1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 15c9cec60b..09bb79c22c 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static char buffer[BUF_SIZE];
 
 static int valid_remote(const struct remote *remote)
 {
-	return !!remote->url;
+	return (!!remote->url) || (!!remote->foreign_vcs);
 }
 
 static const char *alias_url(const char *url, struct rewrites *r)
@@ -444,6 +444,8 @@ static int handle_config(const char *key, const char *value, void *cb)
 	} else if (!strcmp(subkey, ".proxy")) {
 		return git_config_string((const char **)&remote->http_proxy,
 					 key, value);
+	} else if (!strcmp(subkey, ".vcs")) {
+		return git_config_string(&remote->foreign_vcs, key, value);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }