diff --git a/docs/command-line.rst b/docs/command-line.rst
index d2a7298..91e4d6f 100644
--- a/docs/command-line.rst
+++ b/docs/command-line.rst
@@ -68,5 +68,9 @@ Environment variables
 | ``AWS_CONFIG_FILE``   | Path to the awscli configuration and credentials    |
 | |aws_cred|            | file that are copied to the kas home dir.           |
 +-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
+| |git_cred|            | Allows to set the git credential helper in the      |
+|                       | `.gitconfig` of the kas user.                       |
++-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
 
 .. |aws_cred| replace:: ``AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE``
+.. |git_cred| replace:: ``GIT_CREDENTIAL_HELPER``
diff --git a/kas/libcmds.py b/kas/libcmds.py
index d084567..9f43955 100644
--- a/kas/libcmds.py
+++ b/kas/libcmds.py
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ class SetupHome(Command):
             fds.write('[User]\n'
                       '\temail = kas@example.com\n'
                       '\tname = Kas User\n')
+            if os.environ.get('GIT_CREDENTIAL_HELPER', False):
+                fds.write('[credential]\n'
+                          '\thelper = '
+                          + os.environ.get('GIT_CREDENTIAL_HELPER')
+                          + '\n')
 
         if os.environ.get('AWS_CONFIG_FILE', False) \
                 and os.environ.get('AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE', False):