diff --git a/scripts/pgit.sh b/scripts/pgit.sh
index 8dcd4183..927d137f 100644
--- a/scripts/pgit.sh
+++ b/scripts/pgit.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ set_global_variables()
 	}
 
 	[ "$project_dirs" ] || {
-		project_dirs=`(cd $projects_dir; ls -d */.git 2>/dev/null | sed 's%/.git%%')`
+		if [ "$PGIT_SH_PROJECTS" ]; then
+			project_dirs="$PGIT_SH_PROJECTS"
+		else
+			project_dirs=`(cd $projects_dir; ls -d */.git 2>/dev/null | sed 's%/.git%%')`
+		fi
 	}
 	n_projects=`echo $project_dirs | wc -w`
 }