diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
index 3862cb2479f..6809d89ddf3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
@@ -3378,7 +3378,7 @@ GitRemote::GitRemote(const QString &url)
 {
     static const QRegularExpression remotePattern(
                 "^(?:(?<protocol>[^:]+)://)?(?:(?<user>[^@]+)@)?(?<host>[^:/]+)"
-                "(?::(?<port>\\d+))?:?(?<path>/.*)$");
+                "(?::(?<port>\\d+))?:?(?<path>.*)$");
 
     if (url.isEmpty())
         return;
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
index 51703db2d6f..8a3fef260b2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
@@ -1612,6 +1612,11 @@ void GitPlugin::testGitRemote_data()
                .host("codereview.qt-project.org")
                .port(29418)
                .path("/qt-creator/qt-creator.git");
+    QTest::newRow("ssh-github")
+            << RemoteTest("git@github.com:qt-creator/qt-creator.git")
+               .userName("git")
+               .host("github.com")
+               .path("qt-creator/qt-creator.git");
     QTest::newRow("local-file-protocol")
             << RemoteTest("file:///tmp/myrepo.git")
                .protocol("file")