diff --git a/scripts/git/git-push-all.sh b/scripts/git/git-push-all.sh
index 9e1b39c10a..0701b27b59 100755
--- a/scripts/git/git-push-all.sh
+++ b/scripts/git/git-push-all.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # The remote upstream branch on which git.torproject.org/tor.git points to.
-UPSTREAM_BRANCH="upstream"
+UPSTREAM_BRANCH=${TOR_UPSTREAM_REMOTE_NAME:-"upstream"}
 
-git push $UPSTREAM_BRANCH \
+git push "$UPSTREAM_BRANCH" \
    master \
    {release,maint}-0.4.1 \
    {release,maint}-0.4.0 \