diff --git a/include/git2/remote.h b/include/git2/remote.h
index 5c01949d2..6d4b6cc20 100644
--- a/include/git2/remote.h
+++ b/include/git2/remote.h
@@ -79,6 +79,36 @@ GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_remote_name(git_remote *remote);
  */
 GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_remote_url(git_remote *remote);
 
+/**
+ * Get the remote's url for pushing
+ *
+ * @param remote the remote
+ * @return a pointer to the url or NULL if no special url for pushing is set
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_remote_pushurl(git_remote *remote);
+
+/**
+ * Set the remote's url
+ *
+ * Existing connections will not be updated.
+ *
+ * @param remote the remote
+ * @param url the url to set
+ * @return 0 or an error value
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_remote_set_url(git_remote *remote, const char* url);
+
+/**
+ * Set the remote's url for pushing
+ *
+ * Existing connections will not be updated.
+ *
+ * @param remote the remote
+ * @param url the url to set or NULL to clear the pushurl
+ * @return 0 or an error value
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_remote_set_pushurl(git_remote *remote, const char* url);
+
 /**
  * Set the remote's fetch refspec
  *
diff --git a/src/remote.c b/src/remote.c
index bcc4ab5b4..cdd593cdb 100644
--- a/src/remote.c
+++ b/src/remote.c
@@ -269,6 +269,38 @@ const char *git_remote_url(git_remote *remote)
 	return remote->url;
 }
 
+int git_remote_set_url(git_remote *remote, const char* url)
+{
+	assert(remote);
+	assert(url);
+
+	git__free(remote->url);
+	remote->url = git__strdup(url);
+	GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(remote->url);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+const char *git_remote_pushurl(git_remote *remote)
+{
+	assert(remote);
+	return remote->pushurl;
+}
+
+int git_remote_set_pushurl(git_remote *remote, const char* url)
+{
+	assert(remote);
+
+	git__free(remote->pushurl);
+	if (url) {
+		remote->pushurl = git__strdup(url);
+		GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(remote->pushurl);
+	} else {
+		remote->pushurl = NULL;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int git_remote_set_fetchspec(git_remote *remote, const char *spec)
 {
 	git_refspec refspec;