diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index b3d3d05..7c49771 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ var secureServer = !!process.env.HTTPS;
 var serverPort = +process.env.PORT || +process.argv[2] || (secureServer? 443: 80);
 var bindAddress = process.env.BIND_ADDRESS || process.argv[3] || '::';
 var infoSite = process.env.INFOSITE || "http://shields.io";
+var githubApiUrl = process.env.GITHUB_URL || 'https://api.github.com';
 var Camp = require('camp');
 var camp = Camp.start({
   documentRoot: __dirname,
@@ -2693,7 +2694,7 @@ cache(function(data, match, sendBadge, request) {
   var user = match[1];  // eg, strongloop/express
   var repo = match[2];
   var format = match[3];
-  var apiUrl = 'https://api.github.com/repos/' + user + '/' + repo + '/tags';
+  var apiUrl = githubApiUrl + '/repos/' + user + '/' + repo + '/tags';
   // Using our OAuth App secret grants us 5000 req/hour
   // instead of the standard 60 req/hour.
   if (serverSecrets) {
@@ -2736,7 +2737,7 @@ cache(function(data, match, sendBadge, request) {
   var user = match[1];  // eg, qubyte/rubidium
   var repo = match[2];
   var format = match[3];
-  var apiUrl = 'https://api.github.com/repos/' + user + '/' + repo + '/releases/latest';
+  var apiUrl = githubApiUrl + '/repos/' + user + '/' + repo + '/releases/latest';
   // Using our OAuth App secret grants us 5000 req/hour
   // instead of the standard 60 req/hour.
   if (serverSecrets) {
@@ -2780,7 +2781,7 @@ cache(function(data, match, sendBadge, request) {
   var repo = match[2];  // eg, subtitleedit
   var version = match[3];  // eg, 3.4.7
   var format = match[4];
-  var apiUrl = 'https://api.github.com/repos/' + user + '/' + repo + '/compare/' + version + '...master';
+  var apiUrl = githubApiUrl + '/repos/' + user + '/' + repo + '/compare/' + version + '...master';
   // Using our OAuth App secret grants us 5000 req/hour
   // instead of the standard 60 req/hour.
   if (serverSecrets) {
@@ -2831,7 +2832,7 @@ cache(function(data, match, sendBadge, request) {
     total = false;
   }
 
-  var apiUrl = 'https://api.github.com/repos/' + user + '/' + repo + '/releases';
+  var apiUrl = githubApiUrl + '/repos/' + user + '/' + repo + '/releases';
   if (!total) {
     var release_path = tag !== 'latest' ? 'tags/' + tag : 'latest';
     apiUrl = apiUrl + '/' + release_path;
@@ -2904,7 +2905,7 @@ cache(function(data, match, sendBadge, request) {
   var repo = match[3];  // eg, shields
   var ghLabel = match[4];  // eg, website
   var format = match[5];
-  var apiUrl = 'https://api.github.com/repos/' + user + '/' + repo;
+  var apiUrl = githubApiUrl + '/repos/' + user + '/' + repo;
   var issuesApi = false;  // Are we using the issues API instead of the repo one?
   var query = {};
   if (ghLabel !== undefined) {
@@ -2961,7 +2962,7 @@ cache(function(data, match, sendBadge, request) {
   var user = match[1];  // eg, qubyte/rubidium
   var repo = match[2];
   var format = match[3];
-  var apiUrl = 'https://api.github.com/repos/' + user + '/' + repo;
+  var apiUrl = githubApiUrl + '/repos/' + user + '/' + repo;
   // Using our OAuth App secret grants us 5000 req/hour
   // instead of the standard 60 req/hour.
   if (serverSecrets) {
@@ -3007,7 +3008,7 @@ cache(function(data, match, sendBadge, request) {
   var user = match[1];  // eg, qubyte/rubidium
   var repo = match[2];
   var format = match[3];
-  var apiUrl = 'https://api.github.com/repos/' + user + '/' + repo;
+  var apiUrl = githubApiUrl + '/repos/' + user + '/' + repo;
   // Using our OAuth App secret grants us 5000 req/hour
   // instead of the standard 60 req/hour.
   if (serverSecrets) {
@@ -3051,7 +3052,7 @@ cache(function(data, match, sendBadge, request) {
   var user = match[1];  // eg, qubyte/rubidium
   var repo = match[2];
   var format = match[3];
-  var apiUrl = 'https://api.github.com/repos/' + user + '/' + repo;
+  var apiUrl = githubApiUrl + '/repos/' + user + '/' + repo;
   // Using our OAuth App secret grants us 5000 req/hour
   // instead of the standard 60 req/hour.
   if (serverSecrets) {
@@ -3094,7 +3095,7 @@ camp.route(/^\/github\/followers\/([^\/]+)\.(svg|png|gif|jpg|json)$/,
 cache(function(data, match, sendBadge, request) {
   var user = match[1];  // eg, qubyte
   var format = match[2];
-  var apiUrl = 'https://api.github.com/users/' + user;
+  var apiUrl = githubApiUrl + '/users/' + user;
   // Using our OAuth App secret grants us 5000 req/hour
   // instead of the standard 60 req/hour.
   if (serverSecrets) {
@@ -3134,7 +3135,7 @@ cache(function(data, match, sendBadge, request) {
   var user = match[1];  // eg, mashape
   var repo = match[2];  // eg, apistatus
   var format = match[3];
-  var apiUrl = 'https://api.github.com/repos/' + user + '/' + repo;
+  var apiUrl = githubApiUrl + '/repos/' + user + '/' + repo;
   var badgeData = getBadgeData('license', data);
   if (badgeData.template === 'social') {
     badgeData.logo = badgeData.logo || logos.github;