diff --git a/github/Github.py b/github/Github.py
index 4ae6c60a..60f8be1f 100644
--- a/github/Github.py
+++ b/github/Github.py
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ class Github(object):
     def __init__(self, login_or_token=None, password=None, base_url=DEFAULT_BASE_URL, timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
         self.__requester = Requester(login_or_token, password, base_url, timeout)
 
+    @property
+    def FIX_REPO_GET_GIT_REF(self):
+        return self.__requester.FIX_REPO_GET_GIT_REF
+
+    @FIX_REPO_GET_GIT_REF.setter
+    def FIX_REPO_GET_GIT_REF(self, value):
+        self.__requester.FIX_REPO_GET_GIT_REF = value
+
     @property
     def rate_limiting(self):
         return self.__requester.rate_limiting
diff --git a/github/Repository.py b/github/Repository.py
index fb8de184..e4f98b18 100644
--- a/github/Repository.py
+++ b/github/Repository.py
@@ -660,10 +660,13 @@ class Repository(GithubObject.GithubObject):
         return GitCommit.GitCommit(self._requester, data, completed=True)
 
     def get_git_ref(self, ref):
+        prefix = "/git/refs/"
+        if not self._requester.FIX_REPO_GET_GIT_REF:
+            prefix = "/git/"
         assert isinstance(ref, (str, unicode)), ref
         headers, data = self._requester.requestAndCheck(
             "GET",
-            self.url + "/git/refs/" + ref,
+            self.url + prefix + ref,
             None,
             None
         )
diff --git a/github/Requester.py b/github/Requester.py
index aad22e57..1f3214f8 100644
--- a/github/Requester.py
+++ b/github/Requester.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class Requester:
         else:
             assert(False)  # pragma no cover
         self.rate_limiting = (5000, 5000)
+        self.FIX_REPO_GET_GIT_REF = True
 
     def requestAndCheck(self, verb, url, parameters, input):
         status, headers, output = self.requestRaw(verb, url, parameters, input)
diff --git a/github/tests/ReplayData/Repository.testGetGitRef.txt b/github/tests/ReplayData/Repository.testGetGitRef.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ffa15201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/tests/ReplayData/Repository.testGetGitRef.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+https GET api.github.com None /repos/jacquev6/PyGithub/git/refs/heads/master {'Authorization': 'Basic login_and_password_removed'} null
+200
+[('status', '200 OK'), ('x-ratelimit-remaining', '4987'), ('x-github-media-type', 'github.beta; format=json'), ('x-content-type-options', 'nosniff'), ('x-ratelimit-limit', '5000'), ('vary', 'Accept, Authorization, Cookie'), ('content-length', '288'), ('server', 'nginx'), ('last-modified', 'Sun, 28 Oct 2012 01:48:38 GMT'), ('connection', 'keep-alive'), ('etag', '"d7478b9ae7e3c0de496ede43edd2fdfc"'), ('cache-control', 'private, max-age=60, s-maxage=60'), ('date', 'Sun, 28 Oct 2012 08:58:25 GMT'), ('content-type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8')]
+{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jacquev6/PyGithub/git/refs/heads/master","object":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jacquev6/PyGithub/git/commits/31110327ec45f3138e58ed247b2cf420fee481ec","type":"commit","sha":"31110327ec45f3138e58ed247b2cf420fee481ec"},"ref":"refs/heads/master"}
+
diff --git a/github/tests/ReplayData/Repository.testGetGitRefWithIssue102Reverted.txt b/github/tests/ReplayData/Repository.testGetGitRefWithIssue102Reverted.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ffa15201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/tests/ReplayData/Repository.testGetGitRefWithIssue102Reverted.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+https GET api.github.com None /repos/jacquev6/PyGithub/git/refs/heads/master {'Authorization': 'Basic login_and_password_removed'} null
+200
+[('status', '200 OK'), ('x-ratelimit-remaining', '4987'), ('x-github-media-type', 'github.beta; format=json'), ('x-content-type-options', 'nosniff'), ('x-ratelimit-limit', '5000'), ('vary', 'Accept, Authorization, Cookie'), ('content-length', '288'), ('server', 'nginx'), ('last-modified', 'Sun, 28 Oct 2012 01:48:38 GMT'), ('connection', 'keep-alive'), ('etag', '"d7478b9ae7e3c0de496ede43edd2fdfc"'), ('cache-control', 'private, max-age=60, s-maxage=60'), ('date', 'Sun, 28 Oct 2012 08:58:25 GMT'), ('content-type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8')]
+{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jacquev6/PyGithub/git/refs/heads/master","object":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jacquev6/PyGithub/git/commits/31110327ec45f3138e58ed247b2cf420fee481ec","type":"commit","sha":"31110327ec45f3138e58ed247b2cf420fee481ec"},"ref":"refs/heads/master"}
+
diff --git a/github/tests/Repository.py b/github/tests/Repository.py
index 9835973a..9dffedb9 100644
--- a/github/tests/Repository.py
+++ b/github/tests/Repository.py
@@ -267,6 +267,17 @@ class Repository(Framework.TestCase):
     def testGetGitRefs(self):
         self.assertListKeyEqual(self.repo.get_git_refs(), lambda r: r.ref, ["refs/heads/develop", "refs/heads/master", "refs/heads/topic/DependencyGraph", "refs/heads/topic/RewriteWithGeneratedCode", "refs/tags/v0.1", "refs/tags/v0.2", "refs/tags/v0.3", "refs/tags/v0.4", "refs/tags/v0.5", "refs/tags/v0.6", "refs/tags/v0.7"])
 
+    def testGetGitRef( self ):
+        self.assertTrue(self.g.FIX_REPO_GET_GIT_REF)
+        self.assertEqual(self.repo.get_git_ref( "heads/master" ).object.sha, "31110327ec45f3138e58ed247b2cf420fee481ec" )
+
+    def testGetGitRefWithIssue102Reverted( self ):
+        self.g.FIX_REPO_GET_GIT_REF = False
+        self.assertFalse(self.g.FIX_REPO_GET_GIT_REF)
+        self.assertEqual(self.repo.get_git_ref( "refs/heads/master" ).object.sha, "31110327ec45f3138e58ed247b2cf420fee481ec" )
+        self.g.FIX_REPO_GET_GIT_REF = True
+        self.assertTrue(self.g.FIX_REPO_GET_GIT_REF)
+
     def testGetGitTreeWithRecursive(self):
         tree = self.repo.get_git_tree("f492784d8ca837779650d1fb406a1a3587a764ad", True)
         self.assertEqual(len(tree.tree), 90)