diff --git a/src/main/java/org/eclipsefoundation/git/eca/helper/ProjectHelper.java b/src/main/java/org/eclipsefoundation/git/eca/helper/ProjectHelper.java
index b7d37034e87d0cfce12306914e06f1015a125c9c..a37f947411e35a865ed6fd6782a77730c6fb10b4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/eclipsefoundation/git/eca/helper/ProjectHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/eclipsefoundation/git/eca/helper/ProjectHelper.java
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ public final class ProjectHelper {
      * @return true if the project is a match via Gitlab repos or project namespace, false otherwise
      */
     private boolean doesProjectMatchGitlabRepos(Project p, String repoUrl, String projectNamespace) {
-        return (projectNamespace.startsWith(p.getGitlab().getProjectGroup() + "/")
+        return p.getGitlabRepos().stream().anyMatch(re -> re.getUrl() != null && re.getUrl().endsWith(repoUrl))
+                || (projectNamespace.startsWith(p.getGitlab().getProjectGroup() + "/")
                         && p.getGitlab().getIgnoredSubGroups().stream().noneMatch(sg -> projectNamespace.startsWith(sg + "/")));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/eclipsefoundation/git/eca/test/api/MockProjectsAPI.java b/src/test/java/org/eclipsefoundation/git/eca/test/api/MockProjectsAPI.java
index 60229fea9c2c0caff320efad0341ac2d6bbd0f6a..a4e4b2df7d1de0ba15d1540da5f73147b5c3d5c8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/eclipsefoundation/git/eca/test/api/MockProjectsAPI.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/eclipsefoundation/git/eca/test/api/MockProjectsAPI.java
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ public class MockProjectsAPI implements ProjectsAPI {
                                 .setIgnoredSubGroups(Arrays.asList("eclipse/dash/mirror"))
                                 .setProjectGroup("eclipse/dash")
                                 .build())
+                        .setGitlabRepos(
+                                Arrays.asList(Repo.builder().setUrl("http://www.gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipsefdn/sample/repo").build()))
                         .setCommitters(Arrays.asList(u1, u2))
                         .setProjectLeads(Collections.emptyList())
                         .setShortProjectId("spec.proj")