git+https://') or
         url.endswith('.git')):
       return 'git'
     elif (url.startswith('http://') or url.startswith('https://') or
@@ -126,6 +127,12 @@ class SCMWrapper(object):
 class GitWrapper(SCMWrapper):
   """Wrapper for Git"""
 
+  def __init__(self, url=None, root_dir=None, relpath=None):
+    """Removes 'git+' fake prefix from git URL."""
+    if url.startswith('git+http://') or url.startswith('git+https://'):
+      url = url[4:]
+    SCMWrapper.__init__(self, url, root_dir, relpath)
+
   def GetRevisionDate(self, revision):
     """Returns the given revision's date in ISO-8601 format (which contains the
     time zone)."""
diff --git a/tests/gclient_scm_test.py b/tests/gclient_scm_test.py
index a44754f1d..a0e24aa11 100755
--- a/tests/gclient_scm_test.py
+++ b/tests/gclient_scm_test.py
@@ -120,6 +120,22 @@ class SVNWrapperTestCase(BaseTestCase):
                             relpath=self.relpath)
     self.assertEqual(scm.FullUrlForRelativeUrl('/crap'), 'git://a/b/c/crap')
 
+  def testGITFakeHttpUrl(self):
+    self.url = 'git+http://foo'
+
+    self.mox.ReplayAll()
+    scm = self._scm_wrapper(url=self.url, root_dir=self.root_dir,
+                            relpath=self.relpath)
+    self.assertEqual(scm.url, 'http://foo')
+
+  def testGITFakeHttpsUrl(self):
+    self.url = 'git+https://foo'
+
+    self.mox.ReplayAll()
+    scm = self._scm_wrapper(url=self.url, root_dir=self.root_dir,
+                            relpath=self.relpath)
+    self.assertEqual(scm.url, 'https://foo')
+
   def testRunCommandException(self):
     options = self.Options(verbose=False)
     gclient_scm.os.path.exists(join(self.base_path, '.git')).AndReturn(False)