diff --git a/docs/integrations/gerrit/locations.md b/docs/integrations/gerrit/locations.md
index 3e76d966ad..747e3f2404 100644
--- a/docs/integrations/gerrit/locations.md
+++ b/docs/integrations/gerrit/locations.md
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ you can list the Gerrit instances you want to fetch data from. Each entry is
 a structure with up to four elements:
 
 - `host`: The host of the Gerrit instance, e.g. `gerrit.company.com`.
-- `apiBaseUrl`: The base url of the Gerrit API. This would typically be the address
-  up to but not including the authentication ("/a/") prefix.
+- `apiBaseUrl` (optional): Needed if the Gerrit instance is not reachable at
+  the base of the `host` option (e.g. `https://gerrit.company.com`). This is
+  the address that you would open in a browser.
 - `username` (optional): The Gerrit username to use in API requests. If
   neither a username nor password are supplied, anonymous access will be used.
 - `password` (optional): The password or http token for the Gerrit user.
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 4671a10b7a..05c492a077 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ nav:
           - Discovery: 'integrations/bitbucket/discovery.md'
       - Datadog:
           - Installation: 'integrations/datadog-rum/installation.md'
+      - Gerrit:
+          - Locations: 'integrations/gerrit/locations.md'
       - GitHub:
           - Locations: 'integrations/github/locations.md'
           - Discovery: 'integrations/github/discovery.md'
diff --git a/packages/integration/api-report.md b/packages/integration/api-report.md
index 2b3f99fd2c..9a93c30316 100644
--- a/packages/integration/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/integration/api-report.md
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ export class GerritIntegration implements ScmIntegration {
 // @public
 export type GerritIntegrationConfig = {
   host: string;
-  apiBaseUrl: string;
+  apiBaseUrl?: string;
   username?: string;
   password?: string;
 };
diff --git a/packages/integration/config.d.ts b/packages/integration/config.d.ts
index 06ab359e4a..90b8b9b759 100644
--- a/packages/integration/config.d.ts
+++ b/packages/integration/config.d.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export interface Config {
        */
       host: string;
       /**
-       * The base url for the Gerrit API.
+       * The base url for the Gerrit instance.
        * @visibility frontend
        */
       apiBaseUrl?: string;
diff --git a/packages/integration/src/gerrit/config.test.ts b/packages/integration/src/gerrit/config.test.ts
index 3377a3d0ff..f448b76b0b 100644
--- a/packages/integration/src/gerrit/config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/integration/src/gerrit/config.test.ts
@@ -68,12 +68,23 @@ describe('readGerritIntegrationConfig', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('can create a default value if the API base URL is missing', () => {
+    const output = readGerritIntegrationConfig(
+      buildConfig({
+        host: 'a.com',
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(output).toEqual({
+      host: 'a.com',
+      apiBaseUrl: 'https://a.com',
+      username: undefined,
+      password: undefined,
+    });
+  });
+
   it('rejects funky configs', () => {
     const valid: any = {
       host: 'a.com',
-      apiBaseUrl: 'https://a.com/api',
-      username: 'u',
-      appPassword: 'p',
     };
     expect(() =>
       readGerritIntegrationConfig(buildConfig({ ...valid, host: 2 })),
diff --git a/packages/integration/src/gerrit/config.ts b/packages/integration/src/gerrit/config.ts
index d118e22278..c376aef98f 100644
--- a/packages/integration/src/gerrit/config.ts
+++ b/packages/integration/src/gerrit/config.ts
@@ -30,10 +30,13 @@ export type GerritIntegrationConfig = {
   host: string;
 
   /**
-   * The base URL of the API of this provider, e.g. "https://gerrit-review.com/gerrit",
-   * with no trailing slash.
+   * The optional base URL of the Gerrit instance. It is assumed that https
+   * is used and that the base path is "/" on the host. If that is not the
+   * case set the complete base url to the gerrit instance, e.g.
+   * "https://gerrit-review.com/gerrit". This is the url that you would open
+   * in a browser.
    */
-  apiBaseUrl: string;
+  apiBaseUrl?: string;
 
   /**
    * The username to use for requests to gerrit.
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ export function readGerritIntegrationConfig(
   config: Config,
 ): GerritIntegrationConfig {
   const host = config.getString('host');
-  let apiBaseUrl = config.getString('apiBaseUrl');
+  let apiBaseUrl = config.getOptionalString('apiBaseUrl');
   const username = config.getOptionalString('username');
   const password = config.getOptionalString('password');
 
@@ -65,13 +68,15 @@ export function readGerritIntegrationConfig(
     throw new Error(
       `Invalid Gerrit integration config, '${host}' is not a valid host`,
     );
-  } else if (!apiBaseUrl || !isValidUrl(apiBaseUrl)) {
+  } else if (apiBaseUrl && !isValidUrl(apiBaseUrl)) {
     throw new Error(
       `Invalid Gerrit integration config, '${apiBaseUrl}' is not a valid apiBaseUrl`,
     );
   }
   if (apiBaseUrl) {
     apiBaseUrl = trimEnd(apiBaseUrl, '/');
+  } else {
+    apiBaseUrl = `https://${host}`;
   }
 
   return {