diff --git a/lib/platform/azure/index.ts b/lib/platform/azure/index.ts
index fb8be55d1680711c35bcad353e60db2921485279..0923c9d529bf681009d5197c8b3099643221de16 100644
--- a/lib/platform/azure/index.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/azure/index.ts
@@ -153,9 +153,10 @@ export async function initRepo({
     hostType: defaults.hostType,
     url: defaults.endpoint,
   });
-  const url =
+  const manualUrl =
     defaults.endpoint +
     `${encodeURIComponent(projectName)}/_git/${encodeURIComponent(repoName)}`;
+  const url = repo.remoteUrl || manualUrl;
   await git.initRepo({
     ...config,
     localDir,