diff --git a/internal/vcs/url.go b/internal/vcs/url.go
index b6a5441a20b..87be01f4715 100644
--- a/internal/vcs/url.go
+++ b/internal/vcs/url.go
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ var schemes = map[string]struct{}{
 	"rsync":    {},
 	"file":     {},
 	"perforce": {},
+	// This is not an officially supported git protocol, and it will not work
+	// without adding an override to the global git config for iap:// to https://.
+	// This has been added as a response to a customer issue where their GitLab
+	// instance reports a URL with the iap:// scheme.
+	// https://github.com/sourcegraph/accounts/issues/2379
+	"iap": {},
 }
 
 func parseScheme(rawurl string) (*URL, error) {
diff --git a/internal/vcs/url_test.go b/internal/vcs/url_test.go
index 83407f493d5..0618c09bc1f 100644
--- a/internal/vcs/url_test.go
+++ b/internal/vcs/url_test.go
@@ -215,6 +215,12 @@ func TestParseURL(t *testing.T) {
 			formatStdlib, "perforce", "admin:pa$$word", "ssl:192.168.1.100:1666", "//Sourcegraph/",
 			"perforce://admin:pa$$word@ssl:192.168.1.100:1666//Sourcegraph/", "",
 		),
+		// iap://
+		newParseURLTest(
+			"iap://admin:pa$$word@gitlab.sgdev.org/test/repo.git",
+			formatStdlib, "iap", "admin:pa$$word", "gitlab.sgdev.org", "/test/repo.git",
+			"iap://admin:pa$$word@gitlab.sgdev.org/test/repo.git", "",
+		),
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {