diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/_additional-stubrunner-configprops.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/_additional-stubrunner-configprops.adoc
index f929e6b0d8..6fed50c24b 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/_additional-stubrunner-configprops.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/_additional-stubrunner-configprops.adoc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ IMPORTANT: The following properties can be passed as a system property (for exam
 |`stubrunner.properties.git.username` |  | When using the SCM-based approach, you can pass the username to connect to the git repository.
 |`stubrunner.properties.git.password` |  | When using the SCM-based approach, you can pass the password to connect to the git repository.
 |`stubrunner.properties.git.wait-between-attempts` | `1000` | When using the SCM-based approach, you can customize waiting time in ms between attempts to push the stubs to git.
+|`stubrunner.properties.git.ensure-git-suffix` | `true` | When using the SCM based approach, you can prevent stubrunner from adding `.git` to the repository URL by setting this property to `false`. This adds compatibility with git repositories which do not support such URLs, for example Azure DevOps.
 
 |`stubrunner.properties.stubs.find-producer` | `false` | When using the `stubs` protocol, you can toggle this flag to search for contracts in the `group id / artifact id` instead of taking the stubs directly from the provided folder.
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/GitRepo.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/GitRepo.java
index 55e9a7593f..2483de1327 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/GitRepo.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/GitRepo.java
@@ -77,9 +77,12 @@ class GitRepo {
 
 	private final File basedir;
 
+	private final boolean ensureGitSuffix;
+
 	GitRepo(File basedir, GitStubDownloaderProperties properties) {
 		this.basedir = basedir;
 		this.gitFactory = new JGitFactory(properties);
+		this.ensureGitSuffix = properties.ensureGitSuffix;
 	}
 
 	// for tests
@@ -87,6 +90,15 @@ class GitRepo {
 	GitRepo(File basedir) {
 		this.basedir = basedir;
 		this.gitFactory = new JGitFactory();
+		this.ensureGitSuffix = true;
+	}
+
+	// for tests
+	@Deprecated
+	GitRepo(File basedir, boolean ensureGitSuffix) {
+		this.basedir = basedir;
+		this.gitFactory = new JGitFactory();
+		this.ensureGitSuffix = ensureGitSuffix;
 	}
 
 	// for tests
@@ -94,6 +106,7 @@ class GitRepo {
 	GitRepo(File basedir, JGitFactory factory) {
 		this.basedir = basedir;
 		this.gitFactory = factory;
+		this.ensureGitSuffix = true;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -203,8 +216,7 @@ class GitRepo {
 	}
 
 	private Git cloneToBasedir(URI projectUrl, File destinationFolder) {
-		String url = projectUrl.toString();
-		String projectGitUrl = url.endsWith(".git") ? url : url + ".git";
+		String projectGitUrl = sanitizeGitUrl(projectUrl);
 		if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
 			log.debug("Project git url [" + projectGitUrl + "]");
 		}
@@ -226,6 +238,12 @@ class GitRepo {
 		}
 	}
 
+	protected String sanitizeGitUrl(URI uri) {
+		String urlString = uri.toString();
+		return (urlString.endsWith(".git") || !this.ensureGitSuffix) ? urlString
+				: urlString + ".git";
+	}
+
 	private Ref checkoutBranch(File projectDir, String branch) throws GitAPIException {
 		Git git = this.gitFactory.open(projectDir);
 		CheckoutCommand command = git.checkout().setName(branch);
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/ScmStubDownloaderBuilder.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/ScmStubDownloaderBuilder.java
index 73a7ad3a8b..7893774188 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/ScmStubDownloaderBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/ScmStubDownloaderBuilder.java
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ class GitStubDownloaderProperties {
 
 	private static final String GIT_PASSWORD_PROPERTY = "git.password";
 
+	private static final String GIT_ENSURE_GIT_SUFFIX_PROPERTY = "git.ensure-git-suffix";
+
 	final URI url;
 
 	final String username;
@@ -227,6 +229,8 @@ class GitStubDownloaderProperties {
 
 	final String branch;
 
+	final Boolean ensureGitSuffix;
+
 	GitStubDownloaderProperties(Resource repo, StubRunnerOptions options) {
 		String repoUrl;
 		Map<String, String> args = options.getProperties();
@@ -247,9 +251,16 @@ class GitStubDownloaderProperties {
 		this.password = StringUtils.hasText(password) ? password : options.getPassword();
 		String branch = StubRunnerPropertyUtils.getProperty(args, GIT_BRANCH_PROPERTY);
 		this.branch = StringUtils.hasText(branch) ? branch : "master";
+		String ensureGitSuffix = StubRunnerPropertyUtils.getProperty(args,
+				GIT_ENSURE_GIT_SUFFIX_PROPERTY);
+		this.ensureGitSuffix = StringUtils.hasText(ensureGitSuffix)
+				? Boolean.parseBoolean(ensureGitSuffix) : true;
+
 		if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-			log.debug("Repo url is [" + repoUrl + "], modified url string " + "is [" + modifiedRepo + "] URL is ["
-					+ this.url + "] and " + "branch is [" + this.branch + "]");
+			log.debug("Repo url is [" + repoUrl + "], modified url string " + "is ["
+					+ modifiedRepo + "] URL is [" + this.url + "]  branch is ["
+					+ this.branch + "] and ensureGitSuffix is [" + this.ensureGitSuffix
+					+ "]");
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/GitRepoTests.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/GitRepoTests.java
index 0fbfdd7080..34edef8835 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/GitRepoTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/GitRepoTests.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.contract.stubrunner;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.CloneCommand;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevCommit;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.fail;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.BDDAssertions.then;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.BDDAssertions.thenThrownBy;
@@ -159,6 +161,34 @@ public class GitRepoTests extends AbstractGitTest {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void should_add_git_suffix_to_url_if_not_present() throws Exception {
+		this.gitRepo = new GitRepo(this.tmpFolder, true);
+		String url = this.gitRepo.sanitizeGitUrl(new URI("git://example.com/repo"));
+		assertThat(url).isEqualTo("git://example.com/repo.git");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void should_not_add_git_suffix_to_url_if_already_present() throws Exception {
+		this.gitRepo = new GitRepo(this.tmpFolder, true);
+		String url = this.gitRepo.sanitizeGitUrl(new URI("git://example.com/repo.git"));
+		assertThat(url).isEqualTo("git://example.com/repo.git");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void should_not_add_git_suffix_to_url_if_disabled() throws Exception {
+		this.gitRepo = new GitRepo(this.tmpFolder, false);
+		String url = this.gitRepo.sanitizeGitUrl(new URI("git://example.com/repo"));
+		assertThat(url).isEqualTo("git://example.com/repo");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void should_not_remove_git_suffix_from_url_if_disabled() throws Exception {
+		this.gitRepo = new GitRepo(this.tmpFolder, false);
+		String url = this.gitRepo.sanitizeGitUrl(new URI("git://example.com/repo.git"));
+		assertThat(url).isEqualTo("git://example.com/repo.git");
+	}
+
 }
 
 class ExceptionThrowingJGitFactory extends GitRepo.JGitFactory {