diff --git a/src/tito/release.py b/src/tito/release.py
index 34276c4..2c67693 100644
--- a/src/tito/release.py
+++ b/src/tito/release.py
@@ -470,6 +470,10 @@ class FedoraGitReleaser(Releaser):
         self.git_branches = \
             self.releaser_config.get(self.target, "branches").split(" ")
 
+        overwrite_checkout = self.config.get(self.target, "remote_git_name")
+        if overwrite_checkout:
+            self.project_name = overwrite_checkout
+
         self.package_workdir = os.path.join(self.working_dir,
                 self.project_name)
 
diff --git a/tito.props.5.asciidoc b/tito.props.5.asciidoc
index 24ea22b..d6ce89b 100644
--- a/tito.props.5.asciidoc
+++ b/tito.props.5.asciidoc
@@ -173,6 +173,15 @@ changelog format:
 - Resolves: #1111 - description
 - Related: #1111 - description
 
+RELEASER
+--------
+You can create section with the name same as releaser target and there you can
+specify this option:
+
+remote_git_name::
+This is usefull for FedoraGitReleaser and DistGitReleaser and will allow you to
+specify name of remote dist-git branch.
+
 EXAMPLE
 -------
  [globalconfig]