diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/github/status/sources/ManuallyEnteredRepositorySource.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/github/status/sources/ManuallyEnteredRepositorySource.java
index 3493321b2..0e3c1fbbd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/github/status/sources/ManuallyEnteredRepositorySource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/github/status/sources/ManuallyEnteredRepositorySource.java
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@
 import hudson.model.Descriptor;
 import hudson.model.Run;
 import hudson.model.TaskListener;
+import org.jenkinsci.plugins.github.common.ExpandableMessage;
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.github.extension.status.GitHubReposSource;
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.github.util.misc.NullSafeFunction;
 import org.kohsuke.github.GHRepository;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.DataBoundConstructor;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NonNull;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -18,6 +21,7 @@
 import static org.jenkinsci.plugins.github.util.FluentIterableWrapper.from;
 
 public class ManuallyEnteredRepositorySource extends GitHubReposSource {
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ManuallyEnteredRepositorySource.class);
     private String url;
 
     @DataBoundConstructor
@@ -36,7 +40,15 @@ GitHubRepositoryName createName(String url) {
 
     @Override
     public List<GHRepository> repos(@NonNull Run<?, ?> run, @NonNull final TaskListener listener) {
-        List<String> urls = Collections.singletonList(url);
+        String expandedUrl = url;
+
+        try {
+            expandedUrl = new ExpandableMessage(url).expandAll(run, listener);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            LOG.debug("Can't expand context, using as is", e);
+        }
+
+        List<String> urls = Collections.singletonList(expandedUrl);
         return from(urls).transformAndConcat(new NullSafeFunction<String, Iterable<GHRepository>>() {
             @Override
             protected Iterable<GHRepository> applyNullSafe(@NonNull String url) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/github/status/sources/ManuallyEnteredRepositorySourceTest.java b/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/github/status/sources/ManuallyEnteredRepositorySourceTest.java
index 954f9ff48..6c8b210e0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/github/status/sources/ManuallyEnteredRepositorySourceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/github/status/sources/ManuallyEnteredRepositorySourceTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.jenkinsci.plugins.github.status.sources;
 
+import hudson.EnvVars;
 import hudson.model.Run;
 import hudson.model.TaskListener;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.collection.IsCollectionWithSize.hasSize;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
@@ -21,6 +23,8 @@
 
 @RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
 public class ManuallyEnteredRepositorySourceTest {
+
+    public static final String EXPANDED = "expanded";
     @Mock(answer = Answers.RETURNS_MOCKS)
     private Run run;
 
@@ -30,6 +34,9 @@ public class ManuallyEnteredRepositorySourceTest {
     @Mock(answer = Answers.RETURNS_MOCKS)
     private PrintStream logger;
 
+    @Mock(answer = Answers.RETURNS_MOCKS)
+    private EnvVars env;
+
     @Test
     public void nullName() {
         ManuallyEnteredRepositorySource instance = spy(new ManuallyEnteredRepositorySource("a"));
@@ -39,4 +46,15 @@ public void nullName() {
         verify(listener).getLogger();
         verify(logger).printf(eq("Unable to match %s with a GitHub repository.%n"), eq("a"));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldExpandRepositorySource() {
+        when(run.getEnvironment(listener)).thenReturn(env);
+        when(env.expand(ArgumentMatchers.anyString())).thenReturn(EXPANDED);
+
+        List<String> repos = new ManuallyEnteredRepositorySource("").repos(run, listener);
+        assertThat("size", repos.size(), 1);
+        assertThat("size", repos[0], EXPANDED);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/github/status/sources/ManuallyEnteredSourcesTest.java b/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/github/status/sources/ManuallyEnteredSourcesTest.java
index 791da1f22..1ee75a717 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/github/status/sources/ManuallyEnteredSourcesTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/github/status/sources/ManuallyEnteredSourcesTest.java
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ public void shouldExpandBackref() throws Exception {
         String context = new ManuallyEnteredBackrefSource("").get(run, listener);
         assertThat(context, equalTo(EXPANDED));
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}