diff --git a/.gitreview b/.gitreview
index b320a49236..1be256fc4f 100644
--- a/.gitreview
+++ b/.gitreview
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 host=ssh.gerrit.sqlalchemy.org
 project=sqlalchemy/sqlalchemy
 defaultbranch=main
+
+# non-standard config, used by publishthing
+httphost=gerrit.sqlalchemy.org