diff --git a/cgit.c b/cgit.c
index 94d452c..e525264 100644
--- a/cgit.c
+++ b/cgit.c
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ static void repo_config(struct cgit_repo *repo, const char *name, const char *va
 		repo->homepage = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "defbranch"))
 		repo->defbranch = xstrdup(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "namespace"))
+		repo->namespace = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "snapshots"))
 		repo->snapshots = ctx.cfg.snapshots & cgit_parse_snapshots_mask(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-commit-graph"))
diff --git a/cgit.h b/cgit.h
index 49f0557..93de0ea 100644
--- a/cgit.h
+++ b/cgit.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ struct cgit_repo {
 	struct string_list readme;
 	char *section;
 	char *clone_url;
+	char *namespace;
 	char *logo;
 	char *logo_link;
 	int snapshots;