diff --git a/plugins/register-component/src/components/RegisterComponentForm/RegisterComponentForm.test.tsx b/plugins/register-component/src/components/RegisterComponentForm/RegisterComponentForm.test.tsx
index bb7faabc9d..df179ca219 100644
--- a/plugins/register-component/src/components/RegisterComponentForm/RegisterComponentForm.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/register-component/src/components/RegisterComponentForm/RegisterComponentForm.test.tsx
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ describe('RegisterComponentForm', () => {
       ),
     ).toBeInTheDocument();
 
-    const submit = (await rendered.getByRole('button')) as HTMLButtonElement;
+    const submit = (await rendered.getByTestId(
+      'registerComponentFormSubmit',
+    )) as HTMLButtonElement;
     expect(submit.disabled).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
@@ -54,7 +56,9 @@ describe('RegisterComponentForm', () => {
         target: { value: 'https://example.com/blob/master/component.yaml' },
       });
     });
-    const submit = (await rendered.getByRole('button')) as HTMLButtonElement;
+    const submit = (await rendered.getByTestId(
+      'registerComponentFormSubmit',
+    )) as HTMLButtonElement;
 
     expect(submit.disabled).toBeFalsy();
   });
diff --git a/plugins/register-component/src/components/RegisterComponentForm/RegisterComponentForm.tsx b/plugins/register-component/src/components/RegisterComponentForm/RegisterComponentForm.tsx
index 4090b2af9c..294f4db801 100644
--- a/plugins/register-component/src/components/RegisterComponentForm/RegisterComponentForm.tsx
+++ b/plugins/register-component/src/components/RegisterComponentForm/RegisterComponentForm.tsx
@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@ import {
   FormHelperText,
   LinearProgress,
   TextField,
+  Select,
+  MenuItem,
+  InputLabel,
 } from '@material-ui/core';
 import { makeStyles } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
 import React, { FC } from 'react';
-import { useForm } from 'react-hook-form';
+import { useForm, Controller } from 'react-hook-form';
 import { ComponentIdValidators } from '../../util/validate';
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles<BackstageTheme>(theme => ({
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ export type Props = {
 };
 
 const RegisterComponentForm: FC<Props> = ({ onSubmit, submitting }) => {
-  const { register, handleSubmit, errors, formState } = useForm({
+  const { control, register, handleSubmit, errors, formState } = useForm({
     mode: 'onChange',
   });
   const classes = useStyles();
@@ -84,8 +87,33 @@ const RegisterComponentForm: FC<Props> = ({ onSubmit, submitting }) => {
           </FormHelperText>
         )}
       </FormControl>
+
+      <FormControl variant="outlined">
+        <InputLabel id="scmLabel">SCM Detection</InputLabel>
+        <Controller
+          control={control}
+          name="scmType"
+          defaultValue="AUTO"
+          render={({ onChange, onBlur, value }) => (
+            <Select
+              labelId="scmLabel"
+              id="scmSelect"
+              label="scmLabel"
+              value={value}
+              onChange={onChange}
+              onBlur={onBlur}
+            >
+              <MenuItem value="AUTO">Auto-detect</MenuItem>
+              <MenuItem value="gitlab">GitLab</MenuItem>
+              <MenuItem value="bitbucket/api">Bitbucket</MenuItem>
+              <MenuItem value="azure/api">Azure</MenuItem>
+            </Select>
+          )}
+        />
+      </FormControl>
       <Button
         id="registerComponentFormSubmit"
+        data-testid="registerComponentFormSubmit"
         variant="contained"
         color="primary"
         type="submit"
diff --git a/plugins/register-component/src/components/RegisterComponentPage/RegisterComponentPage.tsx b/plugins/register-component/src/components/RegisterComponentPage/RegisterComponentPage.tsx
index 032a7d5257..19ee22b8e0 100644
--- a/plugins/register-component/src/components/RegisterComponentPage/RegisterComponentPage.tsx
+++ b/plugins/register-component/src/components/RegisterComponentPage/RegisterComponentPage.tsx
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export const RegisterComponentPage = ({
 
   const handleSubmit = async (formData: Record<string, string>) => {
     setFormState(FormStates.Submitting);
-    const { componentLocation: target } = formData;
+    const { scmType, componentLocation: target } = formData;
     try {
       const typeMapping = [
         { url: /https:\/\/gitlab\.com\/.*/, type: 'gitlab' },
@@ -91,8 +91,10 @@ export const RegisterComponentPage = ({
         { url: /.*/, type: 'github' },
       ];
 
-      const type = typeMapping.filter(item => item.url.test(target))[0].type;
-
+      const type =
+        scmType === 'AUTO'
+          ? typeMapping.filter(item => item.url.test(target))[0].type
+          : scmType;
       const data = await catalogApi.addLocation(type, target);
 
       if (!isMounted()) return;