diff --git a/dist-git-client/dist_git_client.py b/dist-git-client/dist_git_client.py
index bcfb7ca..d9beda9 100644
--- a/dist-git-client/dist_git_client.py
+++ b/dist-git-client/dist_git_client.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 """
 
 import argparse
+from collections import namedtuple
 import configparser
 import errno
 import glob
@@ -169,6 +170,28 @@ def _detect_clone_url():
     return git_conf_reader['remote "origin"']["url"]
 
 
+def parse_clone_url(url):
+    """
+    Given Git clone url, return a named tuple with "hostname" and "path"
+    parameters.
+    """
+    Parsed = namedtuple('_ParsedUrl', ['hostname', 'path'])
+
+    autoparsed = urlparse(url)
+    if autoparsed.scheme:
+        hostname = autoparsed.hostname or "localhost"
+        return Parsed(hostname, autoparsed.path)
+
+    if ':' in url and '@' in url:
+        # user@hostname:/path format
+        no_user = url.split("@", 1)[1]
+        host, path = no_user.split(":", 1)
+        return Parsed(host, path)
+
+    # local pathname, like /home/tester/test.git
+    return Parsed("localhost", url)
+
+
 def get_distgit_config(config, forked_from=None):
     """
     Given the '.git/config' file from current directory, return the
@@ -178,13 +201,18 @@ def get_distgit_config(config, forked_from=None):
     url = forked_from
     if not url:
         url = _detect_clone_url()
-    parsed_url = urlparse(url)
+    parsed_url = parse_clone_url(url)
     if parsed_url.hostname is None:
         hostname = "localhost"
     else:
         hostname = parsed_url.hostname
 
-    prefixes = config["clone_host_map"][hostname]
+    try:
+        prefixes = config["clone_host_map"][hostname]
+    except KeyError as err:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"{hostname} (detected from clone URL) not "
+                           "found in dist-git-client configuration") from err
+
     prefix_found = None
     for prefix in prefixes.keys():
         if not parsed_url.path.startswith(prefix):
diff --git a/dist-git-client/tests/test_url_parser.py b/dist-git-client/tests/test_url_parser.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54f4af6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist-git-client/tests/test_url_parser.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+""" test clone url parser """
+
+from dist_git_client import parse_clone_url
+
+
+def _checker(url, hostname, path):
+    parsed = parse_clone_url(url)
+    assert parsed.hostname == hostname
+    assert parsed.path == path
+
+
+def test_parse_clone_urls():
+    """ Basic clone url formats """
+    _checker("git@github.com:example/example-project.git",
+             "github.com", "example/example-project.git")
+    _checker("https://github.com/example/example-project.git",
+             "github.com", "/example/example-project.git")
+    _checker("https://github.com/example/example-project",
+             "github.com", "/example/example-project")
+    _checker("ssh://jdoe@pkgs.fedoraproject.org/rpms/example.git",
+             "pkgs.fedoraproject.org", "/rpms/example.git")
+    _checker("https://copr-dist-git.fedorainfracloud.org/git"
+             "/@abrt/retrace-server-devel/retrace-server.git",
+             "copr-dist-git.fedorainfracloud.org",
+             "/git/@abrt/retrace-server-devel/retrace-server.git")
+    _checker("file:///home/foo.git",
+             "localhost", "/home/foo.git")
+    _checker("/home/foo.git",
+             "localhost", "/home/foo.git")