diff --git a/internal/pipe/project/project.go b/internal/pipe/project/project.go
index 60b1ec30c45..9713ab3c329 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/project/project.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/project/project.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/git"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pkg/context"
 )
 
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ func (Pipe) Default(ctx *context.Context) error {
 		ctx.Config.Release.GitLab.Name,
 		ctx.Config.Release.Gitea.Name,
 		moduleName(),
+		gitRemote(ctx),
 	} {
 		if candidate == "" {
 			continue
@@ -55,3 +57,14 @@ func moduleName() string {
 	parts := strings.Split(mod, "/")
 	return strings.TrimSpace(parts[len(parts)-1])
 }
+
+func gitRemote(ctx *context.Context) string {
+	repo, err := git.ExtractRepoFromConfig(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	if err := repo.CheckSCM(); err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return repo.Name
+}
diff --git a/internal/pipe/project/project_test.go b/internal/pipe/project/project_test.go
index e676854b89a..3435ada399e 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/project/project_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/project/project_test.go
@@ -76,6 +76,23 @@ func TestEmptyProjectName_DefaultsToGoModPath(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, "bar", ctx.Config.ProjectName)
 }
 
+func TestEmptyProjectName_DefaultsToGitURL(t *testing.T) {
+	_ = testlib.Mktmp(t)
+	ctx := testctx.New()
+	testlib.GitInit(t)
+	testlib.GitRemoteAdd(t, "git@github.com:foo/bar.git")
+	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
+	require.Equal(t, "bar", ctx.Config.ProjectName)
+}
+
+func TestEmptyProjectName_DefaultsToNonSCMGitURL(t *testing.T) {
+	_ = testlib.Mktmp(t)
+	ctx := testctx.New()
+	testlib.GitInit(t)
+	testlib.GitRemoteAdd(t, "git@myhost.local:bar.git")
+	require.EqualError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx), "couldn't guess project_name, please add it to your config")
+}
+
 func TestEmptyProjectNameAndRelease(t *testing.T) {
 	_ = testlib.Mktmp(t)
 	ctx := testctx.NewWithCfg(config.Project{