diff --git a/src/applications/repository/controller/PhabricatorRepositoryEditController.php b/src/applications/repository/controller/PhabricatorRepositoryEditController.php
index 0a1a0ca364..b4824bd4bc 100644
--- a/src/applications/repository/controller/PhabricatorRepositoryEditController.php
+++ b/src/applications/repository/controller/PhabricatorRepositoryEditController.php
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ final class PhabricatorRepositoryEditController
       $repository->setDetail('http-login', $request->getStr('http-login'));
       $repository->setDetail('http-pass',  $request->getStr('http-pass'));
 
+      $repository->setDetail('show-user', $request->getInt('show-user'));
+
       if ($repository->getDetail('ssh-key') &&
           $repository->getDetail('ssh-keyfile')) {
         $errors[] =
@@ -437,6 +439,14 @@ final class PhabricatorRepositoryEditController
           ->setValue($repository->getDetail('remote-uri'))
           ->setError($e_uri));
 
+    $inset->appendChild(
+      id(new AphrontFormCheckboxControl())
+      ->addCheckbox(
+        'show-user',
+        1,
+        pht('Permit users to view the username of this connection.'),
+        $repository->getDetail('show-user') == 1));
+
     $inset->appendChild(hsprintf(
       '<div class="aphront-form-instructions">'.
         'If you want to connect to this repository over SSH, enter the '.
diff --git a/src/applications/repository/storage/PhabricatorRepository.php b/src/applications/repository/storage/PhabricatorRepository.php
index b6644a453a..ebc97a3813 100644
--- a/src/applications/repository/storage/PhabricatorRepository.php
+++ b/src/applications/repository/storage/PhabricatorRepository.php
@@ -434,9 +434,13 @@ final class PhabricatorRepository extends PhabricatorRepositoryDAO
     // with the credentials in the URI or something zany like that.
 
     if ($uri instanceof PhutilGitURI) {
-      $uri->setUser(null);
+      if (!$this->getDetail('show-user', false)) {
+        $uri->setUser(null);
+      }
     } else {
-      $uri->setUser(null);
+      if (!$this->getDetail('show-user', false)) {
+        $uri->setUser(null);
+      }
       $uri->setPass(null);
     }