diff --git a/org.sonatype.m2e.egit/src/org/sonatype/m2e/egit/internal/EgitScmHandler.java b/org.sonatype.m2e.egit/src/org/sonatype/m2e/egit/internal/EgitScmHandler.java
index b4a6b99..a98e2de 100644
--- a/org.sonatype.m2e.egit/src/org/sonatype/m2e/egit/internal/EgitScmHandler.java
+++ b/org.sonatype.m2e.egit/src/org/sonatype/m2e/egit/internal/EgitScmHandler.java
@@ -101,6 +101,28 @@ protected String normalizeUri(String uri) throws URISyntaxException {
       throw new URISyntaxException(uri, "Invalid git URI");
     }
 
+    // Normalize uri like
+    // git@github.com:errai/errai.git/errai-common
+    // into
+    // git://github.com/errai/errai.git
+    // These 3 distinctions may happen independently in other cases.
+    //1. Replace @ with ://
+    if(uri.startsWith("git@")) {
+      uri = "git://" + uri.substring(4);
+    }
+    //2. Replace github.com: with github.com/
+    String githubDotCom = "github.com";
+    int pos = uri.indexOf(githubDotCom + ":");
+    if(pos > 0) {
+      pos += githubDotCom.length();
+      uri = uri.substring(0, pos) + "/" + uri.substring(pos + 1);
+    }
+    //3. Remove tail after .git
+    int dotGit = uri.indexOf(".git");
+    if(dotGit >= 0 && uri.length() > dotGit + 4) {
+      uri = uri.substring(0, dotGit + 4);
+    }
+
     URIish gitUri = new URIish(uri);
     if(gitUri.getScheme() == null) {
       if(gitUri.getHost() == null || "file".equals(gitUri.getHost())) {