diff --git a/backend/danswer/configs/app_configs.py b/backend/danswer/configs/app_configs.py
index 7c6ce31a727a..cf9c3a5a68a8 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/configs/app_configs.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/configs/app_configs.py
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ CONFLUENCE_CONNECTOR_LABELS_TO_SKIP = [
 
 GONG_CONNECTOR_START_TIME = os.environ.get("GONG_CONNECTOR_START_TIME")
 
+GITHUB_CONNECTOR_BASE_URL = os.environ.get("GITHUB_CONNECTOR_BASE_URL") or None
+
 DASK_JOB_CLIENT_ENABLED = (
     os.environ.get("DASK_JOB_CLIENT_ENABLED", "").lower() == "true"
 )
diff --git a/backend/danswer/connectors/github/connector.py b/backend/danswer/connectors/github/connector.py
index a57bca1bbb75..a2a583f98163 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/connectors/github/connector.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/connectors/github/connector.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from github.Issue import Issue
 from github.PaginatedList import PaginatedList
 from github.PullRequest import PullRequest
 
+from danswer.configs.app_configs import GITHUB_CONNECTOR_BASE_URL
 from danswer.configs.app_configs import INDEX_BATCH_SIZE
 from danswer.configs.constants import DocumentSource
 from danswer.connectors.interfaces import GenerateDocumentsOutput
@@ -91,7 +92,13 @@ class GithubConnector(LoadConnector, PollConnector):
         self.github_client: Github | None = None
 
     def load_credentials(self, credentials: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
-        self.github_client = Github(credentials["github_access_token"])
+        self.github_client = (
+            Github(
+                credentials["github_access_token"], base_url=GITHUB_CONNECTOR_BASE_URL
+            )
+            if GITHUB_CONNECTOR_BASE_URL
+            else Github(credentials["github_access_token"])
+        )
         return None
 
     def _fetch_from_github(
diff --git a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 6cef38ae9906..9fe9262c342b 100644
--- a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ services:
       - CONFLUENCE_CONNECTOR_LABELS_TO_SKIP=${CONFLUENCE_CONNECTOR_LABELS_TO_SKIP:-}
       - GONG_CONNECTOR_START_TIME=${GONG_CONNECTOR_START_TIME:-}
       - NOTION_CONNECTOR_ENABLE_RECURSIVE_PAGE_LOOKUP=${NOTION_CONNECTOR_ENABLE_RECURSIVE_PAGE_LOOKUP:-}
+      - GITHUB_CONNECTOR_BASE_URL=${GITHUB_CONNECTOR_BASE_URL:-}
       # Danswer SlackBot Configs
       - DANSWER_BOT_SLACK_APP_TOKEN=${DANSWER_BOT_SLACK_APP_TOKEN:-}
       - DANSWER_BOT_SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=${DANSWER_BOT_SLACK_BOT_TOKEN:-}