diff --git a/common/models/User-Identity.js b/common/models/User-Identity.js
index 87a7ffef57f..779ad2f48f2 100644
--- a/common/models/User-Identity.js
+++ b/common/models/User-Identity.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export default function(UserIdent) {
     }
 
     // if user signed in with github refresh their info
-    if (userIdent.provider === 'github-login') {
+    if (/github/.test(userIdent.provider)) {
       debug("user isn't github cool or username from github is different");
       setProfileFromGithub(user, profile, profile._json);
       userChanged = true;
diff --git a/server/passport-providers.js b/server/passport-providers.js
index ddd29f64db2..5ffcbf1a09f 100644
--- a/server/passport-providers.js
+++ b/server/passport-providers.js
@@ -141,5 +141,19 @@ module.exports = {
     clientSecret: process.env.GITHUB_SECRET,
     scope: ['email'],
     failureFlash: true
+  },
+  'github-link': {
+    provider: 'github',
+    authScheme: 'oauth2',
+    module: 'passport-github',
+    authPath: '/link/github',
+    callbackURL: '/link/github/callback',
+    callbackPath: '/link/github/callback',
+    successRedirect: successRedirect,
+    failureRedirect: failureRedirect,
+    clientID: process.env.GITHUB_ID,
+    clientSecret: process.env.GITHUB_SECRET,
+    scope: ['email'],
+    failureFlash: true
   }
 };
diff --git a/server/server.js b/server/server.js
index 93a0f06d8dd..bf0cb8c3967 100755
--- a/server/server.js
+++ b/server/server.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ var passportOptions = {
       userObj.email = email;
     }
 
-    if (provider === 'github-login') {
+    if (/github/.test(provider)) {
       setProfileFromGithub(userObj, profile, profile._json);
     }
     return userObj;