diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/VcsDriver.php b/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/VcsDriver.php
index 99c705c50..f8d9893b9 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/VcsDriver.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/VcsDriver.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 namespace Composer\Repository\Vcs;
 
 use Composer\Downloader\TransportException;
+use Composer\Config;
 use Composer\IO\IOInterface;
 use Composer\Util\ProcessExecutor;
 use Composer\Util\RemoteFilesystem;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ abstract class VcsDriver implements VcsDriverInterface
 {
     protected $url;
     protected $io;
+    protected $config;
     protected $process;
     protected $remoteFilesystem;
 
@@ -34,13 +36,15 @@ abstract class VcsDriver implements VcsDriverInterface
      *
      * @param string      $url The URL
      * @param IOInterface $io  The IO instance
+     * @param Config      $config The composer configuration
      * @param ProcessExecutor $process  Process instance, injectable for mocking
      * @param callable $remoteFilesystem Remote Filesystem, injectable for mocking
      */
-    public function __construct($url, IOInterface $io, ProcessExecutor $process = null, $remoteFilesystem = null)
+    public function __construct($url, IOInterface $io, Config $config, ProcessExecutor $process = null, $remoteFilesystem = null)
     {
         $this->url = $url;
         $this->io = $io;
+        $this->config = $config;
         $this->process = $process ?: new ProcessExecutor;
         $this->remoteFilesystem = $remoteFilesystem ?: new RemoteFilesystem($io);
     }
@@ -58,7 +62,6 @@ abstract class VcsDriver implements VcsDriverInterface
         return false;
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Get the https or http protocol depending on SSL support.
      *
diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/VcsRepository.php b/src/Composer/Repository/VcsRepository.php
index b70e7c09d..ecc435582 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/VcsRepository.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/VcsRepository.php
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class VcsRepository extends ArrayRepository
     protected $packageName;
     protected $verbose;
     protected $io;
+    protected $config;
     protected $versionParser;
     protected $type;
 
@@ -48,20 +49,21 @@ class VcsRepository extends ArrayRepository
         $this->io = $io;
         $this->type = isset($repoConfig['type']) ? $repoConfig['type'] : 'vcs';
         $this->verbose = $io->isVerbose();
+        $this->config = $config;
     }
 
     public function getDriver()
     {
         if (isset($this->drivers[$this->type])) {
             $class = $this->drivers[$this->type];
-            $driver = new $class($this->url, $this->io);
+            $driver = new $class($this->url, $this->io, $this->config);
             $driver->initialize();
             return $driver;
         }
 
         foreach ($this->drivers as $driver) {
             if ($driver::supports($this->io, $this->url)) {
-                $driver = new $driver($this->url, $this->io);
+                $driver = new $driver($this->url, $this->io, $this->config);
                 $driver->initialize();
                 return $driver;
             }
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ class VcsRepository extends ArrayRepository
 
         foreach ($this->drivers as $driver) {
             if ($driver::supports($this->io, $this->url, true)) {
-                $driver = new $driver($this->url, $this->io);
+                $driver = new $driver($this->url, $this->io, $this->config);
                 $driver->initialize();
                 return $driver;
             }