diff --git a/lib/travis/api/app/services/schedule_request.rb b/lib/travis/api/app/services/schedule_request.rb
index 80fd9e20..e66bc7f2 100644
--- a/lib/travis/api/app/services/schedule_request.rb
+++ b/lib/travis/api/app/services/schedule_request.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ class Travis::Api::App
         end
 
         def payload
-          MultiJson.encode(params.merge(user: { id: current_user.id }))
+          data = params.merge(user: { id: current_user.id })
+          data[:repository][:id] = repo.github_id
+          MultiJson.encode(data)
         end
 
         def repo
diff --git a/spec/unit/endpoint/requests_spec.rb b/spec/unit/endpoint/requests_spec.rb
index 4e04e82d..a6eb4eda 100644
--- a/spec/unit/endpoint/requests_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/endpoint/requests_spec.rb
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ describe Travis::Api::App::Endpoint::Requests do
       end
 
       it 'schedules the build request' do
-        payload = MultiJson.encode(data[:request].merge(user: { id: user.id }))
-        Travis::Sidekiq::BuildRequest.expects(:perform_async).with(type: 'api', payload: payload, credentials: {})
+        payload = data[:request].merge(user: { id: user.id })
+        payload[:repository][:id] = repo.github_id
+        Travis::Sidekiq::BuildRequest.expects(:perform_async).with(type: 'api', payload: MultiJson.encode(payload), credentials: {})
         response
       end
     end