diff --git a/docs/manifest-format.txt b/docs/manifest-format.txt
index a827f556..38868f10 100644
--- a/docs/manifest-format.txt
+++ b/docs/manifest-format.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ following DTD:
   
     <!ELEMENT remote (EMPTY)>
     <!ATTLIST remote name         ID    #REQUIRED>
+    <!ATTLIST remote alias        CDATA #IMPLIED>
     <!ATTLIST remote fetch        CDATA #REQUIRED>
     <!ATTLIST remote review       CDATA #IMPLIED>
   
@@ -89,6 +90,12 @@ name specified here is used as the remote name in each project's
 .git/config, and is therefore automatically available to commands
 like `git fetch`, `git remote`, `git pull` and `git push`.
 
+Attribute `alias`: The alias, if specified, is used to override
+`name` to be set as the remote name in each project's .git/config.
+Its value can be duplicated while attribute `name` has to be unique
+in the manifest file. This helps each project to be able to have
+same remote name which actually points to different remote url.
+
 Attribute `fetch`: The Git URL prefix for all projects which use
 this remote.  Each project's name is appended to this prefix to
 form the actual URL used to clone the project.
diff --git a/manifest_xml.py b/manifest_xml.py
index 86899f63..d3156e5c 100644
--- a/manifest_xml.py
+++ b/manifest_xml.py
@@ -41,12 +41,14 @@ class _Default(object):
 class _XmlRemote(object):
   def __init__(self,
                name,
+               alias=None,
                fetch=None,
                manifestUrl=None,
                review=None):
     self.name = name
     self.fetchUrl = fetch
     self.manifestUrl = manifestUrl
+    self.remoteAlias = alias
     self.reviewUrl = review
     self.resolvedFetchUrl = self._resolveFetchUrl()
 
@@ -62,7 +64,10 @@ class _XmlRemote(object):
 
   def ToRemoteSpec(self, projectName):
     url = self.resolvedFetchUrl.rstrip('/') + '/' + projectName
-    return RemoteSpec(self.name, url, self.reviewUrl)
+    remoteName = self.name
+    if self.remoteAlias:
+      remoteName = self.remoteAlias
+    return RemoteSpec(remoteName, url, self.reviewUrl)
 
 class XmlManifest(object):
   """manages the repo configuration file"""
@@ -451,12 +456,15 @@ class XmlManifest(object):
     reads a <remote> element from the manifest file
     """
     name = self._reqatt(node, 'name')
+    alias = node.getAttribute('alias')
+    if alias == '':
+      alias = None
     fetch = self._reqatt(node, 'fetch')
     review = node.getAttribute('review')
     if review == '':
       review = None
     manifestUrl = self.manifestProject.config.GetString('remote.origin.url')
-    return _XmlRemote(name, fetch, manifestUrl, review)
+    return _XmlRemote(name, alias, fetch, manifestUrl, review)
 
   def _ParseDefault(self, node):
     """