diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index a0917501..2f5777cb 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ inputs:
     required: false
     default: ''
     description: 'SSH Agent path to forward to the container'
+  gitPrivateToken:
+    required: false
+    default: ''
+    description: >
+      Github private token to pull from github
   chownFilesTo:
     required: false
     default: ''
diff --git a/dist/entrypoint.sh b/dist/entrypoint.sh
index 4841be00..a8d382dc 100755
--- a/dist/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/dist/entrypoint.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ mkdir -p "$ACTIVATE_LICENSE_PATH"
 #
 # Run steps
 #
-
+source /steps/set_gitcredential.sh
 source /steps/activate.sh
 source /steps/build.sh
 source /steps/return_license.sh
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 4f579c14..07e91231 100644
Binary files a/dist/index.js and b/dist/index.js differ
diff --git a/dist/index.js.map b/dist/index.js.map
index 3a0f3bc7..02f943ac 100644
Binary files a/dist/index.js.map and b/dist/index.js.map differ
diff --git a/dist/steps/set_gitcredential.sh b/dist/steps/set_gitcredential.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..6c8de5d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/steps/set_gitcredential.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if [ -z "${GIT_PRIVATE_TOKEN}" ]
+then
+  echo "GIT_PRIVATE_TOKEN unset skipping"
+else
+  echo "GIT_PRIVATE_TOKEN is set configuring git credentials"
+
+	git config --global credential.helper store
+	git config --global --replace-all url.https://github.com/.insteadOf ssh://git@github.com/
+	git config --global --add url.https://github.com/.insteadOf git@github.com
+
+  git config --global url."https://token:$GIT_PRIVATE_TOKEN@github.com/".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
+  git config --global url."https://ssh:$GIT_PRIVATE_TOKEN@github.com/".insteadOf "ssh://git@github.com/"
+  git config --global url."https://git:$GIT_PRIVATE_TOKEN@github.com/".insteadOf "git@github.com:"
+
+fi
+
+echo "---------- git config --list -------------"
+git config --list
+
+echo "---------- git config --list --show-origin -------------"
+git config --list --show-origin
+
diff --git a/src/model/__mocks__/input.ts b/src/model/__mocks__/input.ts
index 33f1091a..438496a1 100644
--- a/src/model/__mocks__/input.ts
+++ b/src/model/__mocks__/input.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export const mockGetFromUser = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
   customParameters: '',
   sshAgent: '',
   chownFilesTo: '',
+  gitPrivateToken: '',
 });
 
 export default {
diff --git a/src/model/build-parameters.ts b/src/model/build-parameters.ts
index e3a48fad..3c1439e2 100644
--- a/src/model/build-parameters.ts
+++ b/src/model/build-parameters.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class BuildParameters {
   public androidKeyaliasPass!: string;
   public customParameters!: string;
   public sshAgent!: string;
+  public gitPrivateToken!: string;
   public remoteBuildCluster!: string;
   public awsStackName!: string;
   public kubeConfig!: string;
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ class BuildParameters {
       androidKeyaliasPass: Input.androidKeyaliasPass,
       customParameters: Input.customParameters,
       sshAgent: Input.sshAgent,
+      gitPrivateToken: Input.gitPrivateToken,
       chownFilesTo: Input.chownFilesTo,
       remoteBuildCluster: Input.remoteBuildCluster,
       awsStackName: Input.awsStackName,
diff --git a/src/model/docker.ts b/src/model/docker.ts
index d0f8915f..432286bf 100644
--- a/src/model/docker.ts
+++ b/src/model/docker.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class Docker {
       androidKeyaliasPass,
       customParameters,
       sshAgent,
+      gitPrivateToken,
       chownFilesTo,
     } = parameters;
 
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ class Docker {
         --env RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE \
         --env RUNNER_TEMP \
         --env RUNNER_WORKSPACE \
+        --env GIT_PRIVATE_TOKEN="${gitPrivateToken}" \
         ${sshAgent ? '--env SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/ssh-agent' : ''} \
         --volume "/var/run/docker.sock":"/var/run/docker.sock" \
         --volume "${runnerTempPath}/_github_home":"/root" \
diff --git a/src/model/input.ts b/src/model/input.ts
index 5c5b8667..c7a06933 100644
--- a/src/model/input.ts
+++ b/src/model/input.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ class Input {
     return core.getInput('sshAgent') || '';
   }
 
+  static get gitPrivateToken() {
+    return core.getInput('gitPrivateToken') || '';
+  }
+
   static get chownFilesTo() {
     return core.getInput('chownFilesTo') || '';
   }